According to a comprehensive report from China News Service, January 8th, according to data from the Johns Hopkins University website, as of 7:22 on the 8th, Beijing time, a total of 87.91 million confirmed new crown cases worldwide and a total of nearly 190 deaths Million cases.
The number of hospitalized patients with the new crown in the United States has surged, and the number of deaths in a single day has broken a record; the mutant new crown virus continues to spread globally; many countries have tightened prevention and control measures, and the Japanese capital area has entered a state of emergency and suspended the Olympic flame exhibition activities.
Data map: Medical staff in the intensive care unit of a medical center in Tarzana, California, are treating patients with new coronary pneumonia.
The number of COVID-19 hospitalizations in the U.S. surges
The number of deaths in a single day broke the record
According to reports, at present, the United States has an average of more than 200,000 new cases of new crown every day, and more than 132,000 people are hospitalized due to the new crown virus, and the number of hospitalizations is still rising.
Hospitals in some parts of the United States are already overwhelmed.
Tracking data from Johns Hopkins University shows that the United States reported 3865 deaths from new crowns on the 6th, a record high in a single day.
As of 7:22 on the 8th, Beijing time, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in the United States exceeded 21.53 million, and the number of deaths exceeded 364,000.
Although public health officials urge the continued maintenance of the restrictions during the epidemic, many people are tired of the restrictions.
Many governors are reluctant to impose new restrictions.
Although two vaccines have now been introduced, the distribution and vaccination work has been slow, and Trump administration officials said they are working to speed up the vaccination rate.
On January 5, local time, the United Kingdom adopted the third strict blockade, and the streets of London were sparsely pedestrian.
The picture shows pedestrians near Tower Bridge in London.
The global spread of mutated new coronavirus
The French-British border continues to close
There are still a few months before the new crown vaccine is widely vaccinated globally, but the mutant new crown virus first discovered in the UK is posing new threats to the world.
According to reports, although this virus variant is less lethal, it is more infectious.
More than 40 countries and regions around the world have found cases of mutated new coronavirus.
On the 7th, Kluge, director of the World Health Organization’s European Regional Office, said that 22 of the 53 countries under the responsibility of the WHO’s European Regional Office have found mutant strains of the new coronavirus.
Klug called on all countries to continue to wear masks, limit the number of social gatherings, maintain social distance and wash hands, supplemented by appropriate virus detection and tracking and other epidemic prevention measures.
On the same day, the French government stated that 19 cases of patients infected with the mutated new crown virus found in the United Kingdom have occurred in France, and the French-British border, entertainment and cultural venues will continue to be closed as a result.
On January 7, local time, in Tokyo, Japan, a passerby passed by an empty outdoor restaurant.
On the same day, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announced that the three counties in the capital of the country will enter a state of emergency from 0:00 local time on January 8, ending on February 7.
Many countries tighten epidemic prevention measures
The Tokyo Olympic flame exhibition is suspended
To prevent the inflow of mutated new coronaviruses, many countries have tightened their epidemic prevention measures again.
As of 0:00 local time on the 7th, South Korea has found 15 cases of mutated new coronavirus infections found in the United Kingdom and South Africa.
South Korea stipulates that from the 8th, all foreigners entering the country through the airport must submit a certificate of a negative test for the new coronavirus 72 hours before departure.
From the 15th, the restriction will be extended to people entering the country by boat.
The situation of the new crown epidemic in Japan has also taken a turn for the worse recently, and the cases are mainly concentrated in the metropolitan area centered on Tokyo.
On the 7th, Japan’s daily increase of confirmed cases exceeded 7,000, setting a new single-day high again.
On the same day, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga declared that Tokyo and the three surrounding counties entered a one-month state of emergency, but he also reiterated that the determination of the Japanese government to host the Tokyo Olympics remains unchanged.
However, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government announced on the same day that the Olympic torch tour activities in various cities and districts of Tokyo will be temporarily suspended to "reduce the movement of people and prevent the further spread of the new crown epidemic."