Delta variant sweeps Ireland: 70% of cases are due to it

The delta variant strain of the new coronavirus is now responsible for more than 70% of infections confirmed in Ireland on a daily basis, a top health official said Monday.

Tony Hulohan, chief medical officer (CMO) at the health ministry, said in a press release released yesterday that 365 cases of SARS-CoV-2 had been diagnosed in the past 24 hours, with all laboratory-confirmed infections occurring. reaches 274,306 in Ireland.

The country mourns a total of 5,000 deaths due to COVID-19.

Cuba: Over 3,000 cases and 21 deaths in 24 hours

The Cuban Ministry of Health announced on Monday that 3,075 cases of SARS-CoV-2 had been confirmed in the previous 24 hours and 21 patients with COVID-19 had died.

The death toll from the new coronavirus pandemic on the Caribbean island has so far reached 1,372 dead out of a total of 207,322 infections.

The western province of Matanza (795 cases in 24 hours) remained the focus of the pandemic, with the incidence rate reaching 1,135.5 infections per 100,000 inhabitants.

As Cuba was hit by Tropical Storm Elsa and authorities were evacuating people from their homes in areas in extreme weather, the Ministry of Health’s chief epidemiologist, Francisco Duran, emphasized that “the most important measures to protect , wherever we are “.

Brazil: Deaths exceed 525,000, cases 18.79 million

The Brazilian Ministry of Health announced on Monday that another 695 patients with COVID-19 had died in the past 24 hours and 22,703 cases of SARS-CoV-2 had been confirmed.

The death toll from the new coronavirus pandemic in Brazil, Latin America’s largest country with a population of 212 million, has reached this stage with 525,112 deaths out of a total of more than 18.79 million infections, according to official figures. which experts characterize as undervalued.

It is the second most severe pandemic on the planet, behind only the United States, and the third highest number of infections in the world, behind those reported by the United States and India.

Argentina: 621 deaths and over 17,000 cases in 24 hours

The Argentine Ministry of Health announced yesterday Monday that in the previous 24 hours another 621 patients with COVID-19 died and 17,277 cases of SARS-CoV-2 were confirmed.

The new coronavirus pandemic in the Latin American state has reached 96,521 deaths out of a total of 4,552,750 infections as of this stage since its outbreak in March 2020.

Authorities are trying to limit the spread of the Delta variant strain of the new coronavirus. So far, five cases of this variant have been confirmed, which was originally identified in India.

To this end, the authorities have decided to reduce to 600 the number of citizens who can be repatriated during the day and to close all gates other than Essays International Airport in southern Buenos Aires.

The measure was decided to be imposed because there is no “traffic in the community” of the delta strain, explained the Minister of Health, Matthias Lamens. It provides more time for the immunization campaign, “which has accelerated in recent weeks,” to go ahead, he added, assuring that of course it will not apply “forever”.

Mexico: 67 deaths and over 1,800 cases in 24 hours

The Mexican Ministry of Health announced Monday that 67 patients with COVID-19 have died in the past 24 hours and 1,805 cases of SARS-CoV-2 have been diagnosed.

Officially, the death toll from the new coronavirus pandemic has so far reached 233,689 deaths out of a total of 2,541,873 infections.

But the Mexican government acknowledges that the official report, the 4th heaviest in the world, is undervalued. Excess mortality data released last week showed, for the second time this year, that deaths due to COVID-19 are actually almost 60% higher than confirmed.

Iran: 157 deaths and more than 16,000 cases in 24 hours

Iran’s health ministry said Monday that 16,025 cases of SARS-CoV-2 had been confirmed in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of people infected with the new coronavirus in the Islamic Republic to 3,270,843.

The deaths of 157 patients with COVID-19 have raised the death toll from the pandemic to 84,949 at this stage since its outbreak in Iran in February 2020, according to official figures.

According to the Ministry of Health, 3,255 patients are being treated in intensive care units (ICUs) of Iranian hospitals.

As of yesterday, the country of 85 million people had received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine 4.47 million citizens, of which more than 2 million have received both.

Italy: 31 deaths and 480 cases in 24 hours

The Italian Ministry of Health announced on Monday that another 31 patients had been diagnosed with COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, a significant increase from the previous 12, while the number of SARS-CoV-2 infections had dropped to 480 from 808. cases reported a day earlier, for a total of 74,649 tests.

With 127,680 deaths from the new coronavirus pandemic since it hit the Italian peninsula in February 2020 at this stage, Italy, with a population of 60 million, has the second-highest death toll in Europe, after Britain, and the eighth highest in the world. The country has recorded 4.26 million infections so far.

The number of patients admitted to hospitals with COVID-19, excluding those admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU), was 1,337 yesterday, up from 1,364 a day earlier.

Two admissions were made to the ICU, out of 7 that were announced on Sunday. The number of patients in the ICUs of Italian hospitals decreased to 191 (–6).

Germany: 31 deaths and 440 cases in 24 hours

The confirmed cases of SARS-CoV-2 in Germany increased by 440 in the previous 24 hours, reaching 3,731,564, according to the data published today, Tuesday, by the Robert Koch Institute, the country’s epidemiological surveillance body.

At the same time, 31 patients with COVID-19 succumbed, increasing the death toll from the new coronavirus pandemic to 91,062 at this stage, according to the same source.