Over 86 million and 200 thousand infections in four weeks in the world. And the data based on official reports by the authorities of individual governments, collected by Johns Hopkins University on the advance of the pandemic on a planetary level. This is a figure that has never been recorded, and which well captures the infectious capacity of the Omicron variant, which is now about to completely supplant the Delta. It must be said that this is, however, a potentially downward figure, given the high number of infections that remain underground. In the last four weeks there have also been 225,423 confirmed deaths worldwide. France relaxes restrictions
No more outdoor masks from today in France, which has decided to loosen the restrictions despite the contagions remaining high. Attendance limits in concert halls and sporting events have also been lifted, while work from home is no longer mandatory, although it remains recommended. According to data from Sante Public France, 382 deaths from Covid were recorded yesterday in the country, currently 32,894 patients are hospitalized, with 3,751 patients in intensive care. Also yesterday 416,896 new cases were detected. An average of 322,256 cases were recorded in the previous seven days, according to the latest data, compared to 366,179 a week ago. In Germany, record of infections
Germany recorded a new record of daily Covid cases: there were 208,498 in the last 24 hours. Never so many since the start of the pandemic. Exactly one month ago, on January 2, there were 12,515 new infections. The deaths in the last 24 hours have been 196. The Minister of Health, Karl Lauterbach, said that the peak of this new wave is expected in mid-February. India is close to 500,000 total victims
Continuing a downward trend in infections, India has registered 161,386 new cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, according to data from the Union Ministry of Health released this morning. However, the number of deaths rose by another 1,733, a number that had never yet been recorded in the new wave, partly due to the 638 deaths in recent days that Kerala had not yet reported. At this point, the toll of lethal cases in the subcontinent is close to half a million since the onset of the disease, reaching 497,975 to be precise. This is a fact that in any case the overwhelming majority of observers consider strongly underestimated. In fact, it is hypothesized that the real number of Covid victims in India may be far higher,China: another 32 cases in Beijing linked to the Games
The cases of Covid-19 continue to increase close to the opening of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics: yesterday there were another 32 infections, which brought the total number of confirmed infections to 304 in the period January 4th – February 1st. In fact, from the updates released by the Organizing Committee, it emerged that 15 infections were detected yesterday at the Beijing airport, while the remaining 17 following checks carried out within the bubble system. Among the new infections, 9 refer to athletes and team officials from the various participating countries, while 23 to people involved in the Games in various capacities. Record of cases in Japan: 81,655
The Japanese Ministry of Health in its most recent bulletin updated yesterday confirmed the record of 81,655 new cases of coronavirus across the country and 69 deaths. The number of patients hospitalized in serious condition has risen further, reaching 804. In Tokyo, the metropolitan government has reported 14,445 new infections, of which over a third concern young people under the age of 20. On a national level, after the capital, the prefectures of Osaka (11,881 cases), Kanagawa (7,459), Aichi (5,751), Hyogo (4,944), Saitama (4,565), Fukuoka (4,509), Chiba (3,489) follow as the number of new infections ), Hokkaido (2,660) and Kyoto (1,951). Record infections also in Russia
Russia has set a new record in the daily coronavirus case count. In the last 24 hours, 125,836 cases have been identified in the country, writes the Moscow Times: an increase of 275% compared to 33,571 cases two weeks ago. There are also 663 deaths. This is the highest figure since the beginning of the pandemic for Russia. Even yesterday, the tally was very high, with 124,693 new infections. The Labor Ministry has recommended working from home if possible and several regions are imposing restrictions despite the Kremlin’s no to a national lockdown.
