Coronavirus, in Great Britain more than 17 thousand cases in 24 hours. 18 thousand in France: another 4 cities on “maximum alert”. Spain, more than 12 thousand infections

The alarm coronavirus continues to grow in Europe. In Britain the number of new cases reached 17,540 in 24 hours, bringing the total since the start of the pandemic to more than 561,000 confirmed cases. There were 77 new deaths from Covid-19. In France In the last 24 hours, there were 18,129 infections. In Spain, on the other hand, reached 12,423, 31% of which a Madrid, with 126 dead. Fernando Simon, head of the Center for Health Alerts and Emergencies, declared that “the evolution of the pandemic is not favorable, we are in a phase of increasing cases.

Also there Germany recorded a record of new infections: 4,058 confirmed cases in the last 24 hours. They weren’t that high since April 11, when the country was still locked up. On Wednesday the new German positives had been 2,898 and yesterday the number had also represented a Record. The peak comes just behind the Holidays school autumn, so much so that, as the Chancellor asked a few days ago Angela Merkel, the government suggested to citizens avoid traveling abroad. Meanwhile, the capital Sedan It has exceeded the threshold of 50 infections per 100,000 inhabitants in the space of seven days, beyond which the authorities can impose new restrictions. The same situation also a Frankfurt.

The outlook does not seem to improve in other European countries either. So much so that yesterday many ran to take cover, imposing more restrictive measures, such as the closure of bars and restaurants in Brussels for a month, or Glasgow ed Edinburgh For two weeks.

So today Paris fired again in the Ile-de-France, the capital region, the “Plan Blanc”, the emergency plan that allows you to mobilize all hospital resources in a crisis. This was announced by the regional health director Aurelien Rousseau explaining that the epidemic “is making itself felt in intensive care and in hospitals”, with the number of hospitalized in intensive care that has already reached the alert threshold of 40%. The plan allows “mobilizing all the resources of the hospitals and anticipating the next few days,” he said. “The situation is getting worse in several of our cities, as in other countries close to France,” explained the Minister of Health. Oliviér Véran, during his weekly press conference. Four cities – Little, Grenoble, Lyon me Saint Etienne – pass in the area of “Maximum alert” come Paris me Marseille-Aix en Provence. A Dijon me Clermont-Ferrand Worrying signs emerge and the two cities go from alert to enhanced alert.

The measures of the “White Plan” were also reactivated in the hospitals of the Lyon region as of September 22. Level 1 of the contingency plan allows you to better prepare for welcome the sick, of increase the number of intensive care beds and of postpone some operations not urgent.

The figures outside the European continent are also worrying. In fact, at night the number of coronavirus cases in Brazil has exceeded the threshold of 5 million, as announced by the country’s Ministry of Health, with an increase of 31,553 new positives in just 24 hours, and more than 700 new deaths. In IndiaOn the other hand, the positives in 24 hours were 78,524, a figure that raises the total number of infections since the beginning of the pandemic to 6.8 million. Despite the high numbers, theIndia however, it witnessed a steady decline in confirmed cases: at the beginning of September the daily cases averaged 93,000.

He also criticizes the situation on the other side of the Mediterranean, in North Africa, where the Tunisia decreed the night curfew, starting tonight for 15 days, in the “Greater Tunisia”, which is the macro urban area of ​​the capital that includes the governorates of Tunisia, Ariana, Ben arous, e Manouba, more than 2.6 million inhabitants. This was announced yesterday afternoon by state television Watanya 1, specifying that the curfew will go from 9 to 5 on weekdays and from 7 to 5 on Saturdays and Sundays. In recent weeks, Tunisia has seen a sharp increase in infections. The latest data released by the Ministry of Health, referring to last October 4 and 5, speak of another 2,312, for a total of 24,542 infections since the beginning of the epidemic.

Portugal – The country exceeded 1,000 new cases of coronavirus per day for the first time in six months. The General Directorate of Health registered 1,278 infections in the last 24 hours. It is the highest figure since April 10.

Russia Cases in Russia have increased by 11,493 in the last 24 hours and the total number of infections has reached 1,260,112. The coronavirus crisis center said so. According to their data, a growth rate of 0.9% has been registered in the last five days. The dead were 191 for a total of 22,056.

Croatia – New significant jump in infections in Croatia, which in the last 24 hours registered 542 new cases of coronavirus, a daily record since the start of the epidemic. Yesterday 363 cases were registered, the total amounts to 18,989, while the number of victims so far is 310, after a last death registered yesterday.

Iran – New record of 4,392 coronavirus cases registered in the last 24 hours in Iran. The figure brings the total number of infections to 488,236. The confirmed victims in the last day are 230. The total of deaths amounts to 27,888.

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