On a day in which the ISS records an increase in the incidence of infections in Italy equal to 2011 per 100 thousand inhabitants (relating to the period from 14 to 20 January) and the government closes the Dpcm with the list of services and activities essential to access that you will not need the green certificate, let’s take a look at how the pandemic is behaving in the rest of the world. In Germany , a new record of infections was recorded: 140,160 were registered in 24 hours, according to the Robert Koch Institut. There were 133,536 cases the previous day, 92,223 a week ago. This is the eighth consecutive day with a new seven-day incidence record (706.3) and the third for daily infections. In addition, 170 new deaths related to the virus have been counted. In Austriathe daily infections reached a new record yesterday due to the continued spread of the Omicron variant, but the government wants to avoid at all costs a fifth national lockdown after the one just ended last month. The data recorded 1,505,501 of positives in total with an increase of 1,833 units in the last 24 hours In Spain, as of yesterday, there are 157,447 new cases of Covid-19 and 162 deaths reported, similar numbers to the day before (157,941 cases and 160 deaths). The latest bulletin of the Ministry of Health shows it. The incidence over 14 days still decreases, albeit more slightly than yesterday: from 3,286 to 3,279 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. And the third consecutive day of descent. Employment rates in hospitals also decreased slightly: in ordinary wards it went from 15.25% to 15.20% (66 fewer patients), in intensive care from 23.59% to 23.30% (26 patients in less). In France, where from early February it is back to being able to remove the masks outdoors, meanwhile the infections from Covid-19 recorded in the country have risen to 525,527, thus marking a new record. According to the website of the broadcaster Bfmtv, which cites the Sidep portal, the data refer to last Monday. The previous record was 464,769 infections. In the UK,where there is talk of a light at the end of the pandemic tunnel, the constant decline in infections has been going on for days now and hospitals and intensive care have never suffered during this fourth wave characterized by the Omicron variant. According to data provided by OurWorldData.org Britain reported 152,075 deaths from COVID-19 in total, and fewer than 10,000 of these deaths are attributable to the new variant identified at the end of November. The estimate speaks of 15,718,193 infected in total current of which +108,124 in the last 24 hours. In Brazil , 168,495 new coronavirus cases have been registered in the last 24 hours. The dead of the day, however, stood at 350, according to data provided by the Ministry of Health of Brasilia. In Slovenia, there are over 10 thousand infections in the last 24 hours, however, the pressure on hospitals for coronavirus hospitalizations remains constant, with 580 (+14) people hospitalized, 150 (-1) of whom need treatment in intensive care. There have been seven deaths since yesterday. According to the National Institute for Public Health (NIJZ), active infections in the country exceeded 90,000, the seven-day average increased by 492 to 8,068 in Japan., where the vaccine for children aged between 5 and 11 was approved today, and confirmed the increase in coronavirus cases for the third consecutive day: the number of hospitalized in serious condition has risen to 287, while the there were nine deaths caused by the virus. In Tokyo, the capital’s metropolitan government reported a record number of 8,638. Nationally, the number of new infections is followed by Osaka (5,933), Kanagawa (3,344), Aichi (3,074), Hyogo (2,483) and Fukuoka (2,225). Of the total number of infections, the percentage of omicron variant cases has grown rapidly in recent days to reach 93%, according to the estimate released by the ministry’s expert committee. The Chinareported the lowest number of new local Covid-19 cases in nearly two months and two weeks after the opening of the Beijing 2022 Winter Games: 23 (73 including imported infections) versus 43 (66) the day before, according to to the data updated on Thursday released by the National Health Commission. This is a downtrend for the fourth day in a row and with a daily load that is the lowest since November 29th. Henan province and the port city of Tianjin, two areas that have reported the majority of cases in China in the past 10 days, have recorded fewer than 10 each. The capital Beijing has reported five, while another handful of infections have been reported in the cities of Zhuhaie Xi’an. 50 cases were imported nationally and 31 asymptomatic cases, which bring the total number of people under medical observation to 765. No new deaths were reported, leaving the death toll at 4,636. Overall infections rose to 105,484.
