Coronavirus cases are increasing in most Asian countries, while deaths are also on the rise. In Asian countries there is a race to immunise the population. A record number of virus cases in Germany for the fourth day.
The Ministry of Health of India announced that 98 patients succumbed to complications of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours and 2,876 cases were confirmed. Officially, the death toll of the pandemic reached 516,072 out of a total of some 43 million infections.
In Malaysia, 95 patients succumbed to complications of COVID-19 and 26,534 cases were confirmed. The death toll from the new coronavirus pandemic reached 33,994 deaths out of a total of 3,872,135 infections.
Active cases decreased to 304,147. There are 376 patients with COVID-19 in intensive care units (ICUs), 222 intubated. 78.9% of the population has been fully immunized against COVID-19, while about 47% have received a booster dose of the vaccine.
In South Korea a record number of infections was announced in one day, with the number breaking the 400 barrier for the first time.000, as the wave attributed by authorities to the more contagious Omicron variant continues to rage as authorities prepare to further loosen restrictive measures.
The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDA) said that in the 24 hours to midnight yesterday, Tuesday, 400,741 cases of SARS-CoV-2 were confirmed and another 164 patients succumbed due to complications.
The toll of the pandemic reached 11,052 deaths out of a total of 7,629,275 infections.
The mortality rate dropped to 0.14%. The number of patients admitted to hospitals in serious to critical condition also set a new record, rising to 1,244 (+48 in 24 hours). By this stage, 86.6% of the population has been fully vaccinated for COVID-19 and 62.7% have received a booster dose, according to official data.
Vietnam[/B] announced yesterday that a record 175,480 virus infections were confirmed in the previous 24 hours, bringing the total to 6,552,918. The deaths of 68 patients due to complications of COVID-19 raised the pandemic death toll to 41,545.
In the country of 98 million people, 200.5 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered.
Indonesia's Ministry of Health said yesterday Tuesday that 14 had been confirmed in the previous 24 hours.408 cases of SARS-CoV-2 and 308 patients succumbed due to complications of COVID-19, bringing the death toll of the pandemic to 152,745 out of a total of 5,914,532 infections.
As of yesterday, 151.48 million people in Indonesia were fully immunized. The vaccination campaign in the archipelago targets 208 million citizens, about 80% of the population.
In Brazil, 52,094 cases of SARS-CoV-2 were confirmed and 336 patients succumbed due to complications of COVID-19. Brazil confirmed two cases of the Deltacron variant, which combines genetic characteristics of the Delta and Omicron variants.
The World Health Organization has been sounding the alarm about the spread of Deltacron since early March, after it was first detected in France. Officially, Latin America's largest nation, with 213 million inhabitants, is recording the world's second heaviest death toll from the pandemic in absolute terms: the death toll has reached 655,585 out of a total of 29,432,157 infections.
The number of new cases of coronavirus in the last 7 days in Germany has broken records for the 4th consecutive day, averaging 1.585.4 infections per 100,000 inhabitants, according to the Robert Koch Institute, the country's epidemiological surveillance body.
Earlier it had announced 198,888 new cases , about 42,000 more than at the end of last week. The deaths of 283 patients due to complications of COVID-19 raised the country's death toll from the disease to 125,873, according to the same source.
According to health authorities, 2.297 patients are hospitalized in intensive care units, 36 more than Monday, but significantly fewer than at the time when the Delta variant of the coronavirus was dominant.
The vaccination program is showing signs of slowing down, with 605,000 vaccinations administered last week. According to official figures, at least 48.1 million citizens have been vaccinated with the so-called booster dose, while the unvaccinated total 19.6 million.
As of Wednesday, vaccination against Covid-19 is mandatory for health workers and nursing home staff.
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