Coronavirus: the world has passed 190 million cases | Alarm in Europe due to the advance of the Delta variant

The world has passed 190 million cases of infection for the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, Johns Hopkins University (JHU) confirmed this Sunday, which is constantly monitoring the pandemic.

The American University website has reported 190,015,428 cases of infection with the novel coronavirus worldwide, with more than four million deaths. The world has taken less than a month to add ten million more cases to the pandemic’s toll.

With around 34 million cases, The United States is the country with the most infections recorded, followed by India and Brazil, with 31.1 and 19.3 million respectively.

In statistics of fatalities, the United States and Brazil occupy the first two positions, with 608,898 and 541,266 deaths respectively. India follows, with 413,609 deaths. The Delta variant, first detected in India and much more contagious than the original strain, is spreading almost all over the world.

Daily cases in Russia do not drop below 25,000, while since the beginning of July, the number of deaths per day has remained above 700. The high number of cases and deaths is attributed to the Delta variant and the great reluctance of the Russian population to be vaccinated.

In Italy, infections and deaths and intensive care admissions have increased. Experts have again urged the population to be vaccinated, since the two doses prevent the most severe forms of the disease and, consequently, hospitalizations and deaths. 3,121 cases were recorded on Saturday, against 2,898 the day before, in addition to 13 deaths.

Germany He also encouraged his citizens to get vaccinated since, according to a study by the Techische Universitaet in Berlin, it was shown that the increase in cases could lead to a fourth wave in October.

Based on the behavior of the pandemic in recent days, the researchers have sounded the alarm by saying that if the covid continues to spread at the current rate, exponential growth will be achieved in the fall. As, UK, 54,674 new cases of Covid were recorded on Saturday, a new peak since January 15.

Delta variant may ruin vacations for European tourists in a summer marked by a new wave of infections and more restrictions which endanger the season, which is vital to boosting the economy of many countries.

After Catalonia, another place where the curfew has been reintroduced in the face of the worrying increase in cases is the Greek island of Mykonos, a popular tourist and entertainment destination.

France, for its part, controls the entry of visitors from six countries of the European Union., who must present a negative Covid-19 test carried out within the last 24 hours.

Meanwhile, from this Sunday Israel imposed new restrictions in an attempt to stem the increase in cases due to the Delta variant. The country’s health ministry said it was not until Friday 1,118 new coronavirus infections were recorded for the first time after nearly four months, while the number of active cases stood at 6,563.

Since March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization calls Covid-19 disease a pandemic caused by the new SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus detected at the end of 2019.