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The strong wave raised by the Omicron mutation will not let up.Britain, France, Italy are in the throes of a pandemic with the highest records of daily infections on the Old Continent.
Starting in France for the third consecutive day infections exceeded 200,000. In particular, an all-time record number of cases was announced with 232,200 new infections, just as the country prepares to celebrate the arrival of the New Year in a "quieter way", as many fireworks displays were cancelled and authorities asked citizens to wear masks.
New infections in the last 24 hours exceed 200,000 for the third consecutive day, with France one of the epicentres of the pandemic as the wave of cases linked to the Omicron variant sweeps across Europe.
Another black record number of daily infections was recorded in Old Albion, where cases reached 189 in the last 24 hours.846.
The death toll was also at a negative high as 203 deaths were recorded.
On Thursday, 189,213 infections and 332 deaths were recorded in Britain
The exponential increase in coronavirus cases is confirmed by the fact that last week the number of infections was 122.186 and 137 deaths.
\NIt is estimated that 2.3 million people in Britain were infected with coronavirus last week, an increase of 1.4 million on the previous week.
In the last 24 hours 144,243 cases of coronavirus were recorded and 155 people died in Italy. In total, 1,224,025 diagnostic tests were carried out, 11.8% of which were positive.
However, according to data from the Italian Higher Institute of Health, the "Delta" variant was detected in 79% of all coronavirus cases on 20 December.
The 'Omicron' variant, on the same day, did not exceed 21%, but continued to spread very rapidly.
At this stage, the four Italian regions with the most cases are those with capitals in Perugia, Milan, Florence and Turin.
However, Portugal also set a new daily record of 30,829 coronavirus infections from 28,659 yesterday, with the rapidly spreading Omicron variant accounting for 83% of all new infections, according to official figures.
The DGS health authority recorded 18 deaths from COVID-19, down from 16 yesterday, Thursday, compared with more than 300 deaths a day in late January, when Portugal had just begun its vaccination campaign.
The number of patients in intensive care units remained stable at 145, also well below the 900 at the beginning of 2021. Portugal has one of the highest COVID-19 vaccination rates in the world, with about 87% of its 10 million inhabitants fully vaccinated.
Source: Proto Thema
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