Rome, 24 September 2020 – They are approaching altitude 32 million i contagion established in the world since the beginning of pandemic Covid-19. According to the latest data from Johns Hopkins University, positive cases of Covid-19 have so far been 31,880,241, with 976,789 deaths globally. The most affected country are the United States, with 6,934,205 and 201,909 deaths.
In Europe the tension remains very high France. The new anti-coronavirus measures implemented yesterday by the French government are generating controversy. This morning the deputy mayor of Marseille, Benoit Payan, stated that the new restrictive rules represent an “affront”, because approved “without consultation” by the current administration of Emmanuel Macron and asked for a 10-day extension before putting into effect the new crackdown. Yesterday the new positive cases in a single day rose above 13,000, reaching 13,072. The positivity rate has increased again, now at 6.2%. “The situation of infections” from Covid-19 “in some EU states is worse than the peak in March”. The European Commissioner for Health, Stella Kyriakides, says this.
Israel, 6,808 new cases
In the last 24 hours Israel recorded 6,808 new infections: it is the second consecutive day that infections amounted to almost 7 thousand out of 52,839 swabs with a morbidity rate equal to 12.9%. To put a stop to the pandemic, the government has decided to strengthen the current one lockdown with further restrictions. The premier Benjamin Netanyahu he denounced that the increase in infections is pushing the country “to the brink of the abyss”. Established a practically total confinement: few businesses will be authorized to open from tomorrow until 10 October. Religious and prayer meetings will be limited to 20 people and in places no more than one kilometer from their home. The synagogues they will only open for it Yom Kippur. The government has yet to decide whether or not to close Ben Gurion Airport. The Weitzman Institute, one of the most authoritative in the country and in the world, has calculated that if in the first wave – that of last March – the infections were about 16 thousand, in this second in the last 4 days they were 17 thousand.
United States, another 1,098 dead
The United States yesterday recorded 37,330 cases of and 1,098 deaths caused by the virus: this is what emerges from the counts of Johns Hopkins University. The new data bring the overall toll of infections in the country to 6,934,205 and that of deaths to 201,909.
Russia, an expanding pandemic
Contagions continue to rise in Russia. In the last 24 hours, 6,595 cases have been recorded, for a total of 1,128,836. It is the highest figure since last July 12th. The dead were 149, for a total of 19,948. In Moscow, the epicenter of the first wave, there were over 1,000 infections.
Germany, there are 2,143 new cases
The number of infections returns to rise Germany. The new data from the Robert Koch Institute speak of 2,143 new cases and another 19 deaths, compared to 1,769 infections and 13 deaths reported yesterday. In total, 278,070 cases and 9,428 victims have been registered in the country since the beginning of the health emergency. Instead, about 246,900 people have been healed.
Spain, 31,034 total victims
The death toll from the coronavirus in Spain has exceeded 31 thousand: the newspaper El Pais reports. A further 130 deaths were reported yesterday, bringing the total death toll since the start of the pandemic to 31,034. At the same time, infections rose to 693,556, of which 11,289 were recorded yesterday.
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