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Coronavirus deaths in Europe increased by 40% compared to a week ago, while infections by a third. WHO spokeswoman Margaret Harris told the BBC. “The concern is that intensive care is filling with very sick people and throughout the European region we see an alarming increase in cases and deaths,” he added.
United Kingdom – The jump in deaths from coronavirus in the United Kingdom, which rose to 367, the much higher daily figure since the first wave in recent months, according to data collected in the last 24 hours and released today by the government. On the other hand, the increase in infections is more limited, reaching 22,885 compared to almost 21,000 yesterday, but in a total of daily tests it fell from 321,000 to approximately 262,000. Finally, the sum of those admitted to British hospitals, indicated today at 9,199, is still lower than that of Italy, including 852 patients undergoing ventilation in intensive care.
Sweden. Sweden, the only country in the world that has never imposed a blockade, registered 1,870 new cases of coronavirus in 24 hours, the highest number since the start of the pandemic. The Guardian reports it. According to the Swedish Health Agency, there were many more cases in the spring but they were not registered due to lack of evidence. The previous record for Covid-19 cases was 1,698 at the end of June. The victims of the coronavirus in Sweden are 5,918.
Spain. Spanish doctors have called a 24-hour strike to protest the government’s inability to strengthen the health system that has been severely tested by the coronavirus pandemic. The Spanish media reported it. For Cesm, the main union of doctors in Spain, the participation in the agitation was 85% but for the authorities of the Community of Madrid in that area, the most affected by Covid19, only 7, 6% participated. The strike, the union said, will take place on the last Tuesday of each month indefinitely.
Russia In the last 24 hours there have been 16,550 new cases of Covid-19 and the death of 320 people: this is the highest number of deaths recorded so far since the start of the epidemic. According to official data, in Russia there are a total of 1,547,774 infections and 26,589 deaths caused by Covid-19.
The Russian federal agency for health checks (Rospotrebnadzor) has ordered the closure of bars and restaurants from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. starting tomorrow to contain the epidemic. The use of masks will also be mandatory in places where more people are concentrated, in elevators, parking lots, public transport and taxis.
In Ukraine In the last 24 hours, 6,677 new cases of Covid-19 have been registered and 126 people have died from the virus. Since the beginning of the epidemic, 355,601 infections and 6,590 deaths caused by the Sars-Cov-2 virus have been confirmed in the former Soviet republic. The Kyiv Post reports this, citing local health authorities.
Bulgaria Absolute registry of infections and deaths from coronavirus, in the last 24 hours 2,243 new cases have been registered, which is equivalent to approximately 30% of the 7,659 diagnostic tests performed. This is the new daily record of infections in the Balkan country. The highest number of infected people is registered again in the capital Sofia (around two million inhabitants): 913. The total number of cases since the beginning of the epidemic is 40,132 to date. Since yesterday 42 deaths have been reported, a historic record, and the total number of victims amounts to 1,136. The number of cases of infection among medical-health personnel amounted to 1,948. There are currently 20,346 active cases in Bulgaria, while 2,130 patients are hospitalized in hospitals, 149 of them in intensive care.
France “We must wait for difficult decisions” to fight the coronavirus: French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said in statements to France Inter, before the opening of the Defense Council dedicated to the management of the health crisis in the Elysee. As for the measures, the minister said that “he does not know what they are exactly.” But it is clear that France, “like all our European neighbors”, is heading for a new grip. Among the latest hypotheses that are being studied, there is also a possible lockdown during the weekend.
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