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With just over 313,000 dead so far, the United States is the most affected country in the world in terms of deaths in absolute terms. Calculated per million inhabitants, the US ranks 12th after the UK; Sweden ranks 24th.
Of the 15 most affected The countries per capita are 12 from Europe and two from South America, and then the United States. Displays statistics for the Worldometer site.
The death toll in the United States on Wednesday appears to hit 3,000 in 24 hours once again when the death toll at 16 o’clock U.S. East Coast time was around 2,400. Five times in the last eight days, the number has fluctuated around 3,000, something the United States did not even register during the first wave of April.
Right now, the infection is increasing the most in Tennessee, California and New Mexico, according to Washington Post statistics.
WHO: s Statistics extend until December 13 inclusive, before steep increases in the number of infected people began to take effect in Southeast Asia. In Japan, the number of infected and dead has surpassed the spring wave, the same applies to South Korea, which on December 15 showed the highest number of deaths in one day during the entire pandemic: 15 people.
South Korea has often been singled out as a shining example of how a country has been able to cope with the infection, but a record 1,078 new confirmed infections were reached on Tuesday, writes Joongang Daily. So far, 612 people have died and authorities are preparing to impose stricter restrictions, the newspaper writes.
The infection is increasing also in other countries that have so far been handled with relative ease. Among other things, the number of infected and dead in Africa increased by 40 and 43 percent, respectively, compared to the previous week. In the United States, the number increased by 11 and 12 percent, respectively, while infection decreased slightly in Europe, but the number of deaths remains high.
At the same time, vaccination is starting in several countries. And on Wednesday, the head of the investment fund behind the Russian vaccine Sputnik V announced that it will now begin a collaboration with Astra Zeneca. In an interview with CNN, Kirill Dmitriev warns that there will be a shortage of vaccines, at least initially:
“Even if all the vaccine manufacturers produced as much as they can, it still won’t be enough,” Kirill Dmitriev said in the interview.
To date, around 74 million people have been infected with the coronavirus and 1.6 million have died as a result of the covid-19.
