China News Service, Beijing, January 6th. Comprehensive news: WHO released the latest data showing that as of 0:47 on the 6th Beijing time, there have been 84,474,195 confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia worldwide, and a total of 1,848,704 deaths.
According to real-time statistics from Johns Hopkins University in the United States, as of 12:43 on the 6th Beijing time, there were 86,385,273 confirmed cases worldwide, and a total of 1,867,676 deaths.
On January 1, 2021 local time, citizens of San Francisco, California, USA, relax in a park.
The latest statistics of the new crown epidemic released by Johns Hopkins University in the United States on the same day showed that the cumulative number of confirmed cases in the United States exceeded 20 million.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Liu Guanguan
Americas: The Grammy Awards Ceremony was postponed due to the epidemic
The latest data from Johns Hopkins University shows that the United States is still the most severely affected country in the world, with more than 21 million confirmed cases of new crown and more than 350,000 deaths.
A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association on the 5th local time stated that the actual number of cases of new coronary pneumonia in the United States may be four times the number of reported cases.
This study shows that as of mid-November 2020, 1 in 7 U.S. residents will be infected.
Data show that the number of confirmed cases of new crown in California still ranks first in the United States.
As of the evening of the 5th, there were nearly 2.5 million confirmed cases in the state, and nearly 830,000 cases in Los Angeles County, accounting for about one-third of the total number of cases in the state.
Due to the worsening of the epidemic, the 63rd Grammy Awards had to be postponed.
The award ceremony was originally scheduled to be held in Los Angeles on January 31, but has now been postponed to March 14.
According to data released by the Brazilian Ministry of Health at 18:00 local time on the 5th, there were 56648 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in Brazil that day, a total of 7810400 confirmed cases, and a total of 19,732 deaths.
As the epidemic worsened again, Manaus, the capital of Amazonas state, announced on the 5th that it had entered a six-month state of emergency again.
On January 5, 2021 local time, the United Kingdom adopted the third stringent blockade, and the streets of London are sparsely pedestrian.
The picture shows pedestrians near Tower Bridge in London.
Europe: UK newly diagnosed more than 60,000 new cases in a single day
According to data released by the British government on the 5th local time, there were more than 60,000 new confirmed cases of new crown in the UK that day, reaching 60,916, setting a record for the country's highest number of new confirmed cases in a single day since the outbreak; a total of 2,774,479 confirmed cases.
British Prime Minister Johnson said on the same day that more than 1.3 million people in the country have been vaccinated against the new crown.
As of 20 o'clock on the 5th local time, Germany had a total of 1,808,174 confirmed cases of new crown and 36,974 deaths.
German Chancellor Merkel announced on the same day after discussing with the governors of the states that the current nationwide "city closure" measures will be extended to January 31, and at the same time, the "city closure" will be further strengthened.
French Minister of Health Vilan said on the 5th that France has found more than ten cases of mutated new coronavirus.
He believes that the mutated virus has not yet spread in France on a large scale at this stage, but he pointed out that this is a mutated virus that worries people, and officials are stepping up its response to this.
On the same day, French officials announced the expansion of the scope of new crown vaccination to speed up the vaccination rate.
On December 17, 2020, local time, people were waiting outside the temporary screening station near the subway station of Gangnam Samseong Station in Seoul, South Korea.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Zeng Nai
Asia: Armenian President diagnosed with Covid-19
The Presidential Palace of Armenia confirmed to the media on the 5th that Armenian President Armen Sarkisian was diagnosed with the new crown virus after undergoing surgery in London, England, and has been self-isolated.
South Korea’s Central Anti-epidemic Countermeasures Headquarters reported on the 6th that as of 0:00 that day, South Korea had newly confirmed 840 cases from the previous day, and a total of 65,818 confirmed cases.
The number of new cases in a single day increased by 125 from the day before, and it was less than 1,000 for two consecutive days, showing signs of slowing down.
However, the Korean epidemic prevention department believes that the situation of the epidemic depends to a large extent on whether there are mass infections in high-risk facilities, and that “hidden dangers” such as asymptomatic infections still exist.
According to data released by the Ministry of Health of Oman on the 5th, there were 190 new confirmed cases in the country that day, a total of 129774 confirmed cases and a total of 1502 deaths.
The Ministry of Health of Oman announced on the same day that a case of mutated new coronavirus infection was found in the country. This is the first time that Oman has confirmed a case of mutated new coronavirus infection in the country.
On the same day, Iran confirmed the country’s first case of the mutated new coronavirus discovered in the UK, and the patient has been sent to hospital for treatment.
According to data from the Ministry of Health of Kazakhstan, as of January 6, there have been more than 205,000 confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia and cases of pneumonia with symptoms of new coronary pneumonia but negative laboratory virus test results in Kazakhstan. There are no high-risk epidemics in all prefectures. Red zone".
On the 5th, Anucha, a spokesman for the Prime Minister's Office of Thailand, said that the cabinet meeting of the same day approved the extension of the implementation period of the emergency law, which expired on the 15th of this month, to February 28 to help control a new round of new crown pneumonia.
This is the ninth time that Thailand has extended the implementation period since the state of emergency law was implemented in March last year.
On the 5th local time, the UAE government announced that starting from January 17, all employees of the federal government will be required to undergo a new coronavirus test every 14 days.
On December 29, 2020 local time, a beach parking lot in Langeban, South Africa.
South African President Ramaphosa announced on the 28th in a national television speech that: In response to the current peak of the second round of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the South African government has decided to raise the level of the "blockade order" against the epidemic from one to three.
Africa: The number of confirmed cases exceeds 2.85 million
According to the latest data from the official website of the African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in Africa exceeds 2.85 million, reaching 2,854,791. Among them, the number of deaths exceeds 60,000, reaching 67,986, and 2,362,039 cured.
In order to prevent the spread of the second wave of the new crown epidemic, some African countries have begun to implement stricter "city closures" and curfew measures.
The Zimbabwe government announced that starting from the 5th, except for companies in the mining, manufacturing, and agriculture sectors, other industries will suspend production activities for 30 days.
The Office of the Prime Minister of Rwanda issued a cabinet communiqué stating that due to the recent increase in the number of new crown cases, the cabinet has decided to tighten existing epidemic prevention measures from the 5th and suspend regional and inter-city traffic.
The Malian government announced that all educational institutions that were scheduled to resume classes on the 5th will postpone the resumption of classes on the 25th.
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