Covid, more than 50 thousand cases and almost a thousand deaths in the United Kingdom: the confinement extended to 78% of the population. Registry of infections in the Czech Republic

the UK continues to cope with the new spike in infections and the increasingly massive spread of coronavirus All over the country. Even today, data from London talk about 50,023 Covid cases registered in the last 24 hours and almost a thousand dead (981), just below the historical record registered yesterday. Thus, as already announced on Tuesday, the Minister of Health, Matt hancock, extended to the midlands of England and to other areas of England the severe restrictions of emergency shutdown locals of the Level 4 They already involve London and more than half the British population. During his speech in the Chamber, the government representative of Boris johnson noted that most new infections are caused by new variant virus, so it is necessary to extend the block to 44 million people, which is 78% of the population English. And the premier has already announced that the reopening of schools in areas of Britain where the coronavirus situation is most critical will be postponed to January 18.

New registry of cases since the beginning of the pandemic also in Czech Republic, where 16,329 infections have been registered in the last 24 hours. With its 10.7 million inhabitants, the country is one of the most affected in Europe by the second wave of the pandemic, also taking into account the 11,429 deaths in total.

In SwitzerlandOn the other hand, there are 5,424 new cases of coronavirus, according to figures published by the Federal Office of Public Health (UFSP). The bulletin also reports 96 new deaths, leading Switzerland to exceed the threshold of 7,000 deaths since the start of the epidemic. The positivity rate is 18.34%.