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01 July 2021 New record of infections in Russia which today confirmed 23,543 new cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, a new high since January 17 which brings the total of infections to 5,538,142.

The coronavirus crisis center said so.

In relative terms, the number of cases increased by 0.43%.

The dead instead are 672, a new negative record.

The Russian agencies report it.




In Israel 300 new cases



Israel also reports more than 300 new coronavirus cases for the first time since April. According to data from the Ministry of Health reported by the news site Ynet, another 307 infections were ascertained and the positive rate compared to the number of tests carried out reached 0.6%. The active cases, according to the Jerusalem Post, are about 2,000, compared to the first two weeks of June when they were less than 200. According to Ynet there is also a slight increase in the number of Covid patients in "serious" conditions, currently 29, 17 who need assisted ventilation. In the country, with about 9 million inhabitants, 5.5 million people have received at least the first dose of the anti-Covid vaccine - Haaretz recalled yesterday - and more than 5.1 million have completed the vaccination. In Israel frombeginning of the health emergency there are 6,429 deaths from complications related to Covid-19. June, the Jerusalem Post points out, was the month with the fewest deaths (six) since the start of the pandemic.       




 Indonesia, emergency measures against soaring cases




Indonesia will impose new "emergency" restrictions against the coronavirus starting tomorrow to fight an alarming wave of cases, more than 20,000 a day, and avoid the collapse of the health system already under pressure . This was announced by President Joko Widodo, specifying that the measures will last more than two weeks in the capital Jakarta, Java and Bali. "This situation has forced us to take stricter measures," Widodo said in a speech to the nation without giving any other details. According to a government document, the new ones include online classes for all students and smart working for non-essential workers and the closure of shopping malls and mosques across the country.



In Tokyo the number of infections rises



 According to health authorities of the Tokyo metropolitan government, the number of new coronavirus cases has risen further to 714, for the first time above 700 since May 26, in the midst of the latest state of emergency. The average of infections in the last week rose to 508, up 20% compared to the previous week. "What is most alarming is the number of cases involving young people, for whom it is more difficult to limit and track their movements. There is a real risk of an explosive increase in new cases if we fail to effectively limit people's movements", reads the note released today by the cabinet of the governor of the Japanese capital, which in three weeks will host the Olympic games already postponed from 2020 due to the pandemic.



Brazil, 246 people per 100 thousand killed by Covid



Yesterday, according to the latest available bulletin, Brazil recorded over 2,081 deaths and 43,836 new cases of Covid-19, rising to 518,066 deaths and 18,557,141 confirmed infections since the beginning of the pandemic. These confirm the downward trend of the moving average on a weekly level, which stands at 55,323 for contamination and 1,565 for deaths. The mortality rate remains at 2.8% which translates to 246.5 deaths per 100 thousand inhabitants. Rio de Janeiro continues to be the state with the highest lethality rate, with 5.8%, followed by São Paulo (3.4%), Amazonas (3.3%) and Pernambuco (3.2%). The highest ratio between victims and population is recorded in Rondônia (capital Porto Velho), in the northwestern area, with as much as 345.3 deaths per 100 thousand inhabitants. Follow the Mato Grosso (339,1),Amazonas (321.2) and Rio de Janeiro (321.3).



Analyzing the absolute data, without taking into account the number of residents, San Paolo is in the lead for infections (3,727,348) and victims (127,681). In the ranking of the most affected states, another five have over a million confirmed cases: Minas Gerais, Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Bahia and Santa Catarina. After São Paulo, the Brazilian states that mourn the most lethality are those of Rio de Janeiro (55,470), Minas Gerais (46,242), Rio Grande do Sul (31,398) and Paraná (30,711).



In India almost 400 thousand total deaths




In the last 24 hours, according to data recently made public on the website of the Ministry of Health of New Delhi, India has reported 48,786 infections of Covid-19, bringing the cumulative count to 30,411,634. In the same period of time, the disease also killed another 1,005 people, for a total now reached 399,459 confirmed deaths. It must be said, however, that according to numerous specialists, the official toll of the pandemic in India is largely underestimated and that the lethalities could be up to five times higher than those reported. Today's data also report further 61,588 recoveries as well as a decrease of 1.77% of active cases and potentially able to transmit the virus: 523,257.