Europe records more than 200,000 daily infections with "the virus" for the first time

Corona injuries 41.5 million globally, and 1 million 133,635 deaths

• A Coronavirus patient was transferred to a helicopter to be transferred from Flevo Hospital in the Netherlands to Germany for treatment.

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The number of people infected with the new Coronavirus (Covid-19) worldwide has reached more than 41.5 million people, and while the total deaths resulting from the virus have reached one million and 133 thousand and 635 deaths, the cases of Coronavirus registered in Europe have more than doubled in 10 Days, exceeding 200,000 injuries per day for the first time.

In detail, a Reuters census showed that more than 41.5 million people were infected with the emerging corona virus worldwide.

According to the statistics of "Reuters" agency, yesterday, the total number of deaths due to the virus in the world reached 1 million 133 thousand and 635 deaths.

And HIV infections have been recorded in more than 210 countries and regions in the world, since the first cases were discovered in China in December 2019.

A statistic showed that the cases of Coronavirus recorded in Europe more than doubled in 10 days, exceeding 200,000 infections per day for the first time, Thursday, with a number of southern European countries monitoring the largest number of infections in one day this week.

Europe announced 100,000 injuries in one day, for the first time on October 12.

Europe has so far recorded about 7.8 million cases of Coronavirus, and about 247,000 deaths, according to a Reuters count.

European countries, such as Italy, Austria, Croatia, Slovenia and Bosnia monitored the highest cases of Coronavirus in one day, Thursday.

Europe as a region records more cases daily than India, Brazil and the United States combined.

The reason for this increase is, in part, because of much more testing than in the first wave of the pandemic.

The statistics indicate that Europe accounts for nearly 19% of global cases, and about 22% of deaths worldwide.

And in western Europe, France, which has the highest seven-day average of new cases in Europe at 25,480 per day, recorded its highest level ever at 41,622 new confirmed cases of "Covid-19", Thursday, according to health authorities. French.

The total confirmed cases of the emerging coronavirus reached 1.04 million, as of yesterday, according to data from Johns Hopkins University and Bloomberg News.

The data showed that the number of deaths due to infection with the virus in France reached 34,237 deaths, while 112,662 of the infected people recovered from the virus as of yesterday morning.

Yesterday, the French government's scientific advisor, Arnaud Fontane, said that the Corona virus is spreading more quickly than it was during the outbreak for the first time in the spring.

And data released by the National Institute of Public Health showed, Thursday, that the Netherlands, another country in Western Europe, recorded more than 9,000 cases within 24 hours, a new record.

Yesterday, the German Robert Koch Institute for the Control of Infectious and Non-communicable Diseases recorded 11,242 new cases of the new Corona virus, at least in Germany, within one day, based on data from local health departments.

Germany extended the travel warning to Switzerland, Ireland, Poland, most of Austria and the Italian territories, including Rome.

In view of the significant increase in the number of people infected with the new Coronavirus in Berlin, the German capital authorities decided to rely on a new strategy to isolate the infected and track their contacts.

The Minister of Local Health of the State of Berlin, Delek Kaleici, said that due to the epidemiological situation, the health authorities are no longer able to deal with each case separately, which requires great effort and great speed.

The German Ministry of Health adheres to its estimates regarding the availability of the first vaccines against the emerging corona virus by the first months of next year.

The development of the "Covid-19" epidemic is currently causing "great concern" in 23 countries in the European Union, as well as in the United Kingdom, according to the latest assessment by the European Health Agency responsible for diseases published Friday.

All European Union countries, with the exception of Finland, Cyprus, Estonia and Greece, fall into this category, up from seven countries a month ago, according to the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control.

Yesterday, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced that the "actual number" of people infected with the new Corona virus in Spain since the beginning of the epidemic "exceeds three million."

"The situation is dangerous," Sanchez said, in a televised speech during which he did not announce new measures, but apparently paved the way for imposing restrictions that may be announced soon after an agreement is reached between the local authorities, who consider public health a prerogative, and the central government.

And while he mentioned that Spain officially crossed this week the threshold of one million infection with the new Corona virus, he added that “the actual number of infected people exceeded three million of our citizens,” explaining that this huge difference was due to the fact that the percentage of infections that were detected was very small at the beginning of the epidemic.

He continued, "We currently reveal the majority of cases, about 70% of them," compared to barely 10% during the first wave of the epidemic.

In the hours leading up to his speech, the presidents of many of the 17 autonomous regions in the country announced new restrictions to combat the outbreak of the virus, or called on the central government to impose a curfew, similar to what happened in a number of European countries, such as Belgium and France.

In Britain, the total confirmed cases of the new Corona virus reached 813,451 cases, yesterday, according to data from Johns Hopkins University and Bloomberg News.

The data showed that the number of deaths due to corona infection reached 44,437 deaths.

In Switzerland, the total confirmed cases of the emerging coronavirus reached 97,19 yesterday, according to data from Johns Hopkins University and Bloomberg News.

In Belgium, the authorities put nine out of 10 provinces in the fourth stage of alert, which is the highest level of alert, while monitoring the tenth northern province of Limburg due to the outbreak of the new Corona virus (Covid 19).

In Warsaw, Polish Prime Minister Matyusz Morawiecki announced yesterday that restaurants will be closed for two weeks, and public gatherings will be restricted to five people, as part of new measures to contain the outbreak of the new Corona virus.

The Prime Minister’s announcement comes after the country recorded more than 13,600 new cases yesterday, which is the highest daily death toll since the beginning of the epidemic in Poland.

The health authorities also monitored 153 new deaths yesterday, bringing the total recorded deaths due to "Corona" in Poland to 4,172 cases.

“We are extremely concerned about the high rate of infection,” Morawiecki added.

This is to limit its spread.

Morawiecki continued by saying that during the two-week closure period, which may be extended, restaurants will have access to take-out and delivery service.

The new measures include the application of remote education technology to primary school pupils from 10 years and older, as well as to all secondary school students.

The Polish Prime Minister called on citizens over the age of 70 to stay in their homes whenever possible.

The Prime Minister clarified that the ban on gatherings of more than five will not apply to people who live together or to work environments.

The new measures will take effect from today.

Morawiecki stressed that his government may resort to re-imposing more restrictions on social, cultural and economic life if the new measures do not help.

Russia records the highest daily death toll from Corona

During the past 24 hours, Russia recorded a significant increase and an unprecedented jump in the number of new infections with the emerging coronavirus (Covid-19), for the first time with more than 17,000 cases, in the highest daily toll since the start of the pandemic.

The Russian Operations Center for combating the virus announced, in its daily report, that 17,340 new infections were recorded, compared to Thursday (15,971), bringing the total number of cases to one million 480 thousand and 646 infections since the beginning of the pandemic, with 335,870 active cases remaining. It represents an increase of 5,794 active cases since Thursday.

The Operations Center indicated a slight decrease in the number of deaths, after 283 deaths were recorded, compared to Thursday (290 deaths), bringing the total death toll from the virus to 25 thousand 525 deaths, with 11,263 patients corresponding to recovery, so that the number of people recovered exceeded the barrier. The million, and it reaches one million and 119 thousand and 251 people.

China records 18 new cases of "Corona" virus

Yesterday, the National Health Commission of China said that China recorded 18 new cases of Coronavirus, yesterday, up from 14 the previous day.

The committee added in a statement that all new cases came from abroad.

The committee also stated that it had detected 11 new cases without symptoms, compared with 25 the previous day.

The total number of confirmed cases in China has reached 85,747 cases so far, while the number of deaths remains unchanged at 4,634.

India allows third-phase trials of the drug "Cofaxine"

Yesterday, India authorized the third phase of clinical trials for the drug "Covaxine", which is one of the candidate drugs for testing against the Corona virus, which is produced by an Indian pharmaceutical company.

The drug "Kovaxin", which is produced by the "Bharat Biotech" company, based in Hyderabad, India, was developed in cooperation with the Indian Council of Medical Research among dozens of vaccine candidates in various stages of human clinical trials in various parts of the world.

A committee of experts from the General Monitoring Authority to ensure the safety of medicines recommended that third-stage trials of the drug "Cofaxine" be allowed, after evaluating data from two initial stages and studying on animals, according to a spokesperson for the authority.

The third phase trials include tests on thousands of people.

Relatedly, the Indian Ministry of Health data showed, yesterday, that the number of Coronavirus infections increased by 54,366 in the past 24 hours, reaching a total of 7.8 million.

Cases have fallen in India since its peak in September, but experts warn that infections could rise as the festive season approaches.

India, which has a population of 1.3 billion people, and is the second largest in the world, is also ranked second in terms of the number of Corona infections globally, after the United States, which has 8.3 million infections.

The ministry added that the number of deaths due to HIV infection in India rose by 602 in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 117,306 deaths.

Although the number of new cases of coronavirus appears to be declining, India recorded more than 50 thousand new infections, and more than 600 daily deaths this October.

Iran records 6,134 new cases of Coronavirus

Yesterday, the Iranian Ministry of Health announced the registration of 6,134 new cases of Coronavirus during the past 24 hours, which brings the total number to 556,891 cases in the country most affected in the Middle East.

A spokeswoman for the ministry, Sima Sadat Larry, told state television that 335 people had died from the virus during the past 24 hours, bringing the total deaths to 31,985 deaths.

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Some European Union countries and Britain express "great concern" regarding "Covid-19".

- The Prime Minister of Spain announces that there have been over 3 million cases of "Covid-19".

- The scientific advisor to the French government: The battle against Corona will be very long.

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