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The coronavirus pandemic continues to ravage the world, with more than 81 million cases registered worldwideand 1.7 million dead, according to Johns Hopkins University.
So far about 2.1 million doses of vaccine have been administered in the US and more than 11.4 million doses have been distributed as of Monday, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Other 4.7 million It will be distributed by the end of the week, said Admiral Brett Giroir, undersecretary of health for the US Department of Health and Human Services.
But the number of patients hospitalized with Covid-19 is the highest ever recorded in the US, which it reported. 121,235 people hospitalized Monday, the highest number since the start of the pandemic, according to the Covid monitoring project.
Coronavirus patients in the ICU have risen from 16% in September to 40% last week, and health experts anticipate that vacation travel could mean an “increase as well as an increase.”
Here’s the latest from around the world:
Wuhan Covid-19 Reality Check: Nearly half a million residents in the Chinese city where the new coronavirus first emerged may have been infected with Covid-19, nearly 10 times the official number of confirmed cases, according to a study by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention. .
Kamala Harris to receive the vaccine: Vice President-elect Harris is expected to receive the first dose of a Covid-19 injection Tuesday, live on camera from Washington, DC, according to Biden’s transition team.
Historical number of Dutch dead: The rise in the death toll in the Netherlands in 2020 was the worst seen in the country since World War II, according to the government statistics body. “In 2020, up to and including week 51, around 162,000 people died, 13,000 more than expected,” Statistics Netherlands said in a statement.
Cases in the UK are on the rise again: The UK’s National Health Service is “once again in the eye of the storm,” England’s NHS chief Simon Stevens said on Monday. His comments come a day after official figures revealed that at least 20,426 hospital beds are now occupied by confirmed coronavirus patients, more than during the country’s first peak of the pandemic in April.
British Army to support mass tests in schools: Some 1,500 armed forces personnel will assist secondary schools in England, as part of plans to implement a massive coronavirus testing program in schools ahead of the new term.
US Forces in Korea begin vaccine distribution: United States Forces in Korea began vaccinating military and civilian healthcare workers, first responders and the USFK command team at three of its medical facilities on Tuesday.
The Philippines and Indonesia impose travel bans: The Philippines has banned incoming foreign travelers from 18 countries and Hong Kong, expanding the current ban to travelers from the UK to prevent new variants of the coronavirus from being introduced into the country. Meanwhile, Indonesia will close its borders to foreign travelers for two weeks, starting on January 1, to prevent the spread of the new variant.
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