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The increase is driven by record increases in the Northern Hemisphere. Last Friday an increase of 400,000 cases was registered for the first time.
For the first time, more than 18,000 new infections in Germany
The corona virus is spreading in Germany at record speed. The Robert Koch Institute, as the authority responsible for the epidemic, reported more than 18,000 new infections in one day for the first time on Friday. According to the RKI, the health authorities reported 18,681 verified cases of infection in 24 hours. On Thursday it was 16,774. A total of 499,694 infections have been recorded since the outbreak of the epidemic. The number of people who died with or from the virus increased by 77 to a total of 10,349. In the fight against the wave of infections, public life in Germany will be drastically restricted in November. The federal and state governments agreed to this on Wednesday.
Brazilian President: New “crazy” closures
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro considers the renewed blockade of some countries in the fight against the corona pandemic exaggerated. This is “insane,” says the far-right politician in light of efforts in many Western countries to mitigate the second crown wave. The coronavirus is now spreading in Brazil. The Ministry of Health reported 26,106 new infections. This increased the total number of infections to almost 5.5 million. The number of deaths increased from 513 to 159,969 in 24 hours. Brazil has the highest number of infections and deaths in the coronavirus pandemic after the United States and India.
For the first time, more than 90,000 new infections in the US.
A few days before the presidential elections in the United States, a record number of new corona virus infections were registered in the country. As announced by Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore on Thursday (local time), there were 91,295 new cases of infection in 24 hours. This was the first time that the threshold of 90,000 new infections in one day was broken. In France, a nationwide lockdown went into effect Friday night. More recently, the new virus has spread particularly in the North and Midwest of the United States. The total number of reported infection cases in the United States has now risen to 8.94 million, according to the university. In absolute terms, the United States is the country most affected in the world by the pandemic.
