New world record for daily coronavirus cases: almost a third come from the United States

The coronavirus pandemic has set a new record with more than 671,000 cases and more than 10,600 deaths in the past 24 hours across the world, with the United States leading the way after surpassing 200,000 positives for the first time in a day and while some European countries restrictions were lifted after a drop in infections.

With 671,885 positive on the last day, the world passed 62 million people infected with Covid-19, while the death toll from the epidemic stood at 1.4 million, according to the updated toll from the Johns Hopkins University (JHU).

Almost a third of infections in the past 24 hours were in the United States, the country hardest hit by the disease, which has registered 205,557 new cases, setting a new record of daily infections and surpassing 13, 2 million positive cases. .

In addition, 1,406 people died on the eve and the total death toll in the country stood at 264,859.

Faced with this situation, authorities in Greater Los Angeles, the county most affected by the virus at the moment, have decided to ban public and private meetings for at least three weeks, except those organized for religious or protest, to slow the advance of Covid-19.

Meanwhile, Europe topped 400,000 coronavirus deaths on Saturday, coinciding with the easing of restrictions in several countries, keen to get some back to normal for Christmas.

Last week, the European continent recorded more than 36,000 deaths, the most serious figure since the start of the pandemic, the AFP news agency reported.

Despite these alarming figures, the situation is improving in most countries, which appear to have passed the peak of the second wave.

With strict health rules, stores in France and shopping centers in Poland reopened this Saturday, while Ireland and Belgium will adopt similar measures next Tuesday, December 1.

“Everyone’s efforts and sacrifices have worked and we have saved lives,” congratulated Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin.

However, in Germany, the restrictions will perhaps be in force until the boreal source, warned this Saturday the Minister of the Economy, Peter Altmaier.

“We have three or four long winter months ahead of us. It will all depend on the arrival of the vaccines, but it is possible that the restrictions will continue during the first months of 2021,” he said in an interview with the daily. Die Welt.

Germany, seen as an example of management in the first wave, was hit hard in the second wave of the virus and already has more than 15,500 deaths from Covid-19.

In the UK, Wales will tighten restrictions on pubs and restaurants before Christmas and in England, including London, the 56 million people will continue to live under severe restrictions after the second lockdown ends on Wednesday next.

Dissatisfied with these measures, hundreds of people defied the ban and protested this Saturday in London shouting “Freedom” and with banners saying “stop controlling us”, while police arrested more than 60 protesters for violation of the law. current isolation.

Despite the exhaustion of part of the population, British Minister Michael Gove said during the day that the country’s hospitals could enter “urgently” if urgent and strict measures were not taken against the advance of the sickness.

The UK is the seventh country in the world and the fourth in Europe with the most confirmed cases of Covid-19, and the fifth on the planet and the first on this continent with the most deaths from the disease, according to JHU .

As of Saturday, it has accumulated 1,605,172 infections (15,871 in the past 24 hours) and 58,030 deaths (479 new), the health ministry reported this afternoon, according to the news agency. Europa Press.

Italy, for its part, has seen a slight decrease in coronavirus infections and deaths in the past 24 hours, but the government has warned that in all cases levels remain high and even in some areas continue to rise. .

However, the Minister of Health, Roberto Speranza, has ordered that from tomorrow Lombardy, Calabria and Piedmont return to the orange risk zone, which implies a relaxation of the restrictions adopted to contain the spread of the virus.

Across the Atlantic, Mexico last night registered 12,081 new cases of Covid-19, a record number, which places the total number of infections in the country at 1,090,675, according to figures from the federal ministry of Health.

In the past 24 hours, the deaths of 631 people were also reported, bringing the total to 104,873 deaths.

In Peru, the state of health emergency has been extended for 90 days, until early March 2021, but authorities have relaxed some restrictions thanks to the slow but sustained reduction in infections and deaths.

With 33 million inhabitants, Peru has accumulated 35,780 deaths from the virus, the second highest death rate in the world relative to population.

Since the start of the pandemic, Latin America and the Caribbean have already recorded 444,036 deaths from Covid-19 and more than 12.8 million infections, according to official figures.