The second wave of the coronavirus has not yet reached its peak, yet the October can already be considered “the worst”Since the start of the pandemic, he calculates Reuters. And second Afp in the world, 50 million infections from Covid have been exceeded. Europe remains the most affected continent, with 12 million cases and the 24% of the victims out of the total and every three days, one million citizens are infected with Covid. For this reason, more and more countries are introducing more and more restrictive measures to try to cool the epidemic curve. As in Portugal, so far little affected by the emergency, where the night curfew. In the last 24 hours alone, it has recorded 6,640 cases and 54 deaths, but the fear is that they may start to increase exponentially. Meanwhile the Greece officially entered his second lockdown. He first Kiriakos Mitsotakis had announced the squeeze in recent days, specifying that it will be in effect for the next three weeks. The stated goal is to prevent the pressure on hospitals become “unsustainable“. Outside the European borders, Covid-19 continues to run especially in Usa, struggling with a new record of infections: 126,742 more cases have been ascertained, 1,040 deaths. Ever increasing numbers, so much so that the new president Joe Biden announced the appointment of a task force anti-Covid as soon as it gets to the White House.
Contagions in the world – In total more than 50,010,400 cases, including 1,251,980 deaths, have been recorded around the world since the start of the pandemic in China in December. The increase in the number of detected cases is only partly explained by the increase in the number of test carried out. And many countries, especially in Europe e United States, they are facing a new great wave. Europe, with 12.6 million confirmed cases (for over 305,000 deaths), is the most affected region in the world, ahead of Latin America and the Caribbean (11.6 million cases, 411,000 deaths) and Asia (11 million cases, nearly 177,000 dead).
UK – 20,572 new coronavirus infections in one day, down from 24,957 yesterday. There were 156 deaths, bringing the total to 49,044. The total infections are 1,192,013. Sunday figures are usually lower than other days, due to delays in reporting cases over the weekend.
Portugal – The Portuguese premier Antonio Costa announced the entry into force of a two-week curfew at the end of a extraordinary council of ministers. It will be valid in weekdays, while on weekends it will be brought forward to 13.00 state of health emergency. This “ban on driving on public roads” – specified Costa – will apply in the 121 municipalities subjected to a new confinement since Wednesday and where he lives 70% of the Portuguese.
Greece – “Once again I choose to take measures as soon as possible, not later,” Greek Prime Minister Mitsotakis said in a speech to the nation, specifying that the new lockdown (effective from Saturday 6 November) will last at least three weeks. As in France, Germany and Italy, however, it will be slightly different from last March. They will stay open kindergartens and elementary schools, while as regards high schools we will move on to distance learning. Movement between regions is prohibited. Who will have to move away from the home for the permitted reasons, he / she must communicate it via a text to a government number. In fact, since Tuesday in Greece, the night curfew from midnight to 5.
United States – The United States recorded 126,742 cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours, recording a further record of daily infections that exceed the threshold of 100 thousand for the fourth consecutive day, and that of 120 thousand for the third day. This is what emerges from the data of the Johns Hopkins University, cited by Cnn. At least 1,040 people have died in the past 24 hours, bringing the death toll to 237,113. The total number of cases recorded since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic in the US is close to 10 million: there are 9,860,558.
Russia – Russia registered 20,498 new cases of coronavirus and 286 further deaths caused by the disease in the last 24 hours: official sources have made it known, according to reports from the Guardian. The level of infections is slightly below the record set in the previous 24 hours. The data bring the overall toll of infections since the beginning of the pandemic to 1,774,334, inclusive 30,537 dead.
Iran – Daily records of deaths in Iran: compared to yesterday they are dead another 452 people, the highest level since the start of the pandemic. The total death toll in the country therefore rises to 38,291. This was announced today by the spokesperson for the Ministry of Health, Sima Lari. At the same time, 9,236 new cases have been reported, for a total of at least 682,486 infections recorded so far. Currently, Lari pointed out, at least 5,523 people are hospitalized in intensive care, while another 520,329 have recovered. Nationally, 5,224,252 tests have been performed so far.
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