According to Worldometer's real-time statistics, there have been a total of 243,203,185 confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia worldwide, and a total of 4,943,612 deaths.
The latest data show that the United States, the United Kingdom, Russia, Turkey, and Ukraine have become the five countries with the largest number of new confirmed cases. The United States, Russia, Ukraine, Romania, and Mexico are the five countries with the highest number of new deaths.
To make matters worse, just recently, the United Kingdom announced that the sub-variant virus AY.4.2 mutated from the Delta variant of the new crown virus has grown rapidly in the country, and the epidemic in Russia has also risen sharply. This has aroused global attention
100,000 new cases in a single day in the UK
According to Xinhua News Agency, the British Health Secretary Javid said at a press conference that the new crown epidemic is far from over. People may see this winter that there are as many as 100,000 new confirmed cases of new crowns in the UK in a single day.
Javid said that the British government is “worried” about the surge in confirmed cases of the new crown and the number of deaths, but it is not yet ready to initiate the plan B of the “Responding to the new crown epidemic: autumn and winter plan” including measures such as mandatory wearing of masks, that is, the epidemic is serious. Back-up plan in case of deterioration.
In addition, British virologists warned that one of the variant virus strains, AY.4.2, is rapidly spreading in the UK, from 4% in September to nearly 10% now.
Experts from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute at the University of Cambridge and the Institute of Genetics at University College London said that AY.4.2 is 10% to 15% more infectious than the Delta strain.
Official data show that in the UK alone, nearly 5 million high-risk adults have not yet been vaccinated against Covid.
1 person dies in Russia every 1.5 minutes
According to the statistics released by the Russian House, it can be seen that the death toll in Russia is constantly rising. In other words, one person in Russia loses his life due to the new crown every 1.5 minutes.
Russia is currently in the fourth wave of outbreaks, and this round of epidemics is mainly due to the delta mutant strain. The Delta strain is characterized by a high pathogenicity rate, a high rate of severe illness, and a high rate of death.
Many Russians have low awareness of protection. Many people on the street do not wear masks or wear masks by mistake. Therefore, so far, Russia's mortality rate ranks first in the world.
Recently, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he would approve paid holidays from October 30th to November 7th throughout the country. Individual areas with severe epidemics can start the paid leave mode in advance to deal with the new peak of the new crown epidemic.
The epidemic data released by the Russian Epidemic Prevention Command shows that Russia has a total of 8094825 confirmed cases of new crowns and a total of 226,353 deaths. The country's recent new confirmed cases of new crowns and new deaths have reached new highs since the epidemic
In such a severe situation of the epidemic situation, the Central Epidemiology Institute of the Russian Public Welfare Supervision Agency stated that a variant AY4.2 of the new crown virus strain delta was found in individual cases in Russia, which may spread widely in Russia.
He also stated that the new variant AY.4.2 of the delta mutant strain may lead to a further increase in the infection rate, which can only be prevented by vaccination.
In response, Sobyanin, the mayor of Moscow, the Russian capital, said that Moscow will implement new control measures due to the worsening of the epidemic.
Latvia takes the lead in implementing the blockade order
At present, a new wave of COVID-19 is threatening Europe. After successfully controlling the epidemic for several months, the situation in Latvia has deteriorated again, with an unprecedented surge in the number of infections
Reuters, citing data from the country’s health department, reported that the number of new confirmed cases in Latvia rose by 49% last week.
The Latvian government confirmed that the country will implement a blockade for nearly one month, and Latvia has therefore become the first country in Europe to re-implement the blockade order since August.
According to the order of the Latvian government, the country was blocked until 0:00 on November 15. During the blockade, a curfew will be imposed from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. the next day, and schools and all non-essential commercial facilities will be closed at the same time.
The Minister of Finance of Latvia stated that the "closure" measures will cost Latvia 200 million euros.
Israel finds first new variant strain
The Israeli Ministry of Health recently stated that there were 1486 new confirmed cases in Israel in a single day, of which 701 new cases were confirmed in a single day. And the death toll due to the new crown has reached 8,021.
According to the "Times of Israel" report, an 11-year-old boy who entered Israel from Moldova recently discovered the first new variant strain of the new coronavirus delta strain AY4.2 in Israel. The case has been isolated
This case in Israel has attracted the attention of the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom was the first country to discover the new delta variant strain, AY4.2. Francois Balloux, a professor of computational systems biology at University College London, said that this subtype is "rare" outside the United Kingdom.
Holland breaks the five thousand mark for the first time
According to Lianhe Zaobao, the number of new confirmed cases of new crowns in the Netherlands surged by 44% in the past week, and some local hospitals have been overwhelmed and forced to reduce routine care.
It is reported that on the 22nd, there were 5,223 new cases of viral infections in the Netherlands, which was the first time in three months to exceed the 5,000 mark.
Determined by the European CDC regulatory agency ECDC, the Netherlands looks more red on the European epidemic risk map. The last time the Netherlands was in such a bad state was a month ago.
The number of positive tests in every province of the Netherlands is increasing sharply. In Drenthe, the number of new cases has increased by about 64%, and Overijssel has increased by nearly 58%; the increase in Limburg and Flevoland is limited, and the total number of new infections in two weeks is also higher than last week. Nearly 35%.
