New measures, new reports and highlights: an update on the latest developments in the Covid-19 pandemic around the world.
The situation in France
According to figures from Public Health France, 303,669 new cases of Covid-19 have been recorded in the past 24 hours in France. This is the third time that the threshold of 300,000 cases has been crossed since the start of the epidemic. On Friday, the same health authority indicated that 328,214 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 had been recorded in one day.
Beyond the cases of contamination, the wave continues to rise in the hospital, but in a lesser proportion than the surge in the number of cases. 21,605 Covid patients are hospitalized (436 patients admitted in 24 hours), including 3,815 (+46 admissions) in critical care, or 46 more than Thursday.
In a press release published this Saturday at the end of the day, the Ministry of Solidarity and Health indicated that to date, 28,210,956 booster doses have been carried out in the country. The health authority also indicates that “53,239,828 people have received at least one injection (ie 79% of the total population) and 52,004,661 people now have a complete vaccination schedule (ie 77.1% of the total population).
Also in France, the demonstrations of health passes and opponents of the Covid-19 vaccine experienced a very clear rebound on Saturday with 105,200 participants, four times more than during the previous mobilization of December 18, according to the authorities. This burst of mobilization comes after comments by French President Emmanuel Macron, who said this week that he wanted to “piss off” the unvaccinated “.
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The situation in the world
Over 150,000 dead in UK. The coronavirus has claimed the lives of more than 150,000 people in the United Kingdom, the government said on Saturday, a symbolic milestone for the country among the most bereaved in Europe. More specifically, 313 new deaths due to Covid-19 were recorded on Saturday, bringing to 150,057 since the start of the pandemic the total number of people who died 28 days after a positive test.
Police raid on a puppy’s birthday in India. A puppy has caused trouble for its owners in India, after a police raid at a party organized in its honor, in violation of the restrictions against the Covid-19. The lavish party, held for the puppy’s second birthday, cost 700,000 rupees (nearly $ 8,300), police say, with a fancy birthday cake and giant photos of Abby, an Indian Spitz, guest of honor of the evening.
China: 14 million people tested in Tianjin. The northern Chinese city of Tianjin on Sunday advised its some 14 million residents to stay at home while it undertakes massive Covid testing after a string of recent cases, including several linked to the variant Omicron from the coronavirus, state media reported.
More than 16,000 new cases of Covid-19 in 24 hours, a record in Peru. Peru recorded more than 16,000 new cases of Covid-19 on Saturday, a record in this country also hit by the Omicron variant. The figure of 16,135 new cases, published by the Ministry of Health, brings to 2,358,685 the total number of infections in 22 months of the pandemic in this country of 33 million inhabitants. The deaths announced on Saturday have increased by 38 in the last 24 hours to a total of 203,019 deaths since March 2020.
More than 5.4 million dead. The pandemic has killed more than 5,478,486 people worldwide, according to AFP’s report on Saturday at 11:00 GMT. The United States is the most bereaved country with 837,262 dead, followed by Brazil (619,937), India (483,463) and Russia (315,400). Mexico passed the 300,000 dead mark on Friday. However, the World Health Organization estimates, taking into account the excess mortality directly and indirectly linked to Covid-19, that the toll of the pandemic could be two to three times higher than that officially recorded.
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