Eight more patients have died due to complications of COVID-19 in Shanghai in the past 24 hours, Chinese state television reported today.
The toll of the current outbreak of the new coronavirus pandemic in the Chinese financial capital, much of which is still under lockdown, has thus reached 25 dead.
Authorities in the metropolis of some 25 million inhabitants have also confirmed 2,634 cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection in which symptoms have manifested and another 15,891 asymptomatic cases in the same period.
The pandemic outbreak in Shanghai is described as the most serious in the giant Asian nation since the health crisis.
Meanwhile, the Chilean Ministry of Health announced yesterday Wednesday that 2,515 cases of SARS-CoV-2 had been confirmed in the previous 24 hours and 8 patients had succumbed due to complications of COVID-19.
The death toll from the pandemic of the new coronavirus in the Latin American country reached 57,283 out of a total of 3,535,534 infections.
The positivity rate stands at 4.55% nationwide and 5.91% in the metropolitan area of the capital Santiago.
[/P][BR][BR]The active cases are 8,003. In intensive care units (ICU), 217 patients are hospitalized and intubated.
In the last two weeks, the number of cases has decreased by 52%.
The vaccination campaign for all citizens over 3 years of age continues, including the administration of second booster doses to specific groups.
In Germany, 186,325 cases of SARS-CoV-2 were confirmed in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 23,844,536, figures released today by the Robert Koch Institute, the country's epidemiological surveillance body, show.
The deaths of 324 patients due to complications of COVID-19 raised the death toll of the new coronavirus pandemic in the country to 133,632, according to the same source.
In addition, the Malaysian Ministry of Health announced today that in the 24 hours to midnight yesterday, Wednesday, 16 patients succumbed to complications of COVID-19 and 6 were confirmed.968 cases of SARS-CoV-2.
The death toll from the pandemic of the new coronavirus in the country of 33 million people has reached 35,465 out of a total of 4,409,202 infections.
The so-called active cases have been reduced to 90,724. There are 97 patients with COVID-19 in intensive care units (ICUs), 63 intubated.
80.8% of the population has been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, while 49% have now received booster doses.
Also, Vietnam's Ministry of Health announced yesterday (Wednesday) that 13 cases were confirmed in the previous 24 hours.271 cases of SARS-CoV-2, bringing the total to 10,502,590.
The deaths of 7 patients due to complications of COVID-19 raised the death toll of the new coronavirus pandemic to 42,982 dead.
In the nation of 96 million people, 210.1 million doses of anti-COVID-19 vaccine have been administered.
Source: CNA
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