Coronavirus: 66 million infections. The situation in Europe and in the world

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December 05, 2020According to the latest Johns Hopkins University counts on official data provided by countries around the world, the total number of cases is 66.2 million and the victims are 1,524 million. In Europe the total number of confirmed cases has exceeded 14 million, almost 350 thousand deaths.

The countries most affected globally are the United States (14,454,727 total cases), India (9,608,211), Brazil (6,533,968) and Russia (2,410,462), followed by the countries of the European continent with France (2,321,776), United Kingdom (1,710,368), Italy (1,709,991) and Spain (1,684,647). 

The

reported yesterday, for the second consecutive day, a record of infections in 24 hours, with 225,201 new cases according to Johns Hopkins University. The country has at the same time recorded more than 2,500 deaths from Covid-19. The United States has been facing a dramatic acceleration of the Covid-19 outbreak for several weeks, and health officials have been awaiting new outbreaks after many Americans' trips to Thanksgiving last week despite appeals to stay home.

New daily record of coronavirus cases in

, where in the last 24 hours there have been 12,127 new infections, a figure that brings the total of infections in the country since the beginning of the pandemic to 1,144,643: the ministry of health, according to reports from CNN. The ministry also announced that another 690 people died yesterday due to the virus, for a total death toll of 108,863.

The

reached 6.5 million infections of Covid beginning of the pandemic. According to the local press, there are 6,534,951 infections of which 47,435 registered in the last 24 hours. In the same period, the victims were 674, for a total of 175,981.

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in the last 24 hours has recorded 36,652 new cases of coronavirus and 512 deaths, bringing the total number of victims at around 140 thousand. This was announced by the Indian Ministry of Health. The pace of new infections has seen a slowdown, given that for a month the new daily cases have remained below 50 thousand.

There have been 12,923 new cases of Covid-19 registered in

since yesterday

, for a positive rate of the tests carried out of 10.7%. Santè Publique France makes it known. There have been 214 deaths in the last 24 hours, with the total since the beginning of the pandemic rising to 54,981. The number of patients in the intensive care units fell to 3,230, the total number of hospitalized patients to 26,070.

"I am very optimistic that at the latest next summer we will have mass vaccinations in Germany." This was stated by the German Minister of Health, Jens Spahn. Until then "it is realistic that at least 11 million doses of BioNTech alone are available". Three or four million doses will be available as early as next month. The minister believes that "millions of German citizens could be immune thanks to vaccines by spring". In a second phase it will be possible to vaccinate almost anywhere, even in doctors' offices. "After so many months since the start of the pandemic we are starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel," said Angela Merkel. 

The travel ban will be lifted between 23 and 26 December but will be reinstated on 31. Street parties will not be allowed, while outdoor gatherings will be limited to a maximum of 6 people and the curfew will be in effect from 2am. On November 20, Parliament again approved the state of emergency until December 9, with extended curfews on weekends.

Nicola Sturgeon announced on Twitter that the first coronavirus vaccines have arrived in Scotland and have been secured. "Good news. The first stocks of anti-covid vaccine have arrived safely in Scotland and have been secured," wrote the first minister confirming that vaccinations will begin on Tuesday 8 December. 

The first to receive the drug Sputnik V are doctors and health workers, but also teachers and social workers, among the categories most at risk of contagion. In Moscow "in the first five hours, 5 thousand people signed up to receive it, teachers, doctors, social workers, those who risk their health and their lives the most", said the mayor. The over-60s are excluded from this first phase, along with people suffering from chronic diseases and pregnant women; the serum, free of charge, is administered on a voluntary basis in two stages, 21 days apart. Meanwhile, Russia records a daily record of 28,782 new infections. The capital is the hardest hit, with 7,993 new cases.

In

new record of deaths in one day: 196. The total number of victims rises to 14,705. There are 31,896 new cases, about a thousand fewer than yesterday. In

the threshold of 50,000 deaths has been exceeded, with 321 deaths in the last 24 hours. The number of infected has reached 1,028,986, including 12,181 new positives.