Covid deaths worldwide since the start of the pandemic have exceeded three million, according to Worldometer, a US-based statistics website translated into 34 languages. The deaths caused by the pandemic counted by the site at the moment are 3,011,440, the total infections exceed 140 million, while the active cases are more than 18 million. Mostly (99.4%) not serious, and the remainder (107,050, equal to 0.6%) in critical conditions.
New Delhi closes in India
All closed, except essential services, and all at home this weekend in New Delhi as India faces a ferocious wave of new coronavirus, with over 200,000 infections a day, over two million this month alone, and collapsing hospitals. Other states have decided to close their doors, albeit less severely than last year: among others Maharashtra, the state of Mumbai, Gujarat, with intense industrial activity and Karnataka, with the ‘silicon valley ‘of Bangalore. The state of Uttar Pradesh, with around 240 million residents, announced yesterday that all villages and towns will remain in lockdown for one day on Sunday.
In Brazil, night shifts in cemeteries
In the last 24 hours 3,305 deaths and 85,774 new cases of coronavirus. The toll in Brazil is getting worse and worse. The overall total of deaths reaches 368,749, that of infections amounts to 13,832,455. The dizzying increase in deaths in Sao Paulo in recent months has forced the mayor of the richest and most populous city in the country to adapt the funeral planning. Now, in addition to hiring more personnel and vehicles, night shifts have been added at four of the 22 municipal cemeteries, where 600 graves are excavated every day.