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The COVID-19 epidemic is spreading in various countries of the world, with the second or third wave of the disease being reported in China.
Since the outbreak, more than 105,486,140 people have been infected. Of these, at least 58,685,922 were recovered, according to the North American Observatory, which makes up an independent global number.
The United States, the most affected country so far
To us There were 26,815,331 cases and 461,681 deaths from the new corona virus on Saturday, according to Johns Hopkins University statistics.
The state of New York is the worst affected in the country, followed by California, Texas, Florida, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Illinois.
The temporary death toll is much lower than the White House’s initial estimate, which predicts that the epidemic will be the worst between 100,000 and 240,000 deaths.
Meanwhile, the leader To us, Joe Biden, Opened Saturday “Conversations” Ordinary citizens call a woman who lost her job to an epidemic Covit19, With the intention of conducting their contact “Live” With his comrades.
“Today The White House Launches new process of liaison with Americans directly and on a regular basis with the President. “, Announced their information services.
Due to Covit19For now, these conversations took the form of a phone call from the Oval Office to Michael from Roseville, California, who initially lost his job due to the economic crisis caused by the epidemic.
This woman wrote Joe Biden Tell you about it “Hard times” Your search for a new job.
Brazil records less than 1,200 deaths after 5 days
Brazil reported 978 deaths related to new ones Corona virus On the last day, the government said on Saturday that the total death toll had risen to 231,012 since the outbreak began.
According to the latest bulletin of the Ministry of Health, the country has 9,497,795 confirmed cases, an increase of 50,630 registered infections in the last 24 hours.
This is the first death toll in the last five days Covit19 It is less than 1,200, although the activity of public bodies is low due to low figures on weekends.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Health requested an extraordinary loan of 5.2 billion rupees (approximately US $ 970 million) from the Ministry of Economy for expenditure related to the fight against the epidemic.
According to the ‘O Globo’ newspaper, portfolio resources “Necessary” To guarantee specialized care services, especially intensive care units that depend on the federal government.
Mexico has more than 1.91 million epidemics
As of Friday, Mexico had been affected by 13,051 new epidemics Covit19 In the last 24 hours, a total of 1,912,871 infections have been confirmed, according to the Ministry of Health. In addition, 1,368 new deaths have been reported out of a total of 164,290 deaths since the onset of the epidemic.
First case first Corona virus In Mexico, 4.84 million patients have been diagnosed, with 38% positive, said Rui Lopez Ritaura, director general of the National Center for Prevention Programs and Disease Control (CENEPRIS).
He added that there were 1,472,151 people believed to have been rescued and 2,494,011 with negative results for the virus. The official pointed out that the estimated number of cases is 2,109,802 million when considering the cases awaiting the outcome of the trial. Of those, 81,223 were active cases, which is 4% of the total number of cases in the last two weeks.
To date, Mexican hospitals have an average of 54% public beds, which care for patients. Covit19Enrichment is highest in Mexico City (82%) and its neighboring state of Mexico (80%).
Cases in India continue to decline
India ranks fourth in terms of mortality Covit19 -154,918, according to Johns Hopkins count- has been recording a sharp drop in its epidemics and deaths in recent weeks, which has taken the scientific community by surprise.
Before that number began to decline, an average of 1,000 people died in the country in September. Only 8,635 new cases and 94 deaths were recorded last Tuesday, the lowest in eight months of the epidemic.
Experts say the decline in the spread of the virus in India cannot be explained without more concrete studies.
But the first signs suggest that this will be a situation of herd immunity, which means that a significant portion of the population has been vaccinated against the disease in most parts of India.
The United Kingdom is the hardest hit in Europe
As of this Saturday, the UK is the fifth country to suffer the most Covit19 The epidemic killed 111,477 people. Among the infections, the numbers reached 3 ′ 922,910, while officials said they had sorted the gene of 20,000 samples of the SARS-CoV-2 virus for a week in search of risk mutations.
The microbiologist runs the Genetic Association Covit19 The United Kingdom (COG-UK), a consortium of 17 companies, involving nearly 600 researchers, has been funded by the British government since last April at 20 20 million (.8 22.8 million).
“Sequence is absolutely important to see if the vaccine we give people is appropriate”, Used the peacock in a virtual meeting with foreign reporters in the United Kingdom.
As of Wednesday, the European country had realized that more than 10 million people had already received, at least, the first dose of a vaccine Corona virus.
British vaccinator Boris Johnson stressed that the evidence for achieving current vaccines is increasing “Reduce Deaths” And minimize problems “Cemeteries” Of Corona virus Of all types of pathogen analyzed.
“These vaccines cannot destroy us. No vaccine can provide one hundred percent protection for everyone.” Johnson told a news conference from his office and official Downing Street home.
With information from EFE and AFP.
