Coronavirus, record cases in Europe on Saturday: 123 thousand. Today in France another 16 thousand infections. London evaluates a new national blockade

Saturday 10th OctoberEurope recorded the second consecutive daily record of coronavirus cases: 123,684 new infections in twenty-four hours, 8.3% more than the previous day. After the data published by the World Health Organization, according to which the total number of infections in the Old Continent is 6,809,678, even on Sunday the number of new European infections is still very high. The most affected countries are still there France and the Britain, where today they are registered respectively 16 thousand me 12,872 new cases. In London, the hypothesis of a new national blockade. It was the teacher who said it explicitly Peter horby, Chairman of the New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threat Advisory Group (Nervtag), the UK government’s advisory body. Horby explained that the country is “one precarious point“On the coronavirus pandemic. His comments come after those of England’s Deputy Director of Health, Jonathan Van-Tan, by which Great Britain reached “a point of I do not return“In the fight against Covid.

Record of infections also worldwide: on Saturday 383,359 infections were registered in the world, 7.9% more than the 355,244 on Friday. Yesterday the balance of cases in the world exceeded the threshold of 37 million and according to the Johns Hopkins University it currently stands at 37,105,925, including 1,071,388 deaths. The worst affected nations continue to be the United States with 7.67 million of cases andIndia, where in the last hours the 7 million infections have also been exceeded. And it does not improve on Russiawhere were you on saturday 13,634 infections 149 deaths: these are the highest figures since the beginning of the pandemic.

Britain – On Saturday, with 15,166 new cases, the UK reached a “point of no return“In the pandemic, similar to the one in March, and in the coming weeks, in addition to the increase in cases, there will be an increase in deaths: said Professor Jonathan Van-Tam, England’s deputy medical director. At present, the situation has only slightly improved: the UK has recorded 12,872 new cases of Covid-19 e 65 deaths. For Van-Tam, “thethe season is adverseAnd the country will face “headwinds” before winter.

France – am 16,101 the cases of positivity today in France: a figure far from almost 27 thousand yesterday but anyway very high for a Sunday, a day traditionally with a slower data flow and therefore with figures abruptly lower. There were 46 deaths, for a total of 32,730 as of March 1. On Saturday, the positivity rate, which was 9.1% two days earlier, jumped to 11%. TO Paris and in its region, the Ile-de-France, intensive care bed occupancy approaches 50% of capacity. The capital, as Marseilles, Aix-en-Provence and the island of Guadeloupe, is already a red zone, while today the new measures have come into force for four other cities: Lyon, Lille, Grenoble and Saint-Etienne decreed in “maximum alert”. Here, bars and party halls closed and limited places for shopping centers and stores, collecting closures and rigid distances in restaurants.

Germany – German health authorities have registered other 3,483 new infections coronavirus in the last 24 hours. This was announced by the Robert Koch Institute, which in recent days had registered a strong increase in positive tests, which went from 2828 to 4058 between Wednesday and Thursday, and then yesterday to 4721. Also in Germany on Sundays and Mondays cases usually be below average because not all local health authorities report their findings to the Koch Federal Central Institute over the weekend.

Russia – In the last 24 hours, the country has registered the highest number of cases since the start of the pandemic: 13,634 with 149 deaths. This was reported by the National Operations Center for the fight against covid, while according to a calculation by the Sputnik news agency, more than 4,500 infections have been registered since yesterday in Moscow alone. Thus, the number of cases in Russia amounts to 1,298,718, while the victims are 22,597.

Brazil – Brazil has exceeded the threshold of 150 thousand deaths for coronavirus, even if the daily death toll is slowly decreasing. Official sources report it. The South American country is the second in the world by number of Covid-19 victims after the United States, and the third by number of infections after the United States and India.

Israel – The blockade imposed on the country more than two weeks ago begins to take effect and according to the Ministry of Health there are now symptoms that seem to indicate a containment of the pandemic. Yesterday they were detected 887 positive cases out of 12 thousand swabs. This is a 7.3 percent figure, representing a sharp drop from the 10 percent recorded a week ago. The number of seriously ill patients is also declining: 825, compared to 857 last week. However, yesterday the death toll rose to 1914, that is, 222 more dead than on October 4. According to the Ministry, Israel continues to be one of the countries with the highest daily mortality rate compared to its population and a constant increase in infections among adolescents between 12 and 17 years of age has been observed, which is why, according to the government, the eventual La Reopening of schools will be studied with the utmost attention.

Iran – Iran coronavirus cases exceed quota Half a million. The Ministry of Health of Tehran gave notice of 3,822 new infections in the last 24 hours, bringing the total to 500,075. The new ones deceased they are instead 250, for a total of 28,544. The head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Ali akbar salehi, it tested positive. The Tasnim news agency reports, according to which Salehi hired Covid in recent days, is fine and is in quarantine at home.

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