Europe becomes the second region in the world with more than 250,000 deaths from 'Covid-19'

America sets a record for Corona injuries ... and 10 thousand deaths in Germany since the start of the pandemic

Pedestrians wear face masks on the Kurfürstendamm street as the Corona virus continues to spread in Berlin.

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The United States recorded a new record in Coronavirus cases, as the number of infections increased by 83,757 cases, and while Germany recorded more than 10 thousand deaths due to "Covid-19" since the beginning of the pandemic, a statistics revealed to "Reuters" that Europe It has become the second region in the world, after Latin America, to exceed 250,000 deaths from the epidemic.

In detail, the United States recorded a new record in cases of infection with the Coronavirus, as the number of infections increased by 83,757 cases, Friday evening, according to data issued by Johns Hopkins University.

The new figure is 12,000 higher than the number recorded, Thursday, and greater than the previous record, which was recorded in mid-July, when 77,000 cases were recorded.

These frustrating statements came a day after the US President, Donald Trump, made a statement, Thursday, in the last presidential debate, in which he said that the United States "is controlling the disease (Covid-19)", and that the Corona virus will "end".

The virus has infected about 8.5 million people, and about 224,000 have died from the virus in the United States, which is much higher than it is in any other country, according to data from the Baltimore-based university.

Experts believe the number of cases may be much higher than the official toll.

And the United States had already reached the threshold of 80,000 infections per day during the month of July, especially due to hot spots in southern states such as Texas and Florida, where the virus was at that time out of control.

Currently, the worst outbreaks of the virus are recorded in the north and the Midwest, at a time when about 35 out of 50 states are witnessing an increase in the number of infections.

For his part, the number of deaths over a 24-hour period has remained broadly stable since the beginning of the fall, with between 700 and 800 new deaths recorded, and in total more than 223,000 people have died in America as a result of the virus.

The Democratic candidate for the US presidential elections, Joe Biden, pledged yesterday to provide a vaccine against the emerging corona virus for free "for everyone", as part of his national plan to combat the epidemic, if he wins the elections.

And President Trump, lagging behind his rival in opinion polls, also stressed that the vaccine should be provided free of charge.

For its part, Germany has recorded 10 thousand and three deaths from the new Corona virus since the beginning of the pandemic, after recording 49 new deaths, according to what data of the Robert Koch Institute for Infectious Diseases showed yesterday.

According to the institute's data, the total number of confirmed cases of the virus reaches 418 thousand and five cases.

The institute revealed that 14,714 new cases of the virus were recorded, in a new daily record, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in Germany to 41,8005 cases.

Luther Weiler, president of the Robert Koch Institute for Infectious Diseases, called on residents to adhere to social distancing measures, given Germany's "extremely dangerous" situation.

The institute’s spokeswoman, Susanne Glasmacher, announced, the day before yesterday, that the institute’s Internet server was disrupted, which led to the disruption of data transmission from the health authorities to the competent state authorities, and from there to the Robert Koch Institute, for about three hours, adding that the server returned to work after That again.

The spokesperson explained that the data will be sent automatically, to appear in a publication, and the size of the data gap is not yet known, and the holidays included, for example, outbreaks in North Rhine-Westphalia.

According to experts, the newly recorded infections are an indicator of the extent of the virus spreading in society about a week ago, due to the time between infection, testing, result and reporting, and this is the reason that it will take some time, before political measures are reflected in the registration numbers.

The German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, called on her citizens again to help contain the Corona pandemic, by reducing mixing, in light of the noticeable increase in the number of new infections with the new Corona virus.

In her weekly televised message on the Internet, Merkel said yesterday: “We are not helpless in the face of the virus, our behavior determines the strength and speed of its spread, and the duty of the hour means for all of us to reduce contact and meet with a much smaller number of people.”

Merkel added, "For me, what I told you last week, word for word, is still valid, and this is why the registration of last Saturday will now follow again." Merkel called on citizens in that registration to reduce contacts outside the family, and appealed to them to abandon "unnecessary trips and parties." Truly, ”and continued:“ Please, stay in your homes and places of residence, as long as possible. ”

On the other hand, a Reuters census revealed that Europe has become the second region in the world, after Latin America, that exceeds 250,000 deaths from “Covid-19” yesterday, in addition to recording record numbers of daily cases of the disease over the past two weeks.

Europe recorded 200,000 cases for the first time, on Thursday, as several countries in the southern continent announced the largest daily infection numbers.

According to a Reuters count, Europe accounts for about 19% of all deaths, and about 22% of cases worldwide.

In Italy, the total number of confirmed cases of the new Corona virus reached 484,869 cases, yesterday, according to data from Johns Hopkins University and Bloomberg News.

The data showed that the total deaths in Italy, as a result of infection with the virus, reached 37,59 deaths.

In Spain, the total confirmed cases of the virus reached 1.05 million as of yesterday, and the data showed that the number of deaths due to infection reached 34,752, while 150,376 of the infected recovered from the virus.

The total number of confirmed cases of the virus in the United Kingdom reached 834 thousand and 10 cases, and data from Johns Hopkins University and Bloomberg Agency indicated that the total number of deaths in Britain, due to infection with the virus, reached 44 thousand and 661 cases.

Britain, Italy, France, Russia, Belgium and Spain have recorded about two-thirds of the deaths so far, out of a total of about eight million cases.

Britain ranks first in the number of deaths, with about 45,000 deaths, followed by Italy, Spain, France and Russia.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said, Thursday, that Britain cannot rely on only a vaccine, and needs to take more measures to slow the spread of the epidemic.

In Slovakia, the authorities tightened restrictions on public life, yesterday, while mass tests for the Corona virus continued for a second day.

It will only allow residents to leave their homes to work, buy their food supplies, or carry out urgent tasks, under new rules that will be in effect until at least November 1.

Stricter rules are in place in four regions along the border with Poland, which have been particularly hard hit.

The day before yesterday, a government program for mass testing for the Coronavirus, targeting residents over the age of 10, began, and will continue during the next two weekends.

Several testing centers suffered from a shortage of staff yesterday, although local media reported that problems were dealt with on the second day.

The new restrictions apply while Slovakia recorded 2,890 new cases of "Corona" virus during the past 24 hours, which brings the total number of infections to 40,801 cases.

A Reuters statistics showed that more than 42.17 million people were infected with the emerging corona virus worldwide, while the total deaths resulting from the virus reached 1 million and 143025, and HIV infections were recorded in more than 210 countries and regions since the first cases of infection were discovered in China in December 2019. .

Corona injuries worldwide exceed 42.17 million, and deaths by one million and 143,025.

Germany’s Chancellor: Reducing mixing is an obligation now to limit the spread of Corona.

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