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Rome, December 30, 2020 – The Coronavirus continues its journey around the world. New sudden increases in deaths and daily cases in Britain (peak of 981 new deaths), e Germany, with 1,129 deaths in 24 hours. SAccording to data from the Robert Koch Institute, there are 22,459 new cases of contagion among Germans, while the British are 50,023, slightly less than yesterday. In Europe the alert remains very high, and the European Center for Disease Control (ECDC), in a document published on its website, underlines the risk that comes from new variants of the coronavirus, that English VOC 202012/01, is that South African 501.V2, that are spreading to the Old Continent and causing more cases of Covid-19. While there is no evidence that the new strains are more lethal, their increased transmissibility has a serious impact in terms of hospital admissions and deaths. It is rated “as high, especially for the elderly or those with multiple pathologies,” Ecdc writes.
Covid in Italy, the newsletter of December 30
U.S
The United States also recorded a new record for coronavirus deaths, 3,725 in a single day, the highest number since the start of the pandemic. In the last 24 hours, 247,646 new cases were also registered, for a total of 19,557,147 infections nationwide and 338,563 deaths since the start of the pandemic. The 41-year-old Republican also died in the United States. Luke letlow, newly elected deputy: This is the first American MP to die from the coronavirus. Letlow was elected in Louisiana and was due to begin his term on Sunday. On December 18 he announced that he was positive and was hospitalized the next day for some complications. On December 23, he was transferred to intensive care.
Among the most affected states Texas, which registers the daily record with 26,990 new cases, exceeding by 41% the one established on December 23 when the reported cases exceeded 11,000. In all, Texas has recorded more than 1.6 million coronavirus cases and nearly 28,000 people have died. Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, who received the vaccine publicly yesterday, urged health officials and state hospitals to expedite the distribution of Covid-19 vaccine supplies.
First case in the United States of a person infected with the English variant of the coronavirus. The Washington Post writes, reporting on the governor’s announcement. Colorado Jared Polis. The patient is a man in his twenties with no travel history, currently in isolation. The English variant of Covid-19 has been identified in at least 17 countries outside of Great Britain.
Covid, Great Britain approves Astrazeneca vaccine
GB
New jump in the daily death toll today in UK, with the peak of 981 deaths. Infections in 24 hours were another 50,023, just below yesterday’s record. The fear is that the so-called English variant of the virus, with its ability to infect faster, is putting pressure on British hospitals. Health Minister Matt Hancock reached out to the midlands of England And in other areas of England, the toughest ‘level 4’ local blocking restrictions already affect London and more than half the British population.
The remaining areas of south-east England fall into the fourth level of restrictions, as well as much of the Midlands, the north-east and the south-west, which include large cities such as Manchester, Birmingham and Nottingham. The British Prime Minister, Boris johnson, when announcing the entry into the red zone of new areas of the country at a press conference, he said: “Nobody regrets me more” of the new restrictions, but “we must redouble our efforts.” BoJo has announced that it will be the reopening of schools in areas where the coronavirus situation is most critical postponed to January 18. The British Prime Minister urged the British to “celebrate the new year unsafety at home” and to “avoid large gatherings of any kind.” A few hours earlier he had confirmed to the BBC: the new variant of the coronavirus “is spreading rapidly from the places where it started, in East London and Kent; and, alas, it is beginning to spread throughout the country.”
The Premier League also had to postpone the match Tottenham-Fulham, valid for matchday 16, scheduled for tonight at 19. “Fulham has asked the League to postpone the match following a significant increase in positive cases of Coronavirus, including a significant number of players who have shown symptoms today” . It is the third English top flight game postponed by the virus, after Newcastle-Aston Villa and Everton-Manchester City.
the UK It has exceeded 88,000 deaths since the start of the pandemic. To the 84,641 deaths confirmed by the Office for National Statistics (Ons), 3,088 deaths in England, 66 in Scotland, 239 in Wales and 117 in Northern Ireland were added to the tally, according to data provided by the government. The total comes to 88,151, making the UK the country with the highest death toll in Europe.
France
The France He will not return to confinement, French Health Minister Olivier Veran assured him, despite the increase in infections. A guest on the France 2 news program, the minister hypothesized a regional curfew at 6pm starting January 2. Yesterday, France recorded 384 deaths and 11,395 more infections. The total is 64,078 deaths and almost 2.6 million cases in total since the beginning of the emergency in the country.
Russia
Others 26,513 almost of Coronavirus have been registered in Russia in the last 24 hours, a figure slightly lower than the 27,002 of the previous day. In the same period of time they are also counted 599 dead. The global balance speaks of 3,131,550 cases and 56,426 deaths, although the Russian statistics office has announced a revision of the latter in recent days, which would make the death toll triple the official one.
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