China News Service, Beijing, October 30. Comprehensive news: The latest data on the official website of the World Health Organization shows that as of 16:40 on the 29th Central European Time, the cumulative number of confirmed cases of new crown worldwide reached 245,373,039, and the cumulative number of deaths was 4,979,421.

　　According to real-time statistics from the Worldometer website, as of 6:30 on October 30th, Beijing time, there were a total of 246,702,942 confirmed cases of COVID-19 worldwide, and a total of 5,003,554 deaths.

There were 501,715 new confirmed cases and 8,880 new deaths worldwide in a single day.

Data map: The public school in New York City, the United States, opened. Students in front of a public school in Queens lined up to enter the school.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Liao Pan

Americas: The U.S. Increasing Confirmed and Death Cases in the World's Top 10 States Sued the Biden Administration

　　The new crown epidemic data shows that the United States on the 29th is still the country with the largest number of confirmed and dead cases in the world.

According to statistics from the Worldometer website that day, the cumulative number of confirmed new crown cases in the United States exceeded 46.755 million, and the cumulative number of deaths exceeded 765,000.

　　According to the Associated Press and other reports on the 29th, 10 states including Missouri and Alaska jointly filed a lawsuit against the Biden government, accusing it of mandatory requirements for federal contractors and federal contracted employees to be vaccinated against the new crown.

These states believe that the administrative order issued by the Biden administration on September 2 to usurp the power of the police in all states in the United States violates the Tenth Amendment and the Federal System, Procurement Law, and Administrative Procedure Law, and is an "obviously extreme federal ultra vires."

The White House responded that the "vaccine requirements are effective" implemented by Biden, and Biden has the right to enforce these requirements.

　　According to data from the official website of the Ministry of Health of Brazil on the 29th, Brazil has 11965 new confirmed cases of new crown and 394 new deaths in a single day. The cumulative number of confirmed cases exceeds 21.79 million, and the cumulative number of deaths is close to 610,000.

　　According to Peru's "Gazette", Peru will be vaccinated against the new crown for teenagers aged 15 to 17 from the 30th.

According to reports, the Peruvian government has banned people from holding Halloween parties on the 31st to avoid the spread of the new crown virus, but restaurants and nightclubs can organize limited small-scale celebrations.

　　According to the new crown epidemic data released by the Ministry of Health of Peru on the 28th, the country's cumulative confirmed cases of new crowns are close to 2.2 million, and the cumulative number of deaths exceeds 200,000.

Data map: In a hairdressing shop in the UK, each seat has an isolation barrier.

Photo by Zhang Mengqi issued by China News Agency

Europe: Russia's daily increase of nearly 40,000 confirmed cases of deaths hit a new high

　　According to data released on the 29th on the official website of Russia’s new crown virus epidemic prevention, there were 39,849 new confirmed cases of new crown and 1163 new deaths in Russia in a single day. The cumulative number of confirmed cases exceeded 8.43 million, and the cumulative number of deaths exceeded 236,000.

The number of new deaths in Russia in a single day broke the record set just the day before, and the cumulative number of deaths is the largest in Europe.

　　In order to control the spread of the epidemic, Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered Russia to implement "paid leave" from October 30 to November 7, and most government agencies and private companies suspend operations to reduce people's travel to work and reduce the risk of infection.

　　The Russian government believes that the repeated record highs of confirmed cases of the new crown are related to the delay in increasing the vaccination rate.

As of the 29th, more than 56.78 million people in Russia received the first dose of the new crown vaccine, and more than 50.96 million people were fully vaccinated, accounting for just over one-third of the total population.

　　According to data released on the British government website on the 29th, in the past 24 hours, there were 43,467 new confirmed cases of new crown and 186 new deaths in the UK. The cumulative number of confirmed cases was close to 8.98 million, and the cumulative number of deaths exceeded 140,000.

　　According to the National Bureau of Statistics of the United Kingdom, as of the week before the 29th, the infection rate of the new coronavirus in the UK was about 20%, which is the highest level since January 2 this year.

The Secretary of Health of the United Kingdom urged the public to be vaccinated as soon as possible to strengthen the protection in winter.

　　The French Ministry of Health confirmed on the 29th that the new crown epidemic has rebounded again.

According to the data released on the same day, France had 6,433 new confirmed cases of new crown in a single day and 27 new deaths. The cumulative number of confirmed cases exceeded 7.15 million, and the cumulative number of deaths was close to 118,000.

The number of COVID-19 hospitalized patients is 6,534, and the number of critically ill patients is 1,034.

　　According to data released by the Robert Koch Institute, the German Federal Agency for Disease Control and Prevention, on the 29th, Germany has 21,543 new confirmed cases of new crowns and 90 new deaths. The cumulative number of confirmed cases exceeds 4.58 million, and the cumulative number of deaths exceeds 95,000.

Data map: Patients with new coronary pneumonia in the ICU ward of Holy Family Hospital, New Delhi, India.

Image source: Visual China

Asia: Over 100 million Indians fail to get the second dose of new crown vaccine on time

　　According to data released by the Ministry of Health of India on the 29th, there were 14,348 new confirmed cases of new crown and 805 new deaths in India in a single day. The cumulative number of confirmed cases is close to 34.25 million, and the cumulative number of deaths is close to 460,000.

　　Foreign media quoted official Indian data and reported that more than 100 million Indians have not been vaccinated on time for the second dose of the new crown vaccine, causing people to worry about the rebound of the epidemic.

The Minister of Health of India has urged states to speed up operations and sent medical staff to look for relevant people.

　　According to a report from the Ministry of Health of Vietnam on the evening of the 29th, in the past 24 hours, Vietnam has newly confirmed 4899 new cases of new crown and 54 new deaths. The cumulative number of confirmed cases exceeds 910,000 and the cumulative number of deaths exceeds 20,000.

　　Some tourist areas in Chiang Mai and other places in Thailand are planned to be opened to international tourists from November 1.

According to a report from the health department of Chiang Mai Province on the 29th, the province had more than 7,000 new confirmed cases of new coronary disease in October. Only two local hospitals can treat severely ill patients with new coronary disease. At present, the beds in the intensive care unit are full and only less than 15% of the beds are left. .

The local government is urgently preparing a community isolation and treatment plan, and urges people to get vaccinated as soon as possible.

Currently, the vaccination rate in Chiang Mai Province is 60%.

　　According to local government regulations, activities with more than 100 people are prohibited in areas outside the open tourism zone.

In addition, schools that were originally scheduled to resume offline teaching on November 1 were also notified to continue teaching online. When the epidemic improves, they will consider sending students back to school.

　　According to Yonhap News Agency, the South Korean government announced on the 29th that it will implement the first phase of measures to restore daily life from November 1.

According to the final plan of the "Resume Daily Life in Stages" roadmap, the recovery process is divided into 3 stages, each of which lasts for 6 weeks, including a 4-week implementation period and a 2-week evaluation period.

Before the end of each stage, the South Korean government will comprehensively evaluate the completion rate of new crown vaccination, the number of basic infections, the use of intensive care units and beds, the scale of severely ill patients and the number of deaths to decide whether to enter the next stage.

Africa and Oceania: South African government will issue coupons to incentivize new crown vaccination

　　The Minister of Health of South Africa said on the 29th that the South African government plans to implement new crown vaccination incentives to increase the vaccination rate. It will provide 100 rand (approximately RMB 42) grocery vouchers to elderly people over 60 who are vaccinated for the first time. On the day of the local government election on November 1, 500,000 rand (approximately 210,000 yuan) coupons were provided to the best-performing vaccination sites in the country.

　　The Deputy Director-General of the South African Ministry of Health stated that the South African government will provide booster vaccination to nearly 500,000 medical workers who have been vaccinated with Johnson & Johnson's new crown vaccine starting from November 8.

　　According to statistics from the South African Ministry of Health on the 29th, there were 475 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in South Africa in a single day, and the cumulative number of confirmed cases exceeded 2.92 million.

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