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Coronavirus. Another alarming jump in new cases in France. The Ministry of Health registered 15,797 in 24 hours. The day before it had been 16,000. There are 52 new victims. Previously, some French media had anticipated a higher number of new infections, almost 21,000.
New peak of cases in United Kingdom. Recorded the record of new infections since May. However, daily data released by the government indicates a slowdown in the increase: 6,874 contagion recorded in the last 24 hours compared to 6,634 yesterday when the difference was about 500 more.
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The daily death toll stands at 40 (excluding Scotland, which did not provide statistics today), while the daily tests rise to the European record at an absolute figure of more than 245,000. The current sum of people hospitalized and in intensive care is still lower than in Italy, respectively at 1,616 (compared to 2,737) and 228 in total.
London under special surveillance
Meanwhile, London has been listed on the “Covid watch list” as an area of ”great concern.” This was announced by the City Council, after the recent increase in new cases of COVID-19, equal to 620 in the last 24 hours. The list has yet to be followed by specific restrictions or closures, but it is a “strong reminder” of the need for all Londoners to “make decisions that keep themselves, their families and communities safe.” to “protect the economy of the city”, stressed the leaders of the Council. “London is at a very worrying inflection point – noted the mayor Sadiq khan – It is vital that testing capacity is increased immediately and focused on the areas that need it most. Any delay would mean leaving the city and costing human lives ”, he concluded.
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In Spain
There are 12,272 cases of coronavirus in Spain in the last 24 hours. The dead are 120. This was reported by El País, citing data from the Ministry of Health. The total number of infections since the beginning of the pandemic amounts to 716,481 while deaths total 31,232. It is an open confrontation between the Spanish government and the community of Madrid on expanding measures to contain the explosion of contagion cases from coronavirus. The Country informs it. The Minister of Health, Salvador Illa, in an unprecedented gesture, said that the government of Isabel Daz Ayuso ignored the ministry’s recommendations on a total closure in Madrid to circumscribe the serious pandemic situation with more than a million people living in areas where the incidence exceeds 1,000 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in the last 14 days. “We have to do it, no shortcuts are needed,” said the head of Health on the recommendations made by her department during the various meetings that have been held this week and that the Madrid Provincial Council did not apply. The measures indicated “are the minimum to keep the situation under control,” Illa added.
The minister specified that he had proposed to extend the restrictions to the entire city of Madrid and to areas with an incidence of more than 500 cases per 100,000 inhabitants (and not 1,000, as has been done), in addition to prohibiting consumption in bars in the area. the entire region and set the limit of 50 percent of the capacity in the terraces of bars and restaurants. The population was also urged to avoid any unnecessary displacement. The Deputy Minister of Health of the Community of Madrid, Antonio Zapatero, for his part specified that he intends to work with the Government in “a space of collaboration, not of imposition.” And he stated that he did not consider it necessary to take other measures beyond those already taken.
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