Europe is witnessing a resurgence in the number of cases of coronavirus disease (Covid-19). The continent was able to control the spread of the disease, but now reports more cases daily than the United States, Brazil or India.
After falling over the summer, coronavirus cases are on the rise in the UK as winter approaches, with the North West and North East of England seeing the steepest increases. Liverpool has one of the most serious outbreaks in the country, with around 600 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, even more than the worst-hit European cities of Madrid and Brussels.
The British government divided England into three levels of coronavirus risk in a bid to stem a resurgent outbreak, placing the northern city of Liverpool in the highest risk category and closing its pubs, gyms and sportsbooks.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson released a three-tier closure plan, which he said designed to “simplify and standardize” a confusing patchwork of local rules. Johnson said hospitals are now filling up with more Covid-19 patients than in March, when he ordered a nationwide shutdown.
The UK has experienced the deadliest outbreak in Europe, with an official death toll of 42,875.
In other countries such as the Czech Republic, the government has implemented new measures to curb the rapid spread of Covid-19 cases. Bars, restaurants and clubs were ordered to close on Wednesday and schools switched to distance education.
The Czech Republic is experiencing the strongest increase in Europe when adjusted for population, as the number of infections detected since the outbreak began has soared to almost 1.20,000, from around 25,000 in early September.
The country’s hospitals are beginning to feel that strain, as the number of patients has doubled since the beginning of October to more than 2,000.
The rise in new virus cases continued in the Netherlands, with a record 6,854 cases confirmed in the 24 hours to Monday morning, the ANP news agency reported, citing the country’s health agency. More than 41,000 cases were reported in the last seven days. Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte is expected to announce tougher measures on Tuesday.
In France, the number of people receiving treatment in intensive care units for Covid-19 surpassed 1,500 on Monday for the first time since May 27, authorities said, raising fears that local closures would be imposed throughout. the country.
As of October 12, Europe has registered more than 6.4 million cases of the coronavirus disease. On the same day, it registered 87,100 new cases of Covid-19, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Last Thursday, Europe had surpassed the 100,000 daily cases of Covid-19 reported for the first time.
Meanwhile, India continues to witness a decline in the number of daily cases of the coronavirus disease. On Tuesday, the country registered 55,342 new infections, the lowest in almost two months, according to figures released by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. On Monday (Oct 12), India’s daily case count was 66,732.
In the morning, the ministry had said that the daily average of Covid-19 cases in India has been declining for the past five weeks.
The United States recorded 53,055 cases of the coronavirus disease on October 12, according to the WHO, while Brazil’s number of daily cases was 26,749.
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