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Europe will see an increase in coronavirus-related deaths in October and November: The director for Europe of the World Health Organization (WHO), Hans Kluge, told the AFP news agency. “It will get more difficult. In October and November we will see higher mortality,” Kluge said, explaining that deaths will increase due to the current increase in contagion cases.
New daily case record globally: according to the WHO, infections in the world were 307,930 in the last 24 hours, the highest level since the beginning of the pandemic. The previous daily record was set on September 6 with 306,857 new infections.
Meanwhile, the body count caused by the virus worldwide has exceeded 920 thousand: according to the Johns Hopkins University counts to date, deaths in the world are 922,737 compared to 28,996,407 cases.
In Israel, the government has decided on a three-week shutdown starting Friday., with the possibility of extending further. This was announced by Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu at the end of an extraordinary session of the government. “We hope it lasts until at least the Simchat Torah festival,” on October 10. It is the first country to reintroduce the coronavirus lockdown: it will begin next Friday and will last 3 weeks.
Meanwhile, new infections in France are declining: another 7,183 in 24 hours, after the peak of +10,000 registered two days ago. Meanwhile, deaths in the world have exceeded 920,000, and the United States is approaching 195,000 deaths.
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