UK worries about rebound in coronavirus cases and incidence of Indian strain

The number of people infected with the coronavirus in the UK has rebounded over the past week, when it has risen to two-thirds, and a significant proportion of new infections have been attributed to the “Delta” strain, which emerged in India.

The UK Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported that in the week of May 29, around 100,000 people tested positive, up from 60,000 the week before.

The fastest growing infections have occurred in England and Wales.

Despite the fact that this Friday 6,278 confirmed cases were announced in the United Kingdom, with 954 people hospitalized and 11 deaths recorded, and that there was an increase in infections which had fallen sharply, admissions to intensive care and deaths continued to decline from last week. .

However, the increase in testing leading to the so-called Indian variant, or Delta variant, as it has been named by the World Health Organization, in sensitive areas may mean that this peak appears larger than it is. is actually, says the BBC. to place.

As of Friday, the virus has been contracted by 172,403,048 people across the globe, while there have been 3,707,447 deaths from the disease and 2,043,041,793 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have already provided, according to Johns Hopkins University.

In the United States, the country most affected by the pandemic, the coronavirus has caused 596,996 deaths, with 33,342,821
Confirmed cases.

For its part, India, with a faster rate of infections, added 28,574,350 infected patients and 340,702 deaths in total, while Brazil was third with 16,841,408 infected and 470,842 deaths.

France, in fourth place, had 5,762,632 infections and 110,078 deaths; while Turkey, in fifth place, has accumulated 5,276,468 infected and 47,976 deaths. Russia, which fell to sixth position, had 5,049,210 infected and 120,974 deaths; The UK, in seventh place, had 4,521,919 infected, in addition to 128,186 deaths; Italy, which was in eighth place, had 4,227,719 cases and 126,415 deaths.

Argentina, which rose to ninth place, recorded 3,915,397 infections, in addition to 80,411 deaths from the pandemic; Meanwhile, Germany, now in tenth place, has accumulated 3,704,685 infected and 89,082 deaths.

Spain, fell to eleventh place, with 3,697,981 infections and 80,195 deaths; while Colombia had 3,488,046 positive cases and 90,353 deaths.

Then there was Iran, with 2,954,309 infected and 80,813 dead; Poland, with 2,874,411 infected and 74,101 deaths; Mexico, with 2,426,822 sick and 228,362 deaths; Ukraine, with 2,270,602 infected and 53,117 deaths; Peru recorded 1,968,693 infections and 185,380 deaths; then Indonesia,
with 1,843,612 infections and 51,296 deaths.

Later, the Netherlands appeared, with 1,686,711 infected and 17,940 deaths; South Africa, with 1,686,041 cases and 56,832 deaths; Czech Republic, with 1,663,040 affected and 30,142 deaths; Chile has 1,411,346 cases and 29,696 deaths; Canada, with 1,397,187 patients with Covid-19 and 25,667 deaths; and the Philippines, in twenty-fourth position, had 1,255,337 positive cases and 21,537 deaths. (N / A)