(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) The cumulative number of confirmed new crowns worldwide exceeds 210 million, and the number of new crown deaths in U.S. hospitals returns to peak
China News Service, Beijing, August 21. Comprehensive news: The latest data on the official website of the World Health Organization shows that as of 17:22 on the 20th Central European Time, there are a total of 209,876,613 confirmed cases of new crowns worldwide, and a total of 4,400,284 deaths. According to the latest statistics from Johns Hopkins University in the United States, as of 8:21 on the 21st, Beijing time, there were a total of 210,761,789 confirmed cases worldwide and a total of 4413,638 deaths.
Americas: U.S. hospital deaths from new crowns return to peak
According to the latest epidemic data released by Johns Hopkins University, a total of 37,596,636 cases have been confirmed in the United States, and a total of 627,821 deaths have been reported.
According to data released by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, in the past 7 days as of the 18th, an average of 1,016 hospitalized patients diagnosed or suspected of being infected with the new crown died every day in the United States, the highest since February 22 this year.
As of the 18th, the intensive care unit in Alabama has been overloaded, and the utilization rate of intensive care beds in Florida, Mississippi, Georgia, and Texas has exceeded 90%. About half of the intensive care patients in the above five states are COVID-19 patients.
The 69-year-old Colorado Democratic Senator John Hickenlooper, the 70-year-old Mississippi Republican Federal Senator Roger Wick, and the 77-year-old Maine Independent Senator Angus King 19th Each announced that despite the completion of the entire course of the new crown vaccine vaccination, the infection was still confirmed, that is, “breakthrough infection.” According to the non-party organization “Government Tracking”, more than 70 members of Congress in the United States have been infected with the new crown virus. In February of this year, 67-year-old Texas Representative Ron Wright became the first congressman to die from the disease.
Europe: Germany may have entered the fourth wave of epidemic
According to data released by the Robert Koch Institute, a German disease control agency, on the 20th, there were 9,280 newly diagnosed cases in the country in a single day, with a total of 3,853,055 confirmed cases; 13 new deaths and a total of 91956 deaths. The German official morbidity index used to monitor the severity of the new crown epidemic (the cumulative number of new diagnoses per 100,000 people in seven days) rebounded further on the same day, and the value rose to 48.8. Up to now, Germany has received 99 million doses of the new crown vaccine, and a total of 48,652,173 people have been fully vaccinated, accounting for about 58.5% of the total population of Germany.
The Robert Koch Institute stated in an analysis report on the epidemic situation that day that the positive rate of laboratory nucleic acid tests increased by 4 to 6 percentage points in the past week, and Germany has officially entered the fourth wave of epidemics. As of this summer, 99% of the newly confirmed cases in Germany have been infected with the delta mutant strain.
According to data released by the French Ministry of Health on the 20th, 22,319 new cases were newly diagnosed in the country in a single day, with a total of 6579675 confirmed cases; 83 new deaths and a total of 113,265 deaths. As of that day, 47.32 million people in France had received at least one dose of the new crown vaccine, accounting for about 70.2% of the total French population; 40.9 million people had completed the vaccination, accounting for about 60.7% of the total French population.
Salomon, the director of the French General Administration of Health, quoted a French health study on the 20th, saying that the risk of new crown infection among vaccinated people is 8 times lower than that of those who have not been vaccinated. He said that vaccination greatly reduces the risk of infection, and people should not hesitate on the issue of vaccination.
Asia: Thailand’s cumulative number of confirmed cases exceeds one million
According to data released by Thailand’s New Crown Epidemic Management Center on the 20th, there were 19,851 newly diagnosed cases in the country in a single day, and the cumulative number of confirmed cases exceeded 1 million to 1,09710; there were 240 new deaths and a total of 8,826 deaths. As of the 19th, about 8% of Thailand’s total population has completed two doses of COVID-19 vaccination.
Since the third wave of the outbreak in Thailand on April 1 this year, the number of infected people has been on the rise, with more than 980,000 confirmed cases in less than five months.
4181 cases were confirmed in Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, on the same day, and more than 4,000 cases were confirmed for the 11th consecutive day. There were also more than 1,000 confirmed cases in Longzaicuo, Chonburi, and Samut Prakan on the same day. Thailand’s New Crown Epidemic Management Center said on the 20th that the current epidemic situation in Bangkok and neighboring areas has not improved significantly.
The Ministry of Health of Malaysia reported on the 20th that as of 12:00 noon that day, the country had newly confirmed 23,564 cases in a single day, setting a new high since the outbreak for the third consecutive day, with a total of more than 1.5 million confirmed cases. Earlier, Malaysia reported more than 22,000 confirmed cases on the 18th and 19th of this month, both exceeding the previous record. In less than one month since the cumulative number of confirmed cases exceeded one million on July 25 this year, Malaysia has added about 500,000 new confirmed cases.
Africa and Oceania: All South African adults can be vaccinated for free
On the 20th local time, the South African government began to vaccinate the new crown vaccine for adults aged 18 to 34. From that day on, all South African adults can receive the new crown vaccine for free.
According to data released by the National Institute of Infectious Diseases of South Africa, as of the 19th, the country has received 10.16 million COVID-19 vaccines; about 4.6 million people have been vaccinated at full doses, accounting for about 10% of the country’s total population.
As of the 19th, a total of more than 2.65 million cases have been diagnosed in South Africa, and a total of more than 78,000 deaths have been reported. South Africa’s Health Minister Joe Fahra said that the number of new confirmed cases in South Africa in the past week has increased by 18.2% over the previous week, which indicates that the third wave of the epidemic has not yet ended.
According to data released by the Australian government, on the 19th, there were 752 new confirmed cases in the country, and a total of 41,522 confirmed cases. As of the evening of the 18th, more than 16 million doses of the new crown vaccine have been vaccinated in Australia; 28.2% of those over the age of 16 who are eligible for vaccination have completed two doses of vaccination.
New South Wales, where Australia’s largest city Sydney is located, is the most severely affected area in the country. The New South Wales Government announced on the 20th that starting from the 23rd, the 12 administrative districts in the southwestern part of Sydney with the worst epidemic situation will impose a curfew on all residents and commercial activities from 21:00 to 5:00 the next day; starting on the 28th, this The movement of people in and outside the 12 administrative regions will be more strictly controlled.
At present, the Australian capital Canberra and Melbourne, the second largest city, are in a state of lockdown for epidemic prevention, and a curfew has also been imposed in the Melbourne city. Recently, the number of confirmed cases in the capital territory of Canberra and the state of Victoria, where Melbourne is located, is still increasing in double digits. The remaining states and territories have occasionally sporadic local cases, and control measures have also been relaxed. (End)
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