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In April, New Zealand was among many countries locked in as the coronavirus spread wildly across the globe. Although life has returned to near-normal here, closures loom across the oceans and daily infection numbers are approaching the staggering totals seen in April.
The UK has become the first country in Europe to reach the grim milestone of 50,000 deaths amid the pandemic.
His daily death toll also reached 595, which is the highest number reported in a single day since April.
The wave of new infections sweeping through England has once again forced the country into a national lockdown.
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Residents have been asked to stay home if possible, and bars, restaurants, pubs, and all non-essential shops are closed until at least early December. However, schools are open and take out services are offered.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson was reported to have said that without action, deaths would reach “several thousand a day,” and the situation is projected to be more dire than what the country saw in April.
“… The virus has been spreading even faster than in the worst case reasonable of our scientific advisers,” Johnson told the media at a press conference announcing the return to the lockdown.
As in the UK, Italy is once again entrenched in a battle with Covid-19.
On Wednesday, it reached the milestone of more than a million cases since the outbreak began. His health ministry also reported 623 deaths in one day, a level not seen since early April.
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A quiet Soho in London during the new closing.
In March, the Italian government imposed a drastic and strict lockdown, which helped curb infections and deaths.
The second wave of the virus in the country is once again wreaking havoc on its health system. A hospital in southern Italy became so crowded over the weekend that suspected Covid-19 patients were treated with emergency oxygen inside their cars while they waited to be admitted, CNN reported.
According to The GuardianThis week, doctors called for another national lockdown, warning that there could be 10,000 additional deaths in a month if drastic measures are not taken.
Some restrictions, including a nationwide night curfew, are already in effect. There is a regional lockdown in place in the Lombardy region, with residents allowed to go to work and make essential purchases, yet all non-essential businesses are closed. More regional restrictions are expected to be announced.
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A member of medical staff in a protective suit waits at a triage checkpoint that was set up to ease pressure on hospital emergency rooms, following the surge in Covid-19 cases in Monza, Italy.
France is also caught in a second wave of Covid-19, reporting 551 deaths on Monday. It reported 22,180 new confirmed cases of the virus on Tuesday alone.
The country is already in the middle of its month-long national shutdown, which the government imposed after the second outbreak of infections. All non-essential businesses are closed, but the school is open.
This week, France’s health director Jérôme Salomon said that the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic is yet to come. “We are at a crucial moment,” he was reported to have told a news conference.
According to the Associated Press, Covid-19 patients occupy more than 73 percent of France’s intensive care units, since the beginning of November.
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Medical personnel in protective suits work at a sorting checkpoint in Milan, Italy.
The healthcare system in the US is under pressure from the rise in Covid-19 infections there.
The country has registered more than 100,000 cases a day for seven days in a row, and hospitalizations have also skyrocketed.
There are nearly 62,000 people hospitalized in the US for Covid-19-related treatment, according to the Covid Tracking Project.
On Wednesday, Texas became the first state to reach 1 million cases of the virus. California has the second highest number of cases among the states, with more than 989,400 reported.
Cases have also increased in West Virginia, Illinois, and Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Department of Health said there has been a significant increase in cases among younger age groups, especially those ages 19 to 24, CNN reported.
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Crowds of people flooded the streets of Atlanta to celebrate Joe Biden’s victory in the presidential election.
In New York City, which was hit hard at the beginning of the outbreak in the country, cases are on the rise again.
“This is our LAST chance to stop a second wave,” Mayor Bill de Blasio wrote on Twitter Wednesday.
President-elect Joe Biden has warned Americans that the country “faces a very dark winter” ahead.
Daily records are also reaching new highs in Russia, with nearly 21,000 new cases announced Tuesday.
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A woman in New York imagines getting tested for Covid-19.
At this stage, the country is trying to avoid a national shutdown, yet a night curfew has been imposed on Moscow’s bars and restaurants.
In the regions, some health centers are reportedly overloaded, the BBC said.
By the numbers:
To date, 51.81 million global Covid-19 cases and 1.27 million deaths have been reported, according to Johns Hopkins University.
The United States has the most reported cases, with 10.3 million wide during the course of the pandemic and 240,500 deaths.
In the UK, 1.2 million cases and 50,000 deaths have been reported, although figures from UK national statistics show that there have been more than 65,000 deaths where Covid-19 is mentioned on the death certificate. The independent reported.
In Italy, 1.02 million cases and 42,900 deaths have been reported.
France there have been more than 1.85 million cases and 41,000 deaths.
Meanwhile, in Russia, more than 1.82 million cases have been reported and there have been 31,300 deaths.
