Coronavirus, record in Israel, almost 5 thousand cases in 24 hours. Over 925 thousand deaths worldwide

• Infection boom, Israel decides the lockdown for at least two weeks

• Coronavirus: WHO, record cases in the world, 307,930 in 24h

• Coronavirus, Argentina's positivity rate exceeds 50%

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In the last 24 hours, the new infections in 

, according to preliminary data from the ministry of health, have touched 5,000 cases (4,812): so far a record.

Over 47,000 swabs were carried out yesterday, which revealed an infection rate of just over 10%.

The deaths since the beginning of the pandemic have reached 1,136. From next Friday, a total lockdown of 3 weeks will be triggered across the country as recently established by the government. At the moment there are over 40,000 active patients. The percentage of infections, writes Israel Ha-Yom, is particularly high in localities populated by Orthodox Jews, where it has reached a level three times higher than the national average. Other important outbreaks have been recorded in Arab locations. The newspaper notes that the opening of schools was added two weeks ago to contribute to the growth of infections. Meanwhile, several hospitals warn that their coronavirus departments are full and that it is not possible for them to admit other patients with the virus. The health authorities have specified that during the lockdown the Israelis will have to stay at home and will not be able to leave more than 500 meters from their homes. However, there are exceptions for those who are going to work, or for those in need of medical care or even for accompanying children of divorced couples. Other exemptions have been made for observant Jews on the occasion of the Jewish New Year celebrations, which begin on Friday evening.

Coronavirus-related deaths in the world have exceeded 925,000, according to data from the leading American University in John Hopkins research. Yesterday, the WHO had talked about a new daily record in cases of coronavirus infections globally with 307,930 in the last 24 hours, the highest level ever since the beginning of the pandemic.

The most affected country in absolute terms, however, remains the

, with almost 195,000 deaths and over 6.55 million infections. Brazil and India follow.

In

the death toll from coronavirus has exceeded 132 thousand: the ministry of health has announced, according to reports from the CNN. The new data indicates that the country recorded 381 additional deaths yesterday, for a total of 132,006 victims since the start of the pandemic. At the same time, the number of cases rose to 4,345,610, of which 15,155 yesterday. 

has recorded another 83,809 coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, a trend that brings the total toll of infections to over 4.9 million: the Times of India reports. According to the new data, to date the country has recorded a total of 4,930,236 infections, including 80,776 deaths (of which 1,054 in the last 24 hours). 

In neighboring

 , 6 deaths and 404 new infections from covid-19 have been recorded in the last 24, while thanks to the reduction in cases in recent weeks, schools have begun to reopen today. According to data released by the Ministry of Health, the total cases since the beginning of the pandemic are 302,424, of which 5,774 are still active. Among these, 563 are ill in critical conditions. Today high schools and universities have reopened across the country, while elementary and middle schools will resume operations within the next two weeks. 

Daily cases are also growing in 

, where in the last 48 hours other 747 infections have been recorded, bringing the total number of confirmed infections in the North African country to 7,382. This was announced by the Ministry of Health of Tunis in a statement, specifying that the death toll has risen to 117, of which 10 in the last two days. So far 2,175 people have been cured in Tunisia, while 5,090 are still positive, of which 131 are in hospital and 30 in intensive care. The swabs carried out since the beginning of the pandemic are 177,904. An epidemiological situation that is clogging the analysis laboratories and that the spokeswoman for the ministry of health and director of the observatory for new and emerging diseases, Nissaf Ben Alaya, defined "disturbing" for its growing trend. Meanwhile, the gradual reopening of schools begins today. From last August 26 to enter Tunisia, regardless of the country of origin, it is necessary to exhibit a free covid-19 test carried out in the 72 hours prior to the first boarding and which does not exceed 120 hours at the time of entry into the country.

In

in the last 24 hours 5,529 new cases of covid-19 have been ascertained and 150 people have died of the disease: the national anticoronavirus operations center reports, according to which the new daily infections have reached the maximum level since 27 July. Officially, since the beginning of the epidemic in Russia there have been 1,073,849 cases of covid-19 and 18,785 deaths caused by the sars-cov-2 virus.

Positive trend instead in

 where for the first time in two months there was no coronavirus death in the last 24 hours. Only 50 new cases at national level: this is what is shown on the basis of the accounts of the AFP news agency. At the same time, authorities loosened the strict lockdown that had been imposed on Melbourne, Victoria: residents can now spend an extra hour outdoors playing sports and visit friends who live alone. However, non-essential businesses remain closed and the night curfew remains in effect until October 26. In addition, in the rest of the state, residents will be able to leave their homes and businesses will be able to reopen from midnight on Wednesday thanks to a decline in cases of contagion in rural areas.