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The spread of the coronavirus continues to increase globally with more than 4 million new confirmed cases and another 60,000 people registered dead.
In total, more than 1.3 million people have died since the pandemic began. Displays statistics from the World Health Organization WHO.
At the same time, the number of new Those infected decreased by 10 percent in Europe during the past week compared to the previous week, so the number of infected increased by 41 percent in South and North America.
Statistics from the United States Food and Drug Administration (CDC) show another day of high death rates in states such as Texas, Wisconsin, Indiana and Illinois, while the United States exceeded a quarter of a million deaths. For between 60,000 and 101,000 who are treated in the hospital, the condition is critical, according to the source used.
To have informed a little more 30,000 new infections per day during the first phase of the pandemic in March and April rose to around 70,000 in July and August. Now the numbers have doubled again and are at just over 160,000 a day from a week ago.
However, the number of deaths per day is still far from the levels that prevailed during the month of April in particular. Then, many days, more than 2,500 people died.
With winter coming however, the situation appears to be deteriorating rapidly. On Wednesday, US Undersecretary of Health Admiral Brett Giroir said in an interview with MSNBC that the number of people hospitalized and dying is increasing by 25 percent “week after week.”
– Right now we are in a more than serious situation, a situation that we must take very seriously. Saying it is not yelling at the wolf. This is the largest increase we have seen during the pandemic and at this time there is no indication that the curves are flattening out.
The Vice Minister of Health He also said that just because he tested negative for covid-19 one day doesn’t mean he will do it the next day.
Giroir also said that more restrictions will be required, but that he does not want to see school closings for young people. An example that he says he has seen working in Europe.
At the same time, the New York school principal announced that the city will close all of its schools for on-site instruction beginning Monday, as the spread of the infection increased dramatically. Three percent of all those tested have been infected, a border that forced New York to close schools but still keeps bars and restaurants open.
The closure means that another 300,000 students in addition to the roughly 700,000 already home-taught will affect, writes the New York Post.
The deputy director of the pan-American health organization PAHO, Jarbas Barbosa, said Wednesday that more than a million new infections were found in the United States alone last week.
Several countries in South America fear a second wave and in the last week around 1.5 million new infections were recorded in North and South America, writes the Reuters news agency. Of these, the United States represents 1.1 million.
At the same time, PAHO notes Also that several countries in South America showed a decrease in the number of new cases but warned that Brazil is showing a strong increase in some states. On Wednesday, Brazil reported 34,091 new confirmed cases and another 756 registered deaths. Uruguay, which has so far escaped contagion from the crown with relative ease, has also reported clusters in parts of the country bordering Brazil.
Uruguay, with 3.5 million inhabitants, has so far reported only 4,208 cases and 68 deaths since the pandemic began. Now the number is increasing and the government issued a warning on Wednesday to the population to exercise greater caution and use mouth guards in all contexts.
