Third wave of coronavirus progresses in Europe with files

The country, where more than 23 million people received the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine, while more than 1.3 million were also inoculated with the second, has reported 6,753 new cases, a rebound from the 5,920 discovered the day before, for a total of 4,241,677.

France, behind the UK in the list of worst-affected European countries, has recorded 27,166 infections in the past 24 hours, a figure that brings the total number of cases to 4,050,543, and 266 deaths which now reach 89,984.

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“Health pressure is now reaching levels similar to the peaks of the second wave,” said Minister of Health Olivier Véran.

“Patients represent 80% of the initial capacity of our French intensive care units. The pressure should increase further in the coming weeks.” added.

For its part, Hungary has recorded more than 8,300 new cases of coronavirus, the highest daily figure since the start of the pandemic, a number which now reaches 489,172 nationwide, where deaths are 16,497 Hungary, with approximately 10 million inhabitants, currently has the highest level of hospitalizations of the entire pandemic, which puts pressure on its scarce health workers. The government this week imposed a new set of restrictions to curb the increase, including the mandatory closure of most businesses and the suspension of kindergartens and elementary schools.

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In Polonia, el gobierno anunció más de 21.000 nuevos contagios, la cifra diaria más alta desde noviembre que ahora alcanza los casi 1,9 million, y las autoridades dicen que se encuentran en una tercera ola provocada por the británica variant of the virus, of transmission faster.

With 375 new deaths also reported, or 46,373 in total, Poland faces a difficult situation. The number of people hospitalized with Covid-19 is also increasing amid a shortage of healthcare workers.

More than 4.2 million doses of vaccines have been administered amid the slow deployment of vaccines in the European Union (EU), to which Poland belongs.