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February 03, 2021 According to the latest Johns Hopkins University tally, there are 103,866,068 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the world, 453,081 more than the previous day.
2,252,923 deaths, of which 14,795 registered in the last 24 hours.
With 26,431,799 total cases, the
US
is confirmed as the country that has reported the highest number of infections.
Above 2 million cases also
India
(10,777,284),
Brazil
(9,283,418),
United Kingdom
(3,863,757),
Russia
(3,842,145),
France
(3,283,645),
Spain
(2,851,869),
Italy
(2,570,608),
Turkey
(2,492,977),
Germany
(2,240,017) and
Colombia
(2,114,597).
United States: average infections down by 30%
At least 3,406 new coronavirus deaths and 114,173 new cases were reported in the United States yesterday, according to the latest survey published by the New York Times.
In the last week, 141,137 infections per day occurred on average, with a decrease of 30% compared to the average of the previous two weeks.
Since the onset of the disease, more than 26,472,700 people in the US have been infected with Covid while, according to data from Johns Hopkins University, at least 446,744 have lost their lives.
In the US, at least 52,657,675 doses of the vaccine have been distributed and at least 32,780,860 have been administered to date.
France
In the last 24 hours in France there have been 23,337 new cases and 456 deaths caused by Covid.
This was announced by the French health authorities.
The High Authority for Health has authorized the use in France of the coronavirus vaccine produced by the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca, specifying however that it is not recommended to administer it to people over 65 years of age.
Third vaccine against Covid-19 authorized in France, it can be administered by pharmacists.
China: WHO team visiting Wuhan
Experts from the World Health Organization arrived at the Wuhan virology institute as part of the investigation into the origin of the coronavirus in the megalopolis of central China.
The institute has several high-security labs where researchers are working on coronaviruses.
The expert group is led by Peter Ben Embarek.
"I am counting on an extremely productive day, meeting with key figures and being able to ask the questions that need to be asked," commented another member of the WHO team, Peter Daszak, president of the EcoHealth Alliance.
Meanwhile, China's National Health Commission has announced the detection of 25 new coronavirus positives, 15 of which were caused by a local infection.
These 25 infections show a downward trend compared to 30 the previous day and 42 the day before.
The data continues to worry authorities as China is preparing for the Lunar New Year travel season, even as restrictions and fear of epidemics have discouraged many Chinese from moving.
To avoid possible infections during this period, the Asian country continues to advance its vaccination campaign, which aims to immunize up to 50 million Chinese before the arrival of the Year of the Ox on February 12.
Mexico approves the Russian vaccine
Mexico approved the use of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine, hours after the publication of the first results of an advanced study indicating an efficacy of approximately 91%.
Assistant Health Secretary Hugo Lopez-Gatell, a government spokesperson against the pandemic, said the health ministry signed a contract on Monday for 400,000 doses of Sputnik V to arrive this month.
However, this is a small amount for the more than 126 million Mexicans.
The Central American country is going through a period of particular difficulty due to the pandemic with 87% full hospitals in the capital and ambulance drivers who have to wait hours to find a bed for patients.
Mexico has reported around 159,500 confirmed Covid deaths, but estimates place the real toll at well over 195,000.