[New Corona]Over 20 million US infected people-New York city test positive rate approaching 10%-Bloomberg

About a year after the first strange pathogen was confirmed in Wuhan, China, the total number of people infected with the new coronavirus in the United States has exceeded 20 million. The number is about twice that of India, which is the second largest in the world. In New York State, the number of newly infected people was 16,497 on the 1st, slightly lower than the record high on the 30th of last month. New York City’s positive test rate continued to surge, approaching 10%.

Even in 2021, there are no signs that the global spread of the new corona will be stopped. The world’s daily corona deaths hit a record high this week. In Japan, Germany, South Africa, etc., 20 years have ended with a record number of new infections per day. New highly infectious new corona variants have been found in Turkey, China and Brazil.

The new corona vaccine continues to have the strongest expectations for 21 years. World Health Organization (WHO) approves emergency use of Pfizer vaccine. As a result, more countries may be allowed to import and distribute vaccines.

In the United States, the number of hospitalized patients due to the new coronavirus disease (COVID19) reached 125,379 on the 1st, the highest ever.COVID Tracking ProjectIt became clear from the data of. The peak number of hospitalizations in April and July last year was around 60,000.

Members of the Oxford University and AstraZeneca vaccine teams expect that two million vaccines per week will be ready after mid-January. The Times of London reported.

In California, the number of deaths due to COVID 19 has increased by 585 to a cumulative total of 25,971, the largest increase ever.

In the UK, a cabinet meeting on the 1st decided that all elementary schools in London will be closed at the beginning of the year.

The number of newly infected people in the UK remains high at 53,285. The death toll is 613.

Biontech of Germany plans to increase the production capacity of the new corona vaccine developed with Pfizer of the United States. Ugur Sahin, CEO, said in an interview with the German magazine Spiegel.

Johns Hopkins University and BloombergAggregated dataAccording to the report, the number of infected people in the world has exceeded 83.8 million and the death toll has exceeded 1.8 million.

Original title:U.S. Passes 20 Million Cases as New Year Begins: Virus Update(Excerpt)

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