Coronavirus infections continue to rise around the world, amid fears that these rates will increase further with the onset of winter.
A Reuters statistic showed that more than 42 million people have been infected with the emerging coronavirus worldwide, while the total deaths from the virus have reached one million and 143 thousand people.
The World Health Organization said that "many countries in the northern hemisphere are recording a steady increase in Corona infections, and as a result, hospitals and intensive care departments are close to or exceeded their maximum capacity."
Today, Saturday, the Asian continent crossed the barrier of 10 million new cases of the Coronavirus, to register the second largest number among regions of the world, according to Reuters statistics, with the continued increase in the number of HIV infections in India, despite its sharp decrease in other places.
Dozens of deaths in the Arab world in the Arab world
, Morocco announced on Friday that it had recorded 73 deaths in Corona, which is the highest daily death toll from the virus since its appearance in the Kingdom.
The Moroccan Ministry of Health reported that it had recorded 73 deaths and 3,685 cases of corona, in addition to 2,694 recoveries.
In Jordan, the Ministry of Health said that it had recorded 27 deaths and 2,489 cases of corona, in addition to 105 people recovered.
Since the beginning of last August, Jordan has witnessed an epidemic setback, in which local infections recorded record numbers and a remarkable increase.
On Saturday, Tunisia recorded 35 new deaths due to Corona, in addition to 1585 injuries, according to the data of the Ministry of Health.
For its part, the Bahraini Ministry of Health said that a 54-year-old citizen died from his infection with corona, while no new injuries or recoveries were announced.
According to the Ministry's data, the total number of HIV infections reached 79,574, including 311 deaths, and 76,143 recovered.
As of Saturday noon, the number of Corona patients in the world exceeded 42 million and 559 thousand, of whom more than one million and 150 thousand died, and more than 31 million and 463 thousand recovered, according to the "World Meter" website.
The Ministry of Health in Gaza also announced the death of a citizen and the registration of 156 new cases of Coronavirus in the governorates of the Gaza Strip, during the past 24 hours.
The total number of injuries in the Gaza Strip since last March increased to 5,331, including 31 deaths.
A second wave in Turkey
Turkish Health Minister Fakhruddin Kujah said Friday that the central regions of Turkey are witnessing a second peak of the Corona epidemic.
In a press statement after his visit to the medical city in the state of Bursa, Koca said that the epidemic is witnessing its second climax in the Anatolia region (central Turkey), and we are facing a dangerous rise in the epidemic.
The first peak of the epidemic was last September, while we are now witnessing its second peak.
He explained that Turkey is going through a more difficult test than before since the second week of this month.
He pointed out that the number of injuries today reached 2,165, and the total tests to detect injuries reached about 13 million.
Corona pursues European officials
The Minister of Presidential Affairs in Poland Bojeh Spihalski said in a tweet today, Saturday, that the country's President Andrzej Duda had tested positive for the Corona virus, but confirmed that he was in good condition.
Doda's infection comes at a time when the country is witnessing an increase in the spread of infection;
Daily injuries recorded a record high of over 13,000 on Friday.
In Bulgaria, the health authorities said late on Friday evening that Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and 3 ministers from his government will enter health isolation after contact with a deputy minister who tested positive for the Coronavirus.
And Borisov had said earlier Friday that he would begin self-isolation after he was informed of the injury of the Deputy Minister of Construction in Corona.
Coronavirus infections in Bulgaria have increased since the beginning of October, and on Friday, a new record number of daily infections reached 1595 new infections, bringing the total number to 34,930, including 1,064 deaths.
10 million infections in Asia, the
continent of Asia, today, Saturday, crossed the barrier of 10 million new cases of the Corona virus, to record the second largest number among regions of the world, according to Reuters statistics, with the continued increase in the number of HIV infections in India, despite its sharp decline elsewhere.
This number only exceeds Latin America cases, and Asia accounts for about a quarter of the number of HIV infections worldwide, which amounts to 42.1 million cases, and the region has witnessed more than 163,000 deaths, making it approximately 14% of the global death toll from Corona.
In South Asia, India was the hardest hit.
It recorded 21% of declared infections, and 12% of deaths, which represents a contradiction with countries such as China and New Zealand, which were able to control the infection, and such as Japan, which succeeded in slowing its spread.
India is currently the second most affected country in the world after the United States, despite the recent slowdown in the spread of infection, and India records more than 57,000 cases of the virus daily.
The average daily death toll in Corona in India is currently 764, which is the worst in the world, and represents one in every 13 deaths from the virus globally.
In Southeast Asia, Indonesia overtook the Philippines last week.
To become the country most affected by the epidemic, with 370,000 cases.
More restrictions in Europe
Several countries in Eastern Europe imposed new restrictions on Saturday, like many countries on this continent, after the number of infections in the continent exceeded 8.2 million, while more than 258 thousand died.
More than 10 thousand deaths were recorded in Germany, which until a short period was relatively immune to the epidemic, but is currently witnessing a large spread of it.
The restrictions caused clashes in Naples, Italy, between police and hundreds of youths who protested against a curfew imposed on Friday evening in an area in this city, due to concern about the economic consequences of such a measure.
The epidemiological situation is exacerbated in Eastern Europe, and in the face of the significant increase in injuries, Poland classified, as of Saturday, all of its territory a "red zone", a measure that was until now limited to major cities and their surroundings.
Restaurants and primary schools will partially close, while secondary school students and university students will continue their distance learning.
Weddings were banned, and the number of people entitled to be present in stores, transportation, and churches was drastically reduced.
In neighboring Slovakia, a night curfew will go into effect on Saturday until the first of next November.
And in Czechia, where the level of injuries and deaths is the worst in Europe in the last two weeks, a partial closure was imposed until the third of next month.
A partial lockdown also begins Saturday in Slovenia, whose Foreign Minister Anzi Lugar has contracted the virus.
A night curfew will be imposed in Athens and Thessaloniki, the two largest cities in Greece, from Saturday, while wearing a muzzle has become mandatory at home as well as abroad.
Demonstrations in Italy
and Italy, the curfew imposed on Friday sparked anger and anxiety in Naples.
At the beginning of its imposition, hundreds of people gathered and set fire to garbage cans, and fired projectiles at riot police in the city center.
Besides Naples, curfews have been imposed in the regions of Latium, Rome and Lombardy, which includes Milan (north).
In Spain, which has officially crossed the one million mark, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said that the actual number of injuries exceeds 3 million, and prior to that several regions announced tightening restrictions, calling on the central government to impose a night curfew.
In Belgium, the authorities of the five French-speaking provinces decided on Friday to tighten the measures decided upon at the federal level.