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Washington, September 28, 2020 – The world has reached the psychological figure of million deaths from coronavirus: at 00:30 today – according to France Press – the confirmed victims were 1,000,009. the United States continues to be the country with the highest number of deaths (204,743) followed by Brazil, India (which meanwhile has exceeded 6 million cases) Mexico and Great Britain. “It is an impressive number and unfortunately it continues to grow,” says the Minister of Health. Roberto Speranza. In the last days thewho warned that without global collective action, it is “very likely” to happen two million dead.
Regarding infections, there are more than 33 million cases of coronavirus worldwide, according to data from Johns Hopkins University, which updates the number of infections to 33,078,537.
The alarm also grows in Europe, particularly in France, where 32% of outbreaks occur in schools and universities.
France, the positivity rate is growing
After having exceeded 16,000 daily infections and then falling to 15,797 and 14,412, the number of new positives in France yesterday fell to 11,123 but the decrease is due to the usual counting at the end of the weekend, limited by the closure of private analysis laboratories. It keeps rising, day after day, the positivity rate, which has now reached 7.4% compared to 5.7% a week ago. The number of hospitalized for Covid-19 is constantly increasing, with 102 new admissions in 24 hours. There were 786 admissions to resuscitation, 23 more than on Saturday.
Spain first in Europe due to infections
With a total of infections since the beginning of the pandemic, it rose to a height 716,481, the highest in Europe, Spain is considering new measures. In the Madrid capital, since days in conflict with the government and yesterday the scene of protests against antivirus restrictions, since midnight the circulation of new areas has been prohibited, with millions of citizens, except for work, study or treatment reasons medical, a measure, however, milder than that required by the government. The Efe agency informs it. From today it is recommended to “the entire population”, residing or not in risk areas, to “avoid unnecessary travel”, and government intervention is not excluded.
Germany, Merkel worried
Angela Merkel is very concerned about the increase in Covid infections, in Germany and in Europe. At a CDU conference, the Chancellor said that Germany must do everything possible to prevent an exponential increase in Coronavirus cases from continuing, otherwise it will have the numbers for France by Christmas. In addition, the chancellor expressed her doubts about the handling of the pandemic by Berlin, where the numbers are increasing: “Something has to happen in Berlin,” she said.
According to Merkel, Germany could end up having 19,200 new cases of coronavirus per day, if the current trend continues. “If this continues, with this trend, we will have 19,200 infections a day. It is like in other countries,” he warned in videoconference, as quoted by the daily Bild.
Russia more than 8 thousand cases
In Russia in the last 24 hours there have been 8,135 cases of coronavirus, the highest number since June 16. In total, infections amounted to 1,159,573. Instead, the dead were 61, for a total of 20,385. The largest increases occur in Moscow, where as of today citizens over 65 are invited (but not forced) to stay at home and companies are asked to favor smart work whenever possible.
India, more than 6 million cases
In India, the confirmed count of coronavirus infections has surpassed six million cases in the past 24 hours, keeping the country second to the United States for the number of reported infections since the start of the pandemic. Today, the Ministry of Health announced 82,170 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the overall count to 6,074,703. In the last 24 hours, 1,039 deaths have also been recorded, bringing the official death toll to 95,542 since the start of the pandemic.
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