China News Agency, Beijing, August 25. The latest data on the WHO website shows that as of 17:56 on the 24th Central European Time (23:56 Beijing Time), the number of confirmed cases worldwide increased by 434,852 compared with the previous day, reaching 212,357,898. ; The number of deaths increased by 7192 to 4,439,843.
Americas: The cumulative number of confirmed cases in the United States exceeds 37.98 million
According to statistics from Johns Hopkins University in the United States at 17:20 on August 24th, Eastern Time, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in the United States has exceeded 37.98 million, reaching 37,980,821; and the number of deaths reached 629,891.
Compared with 24 hours ago, there were 78130 new confirmed cases and 598 new deaths.
On the 24th local time, the Ministry of Health of Argentina announced that there were 8,119 new confirmed cases in the country in a single day, with a total of 5,148,085; 198 new deaths, with a total of 110,806. Argentine Minister of Health Bisotti told the media on the 24th that as of that day, Argentina had found 202 cases of infection with the delta strain of the mutated new crown virus.
At present, the cumulative number of new crown vaccination in Argentina has exceeded 39.6 million doses, and about 12.27 million people have received two doses of the vaccine.
Europe: The cumulative number of confirmed cases in Italy is close to 4.5 million
According to data released by the Italian Ministry of Health on the 24th, the country has newly confirmed 6076 cases in the last 24 hours, with a total of 4,494,857; 60 new deaths, with a total of 128,855. In the past 24 hours, the positive detection rate in Italy was 2.28%.
On the 24th local time, the total number of confirmed cases in France was close to 6.65 million, or 6,649,630; the cumulative number of deaths is now 113,788. The French health supervision department issued the third dose of new crown vaccination opinions on the 24th. It believes that people who have completed two doses of Pfizer, Modena, AstraZeneca and other vaccines can receive the third dose of vaccine 6 months after completing the vaccination. According to the French official plan, the third dose of vaccine will be given to high-risk groups in September.
At present, 42.04 million people in France have completed two doses of vaccination, accounting for about 62.4% of the French population.
On the 24th local time, the latest data released by the British Ministry of Health and Social Care showed that in the past 24 hours, there were 30,838 newly confirmed cases nationwide, with a total of 6,555,200 confirmed cases; 174 new deaths and a total of 131,854 deaths. This is the highest number of new deaths in a single day in the country since March 12 this year.
According to data released by the UK National Bureau of Statistics on the same day, the number of deaths from new coronary pneumonia in the UK each week has reached the highest level since the end of March. As of August 13, there were 652 deaths from new coronary pneumonia in the UK that week, an increase of 6.7% from the previous week and the highest number since 800 deaths were recorded in the week as of March 26.
Asia: The cumulative number of confirmed cases in Indonesia exceeds 4 million, and the epidemic in Thailand slows down
According to data from the Indonesian National Disaster Relief Agency on the 24th, there were 19,106 newly confirmed cases in the country compared with the previous day, with a total of 4,008,166; and 1,038 new deaths, with a total of 128,252.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo said in a social media video on the 23rd that the number of newly confirmed cases in Indonesia has been declining in the past few weeks, the occupancy rate of hospital beds and the number of people under medical isolation have been declining, and the epidemic situation has improved. The 370 million doses of the new crown vaccine ordered by the government are expected to arrive in Indonesia before the end of this year. Indonesian authorities are striving to increase the supply of this year’s new crown vaccine to 430 million doses, achieving the goal of at least 200 million people receiving two doses of the vaccine this year. .
Thai officials announced on the 24th that 17,165 newly confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia have been added in the past 24 hours, which has been less than 20,000 for 3 consecutive days, which is also the day with the least number of newly confirmed cases since this month.
After evaluating the development of the domestic epidemic situation in the past month, the National Infectious Diseases Commission of Thailand believes that although the number of confirmed cases still remains at a high level, the current round of the epidemic may have passed its peak, and the number of new infections will gradually decline in the next one or two weeks, and the epidemic will tend to be controllable . In addition, the number of people cured every day is more than the number of newly infected people, which also shows the effectiveness of the “closed city” measures in the past two months.
The cumulative number of confirmed cases in Israel has exceeded 1 million. According to data released by the Israeli Ministry of Health on the 24th, the country has newly confirmed 6401 cases compared with the previous day, with a total of 10,05511 cases; a total of 6,864 deaths. Since April this year, the number of Israel’s increasing number of confirmed cases has dropped rapidly, once falling to single digits. However, due to the spread of the delta strain, the number of confirmed cases in the country has risen again since mid-June.
The joint meeting of leaders of the three cities in the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal decided on the afternoon of the 24th to extend the current blockade measures in the valley to September 1 in order to prevent and control the epidemic, but relax the control of night-time vehicles.
Africa and Oceania: The number of newly diagnosed cases in Australia’s most populous state hit a record high in a single day
According to data from the African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as of the 24th, there were a total of 7,559,099 confirmed cases and 190,152 deaths in the region.
The Director of Nigeria’s National Primary Health Care Development Agency Faisal Shuaib said on the 24th that Nigeria’s State Food and Drug Administration recently completed the final assessment and agreed to approve the new crown vaccine produced by the Beijing Institute of Biological Products of Sinopharm Group in the country. use. This is the first Chinese new crown vaccine approved by Nigeria.
New South Wales is the most populous state in Australia. According to a news released by the state government on the 25th, in the past statistical day, there were 921 new confirmed cases in the state. This is also the day with the highest number of new confirmed cases in a single day in the state since the outbreak. (over)
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