The Coronavirus pandemic in the world has so far caused 2,961,387 deaths according to the AFP toll based on official sources. The United States is the most affected country with 564,280 deaths, followed by Brazil (361,884), Mexico (210,294), India (172,085) and the United Kingdom (127,123).
Brazil, patients intubated while awake
There is a lack of sedatives in hospitals in Rio de Janeiro, where some health workers have reported having had to intubate Covid patients while awake. A nurse from the Albert Schweitzer hospital in Realengo, in the eastern part of Rio, told the G1 site that some seriously ill Covid patients are intubated awake and with their hands tied to the bed due to a lack of drugs. 118 Covid patients are hospitalized in the hospital, of which 40 are in intensive care. “They are awake, without sedatives, intubated, with their hands tied to the bed and begging us not to let them die,” said the nurse, in the form of anonymity. Brazil has recorded 3,459 deaths related to Covid-19 in the last 24 hours and has exceeded 360,000 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic, which is experiencing its worst phase in the South American country, according to data released by the government. In the last three days, the country has recorded 8,747 deaths related to the new coronavirus, which is spreading unchecked throughout the country, despite the mobility restrictions in force in many of the Brazilian states.
The Ministry of Health recorded 73,513 infections in the last day, with which the total balance of positives since February 26, 2020, when the first case was notified, is 13,673,507, although health specialists estimate that, due to ‘Under-reporting’, the number could be up to “two or three times” higher.
Argentina tightens curfew
The Argentine government has tightened the curfew in the metropolitan area of Buenos Aires (Amba), formed by the capital and neighboring cities, where circulation will be prohibited from 8 pm to 6 am due to the increase in cases of Covid-19. Furthermore, from next Monday until April 30th the schools will be closed again and distance learning will continue. “The advance of the pandemic requires us a little more each time,” said the president, Alberto Fernàndez, in a message to the country. The Amba is the most critical area in terms of coronavirus infections and Fernàndez has asked the authorities of each locality “to inspect and apply” the measure. The president assured that the executive intends to “guarantee two things”: not to stop the vaccination process and to ensure that the health system is not saturated. Fernàndez also announced the arrival of other vaccines on Sunday, at a time when the doses available in the country are running out.
In the United States another 859 dead
The United States has reached 31,417,160 confirmed cases of Covid and 564,280 deaths, according to the latest figures from Johns Hopkins University. In the last 24 hours in the US there have been 859 deaths and 73,601 new infections. California is now the state most affected by the pandemic with 60,632 deaths, followed by New York (51,350) and Texas (49,358).
New record of cases per day in India, over 200 thousand
India also today records a record of new daily cases of Covid-19, 200,739 in the last 24 hours; the dead were instead 1,038. This was announced by the Indian Ministry of Health, quoted by local media. The South Asian country of 1 billion and 380 million inhabitants has so far reported a total of 14.1 million cases and 173,123 deaths. Second only to China for populations, India is second in the world for the number of infections (behind the United States) and fourth for the number of deaths (behind the United States, Brazil and Mexico).
Tokyo announces extraordinary efforts in view of the Olympics
The governor of Tokyo, Yuriko Koike, committed yesterday, April 14, to take extraordinary measures to contain coronavirus infections in the capital of Japan by the opening of the Summer Olympics scheduled in 100 days, next July 23. “I can’t wait to see the athletes from Japan and abroad, who have trained so hard, give life to magnificent games 100 days from now”, said Koike during a ceremony at the headquarters of the government. metropolitan. Japan, as well as several other Asian countries, has been struggling for days with a significant increase in coronavirus infections. Last week the government was forced to launch new pandemic containment measures in Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto, and yesterday 591 new cases of infections were reported in the capital, the worst figure since the lifting of the state of emergency on 21 March. . For the first time since last January 28, over 4 thousand cases have been reported throughout the territory of Japan within 24 hours.
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