The Covid-19 pandemic caused 3,100,659 deaths worldwide according to the latest AFP toll based on official sources. The country with the most victims is the United States (572,194) ahead of Brazil (390,797), Mexico (214,853), India (192,311) and the United Kingdom (127,417).
Usa, help the Indian health workers
The United States Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin, ordered the Department of Defense to draw on its resources to provide material aid to Indian front-line health personnel, committed to countering the second pandemic wave underway in that South Asian country. “I am deeply concerned by the wave of Covid-19 in India, and today I mandated the Department of Defense to use all resources at our disposal and under our authority to support US inter-agency efforts to provide personnel Frontline Indian doctor have the materials they need, “Austin wrote on Twitter. “In the next few days, we will provide transportation and logistic assistance for the delivery of supplies to India, including aids for the administration of oxygen, diagnostic kits and protective equipment for medical personnel,” the statement continues. “We are committed to evaluating the equipment we can draw from our inventory over the coming days and weeks. We will continue to work closely with other agencies and departments and with industry to support our Indian partners in fighting the pandemic,” he wrote. Austin. The secretary’s announcement follows the order of US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris to mobilize US resources to assist India in tackling the health crisis in that country.
India, record 353 thousand cases and total over 17 million
India over 17 million confirmed cases of Covid-19 with a new record of 352,991 new cases and 2,812 deaths in a single day. These are the highest numbers since the start of the pandemic. The total of certain infections has reached 17.3 million and that of deaths to 195,123 since the beginning of the pandemic. India continues to be the country with the worst pandemic data in the world, over a third of the cases ascertained on Sunday, according to the WHO which recorded 830,806 infections worldwide. With fewer than 9,000 cases per day in early February, the situation in India has dramatically worsened in recent weeks. The growth in infections is also particularly virulent, with 16% of active cases having to be hospitalized, causing the health system to collapse. New Delhi is the most affected city: alone, the capital registers 25,000 cases a day with a positive rate of 35%.
Another 1300 dead in Brazil
Brazil recorded 1,305 new deaths from Covid-19 on Sunday and 32,572 new infected, according to data published by the nation’s Ministry of Health. The South American country has 390,797 total coronavirus deaths and 14,340,787 confirmed cases.
South Korea: the number of daily infections decreases
South Korea’s health authorities have reported 500 new cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours, down from previous days, when infections had returned to their highs last January. The figure underlines the South Korean press – it is affected by a drop in the number of tampons carried out in the country. Since the start of the pandemic, South Korea has diagnosed a total of 119,387 cases and 1,817 deaths. Korea’s Disease Control and Prevention Agency (Kdca) has identified what began today as a crucial week for containing the new pandemic wave taking place in the country and more generally in the Asian region. In Seoul, where more than half of the national population resides, the level of social distancing has been raised to two on a maximum scale of three, and throughout the country private gatherings of more than five people will remain prohibited until at least May 2nd. South Korea has accelerated the administration of the AstraZeneca vaccine to people over the age of 65, just as doubts about the safety of the vaccine were growing in Europe. Seoul has negotiated with AstraZeneca to supply 7 million doses of the vaccine between next May and June.
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