A new record number of coronavirus cases has been recorded in China, more than 6,000 cases were recorded in Russia on Saturday, while protesters in China are calling for the lockdown to be lifted.
China
For the fourth consecutive day, China recorded a record number of SARS-CoV-2 cases in 24 hours, reaching 39,791, including 3,709 with symptoms of the disease caused by the coronavirus and 36,082 asymptomatic, according to figures released today by the National Health Commission.
One death due to complications of COVID-19 was reported in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of victims of the pandemic to 5,233 out of a total of 307,802 cases with symptoms of the disease caused by coronavirus, according to the official report of the Chinese authorities.
In addition, protesters took to the streets of Shanghai today, following the initiatives of residents in other parts of China, opposing the imposition of strict restrictive measures against the spread of COVID-19 almost three years after the outbreak of the pandemic.
Russia
Russia recorded 6,088 new cases of coronavirus yesterday Saturday (1,212 of them came from the capital Moscow), bringing the total number of infections since the start of the pandemic to 21,568,846, according to official figures from health authorities.
In the last 24 hours, 53 deaths due to complications of COVID-19 were reported, bringing the total number of victims of the disease in the country to 391,789.
Philippines
The Philippine Department of Health announced yesterday, Saturday, that in the last 24 hours 1.874 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the total number of infections to 4,032,326 to date.
Another 23 patients died due to complications of COVID-19, bringing the total death toll of the disease in the country to 64,571.
Malaysia
The Malaysian Ministry of Health announced today that four more patients died in the past 24 hours due to complications of COVID-19 and 2 were confirmed.898 new cases of SARS-CoV-2.
The death toll from the pandemic in this country of 33 million people has risen to 36,648 out of a total of 4,984,272 infections.
Source: CNA
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