Cases of COVID-19 are increasing in several countries around the world, with Vietnam setting a record in the number of cases for the 13th consecutive day.
Vietnam's Ministry of Health announced on Wednesday that 164,596 SARS-CoV-2 infections were confirmed in the previous 24 hours - a record for the 13th consecutive day, above the 100,000 level for the eighth 24-hour period - bringing the total to 5,042,036. The deaths of 109 patients due to complications of COVID-19 raised the death toll of the new coronavirus pandemic in the Southeast Asian nation to 41,086. In the country of 98 million people, 198.6 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered.
Indonesia's health ministry said on Wednesday that 26,336 cases of SARS-CoV-2 were confirmed in the previous 24 hours and 304 patients succumbed due to complications of COVID-19. The death toll of the new coronavirus pandemic in the island nation reached 151,135 deaths out of a total of 5,826,589 infections. As of Wednesday, 148.98 million people in Indonesia were fully immunised. The vaccination campaign in the archipelago has targeted 208 million citizens, or about 80% of the population.
Mexico's Ministry of Health announced Wednesday that 8,165 cases of SARS-CoV-2 had been confirmed in the previous 24 hours and 244 patients had succumbed due to complications of COVID-19. Officially, the death toll from the pandemic of the new coronavirus in the nation of 126 million people has so far reached 320,410 dead out of a total of 5,583,773 infections.
The Malaysian Ministry of Health announced on Thursday that in the 24 hours to midnight yesterday, Wednesday, 113 patients succumbed to complications of COVID-19 and 30,246 cases of SARS-CoV-2 were confirmed. The death toll from the pandemic of the new coronavirus in the country of 33 million people reached 33,497 deaths out of a total of 3,711,199 infections. Active cases increased to 310,160. There are 388 patients with COVID-19 in intensive care units (ICUs), 225 intubated. 78.9% of the population has been fully immunized against COVID-19, while 46.4% have received a booster dose of vaccine.
India's health ministry said on Thursday that 104 patients had succumbed to complications of COVID-19 in the previous 24 hours and 4,184 cases of SARS-CoV-2 had been confirmed. Officially, the death toll from the new coronavirus pandemic in the giant Asian nation of 1.35 billion people stands at 515,459 deaths out of a total of 42,980,067 infections.
In Germany, 262 were confirmed.752 cases of SARS-CoV-2 in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 16,504,822, according to data released Thursday by the Robert Koch Institute, the country's epidemiological surveillance body. The deaths of 259 patients due to complications of COVID-19 raised the death toll of the new coronavirus pandemic in the country to 125,023, according to the same source.
Source: CNA
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