The record of infections since the beginning of the pandemic: the fourth wave of coronavirus in Germany it has already exceeded the worst recorded last winter in terms of the number of new cases in one day. The Robert Koch Institute has registered 33,949 positives in 24 hours, plus 169 dead. The increase in infections among the Germans is only the latest sign of a return of Covid in Europe, so much so that the WHO does not hide its concern: “We are, again, atepicenter“Of the pandemic, said the director for Europe, Hans Kluge. The World Health Organization with the term Europe includes 53 countries, including several Central Asian countries. But the continuous increase in cases is not just about Russia e Turkey, because it has extended to the countries ofEast members of the European Union, as well as al UK. And now the situation is also critical in Germany.
A situation that emerges visually from the new one map dell’Ecdc, which takes into account the cases of positivity recorded in the last two weeks in relation to the population, but also of the rate of positivity. The dark red, color indicating areas with strong recovery of contagions, it now covers Ireland, Belgium, many regions Dutch, the Baltics and the part central-eastern of the continent, including German regions. The WHO fears above all at the pace at which the pandemic has started to spread in Europe, estimating that between now and February it will register another half a million dead in the Old Continent if the current trend should continue. In the map of the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control the Scandinavia for now it remains mainly in orange, while France, Portugal and in Italy they are in yellow. However, the Italian regions in verde: Liguria, the Province of Trento, Umbria, Abruzzo and Puglia are also back in yellow. They remain in the lower range Lombardy, Piedmont, Valle d’Aosta, Sardinia, Molise and Basilicata.