The number of people infected with the new Corona virus (Covid-19) in the world has reached about 34 million and a half million infected, as a number of countries set new records, while a number of European countries have tightened measures to limit the further spread of the virus.

The World Meter website, which specializes in monitoring and counting the latest numbers related to the spread of the epidemic in various parts of the world, stated that the number of infected people reached specifically 34 million and 494 thousand and 967 injured.

This comes while the number of deaths reached one million and 27 thousand and 777 deaths, while the number of people recovering reached 25 million and 677 thousand and 764 recovered.

The United States tops the numbers of injured with 7 million and 494 thousand and 671 injured, while the number of deaths reached 212,660 deaths.

US President Donald Trump announced that he was infected with the Coronavirus "Covid-19" after undergoing an examination that gave a positive result, after one of his close advisers was infected.

Yesterday, Thursday, Trump had said that he and the first lady Melania would enter quarantine pending the results of the tests, which were conducted for them after it was confirmed that an assistant had been infected with the emerging coronavirus.

Trump and Melania have contracted the Corona virus (Reuters)

New numbers

India is still in second place with the number of injuries, which, according to the latest figures, reached 6 million and 397 thousand and 886 injured, while the number of deaths reached 99,833 deaths.

As for Brazil, which ranks third in the number of injuries worldwide, the number of injuries reached 4 million and 849 thousand, while the number of deaths reached 144 thousand and 767.

Yesterday, Thursday, the Brazilian Ministry of Health announced the registration of 36,157 new cases of the emerging corona virus and 728 deaths during the last day.

Brazil has the second highest death rate in the world (Anatolia)

Strict measures

In Europe, the French authorities said that they may put Paris on high alert, starting from Monday, to confront the outbreak of the epidemic, which will require the closure of bars with the high number of infections.

"We are at a stage where the situation is deteriorating," Health Minister Olivier Ferrand said.

Also, Spain, which is fighting a second wave of the virus, has expanded its strict restrictions across the capital despite strong opposition from local authorities in Madrid, knowing that most other regions have agreed to tighten restrictions in regions that are experiencing a rapid increase in the rate of infection.

In Britain, chief scientific adviser Patrick Vallance said, "Things are definitely going in the wrong direction," while the government has expanded closures to several towns in northern England, effectively putting more than a quarter of the country's population under tighter restrictions.

Meanwhile, the two governments in Slovakia and the Czech Republic decided to impose a state of emergency that would allow them to take quick decisions in the face of the significant rise in the number of injuries and deaths.

For its part, Germany recorded again the highest number of daily infections with the Coronavirus since the end of last April.

The German Robert Koch Institute for the Control of Communicable and Non-communicable Diseases announced this morning, Friday, that the number of new infections that were recorded during the past 24 hours reached 2,673, based on data from local health departments.

Germany has surpassed 2,500 new infections twice in the past few days.

French authorities may put Paris on high alert (Anatolia)

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This comes while Israel announced, on Friday, that it had recorded 7,639 cases of corona during the last 24 hours, continuing the significant increase in virus infections since last June.

The Ministry of Health said in a statement that the total number of HIV infections rose to 255,771 cases.

Of them, 1622 deaths, and 183 thousand and 488 cases of recovery.

And last week, the Israeli government approved the imposition of a comprehensive closure in light of the worsening epidemic situation.

The closure began last Friday, and will continue until October 14.

For his part, South Africa recorded 1745 new cases of Coronavirus during the past 24 hours, which brought the total to more than 676,000 cases.

The statement indicated that the total number of injuries rose to 676 thousand and 84 injuries, after 1745 cases were recorded within 24 hours, while the number of people recovering reached 609 thousand, and 584 recovered.