Latin America and Caribbean region exceeds 25 million confirmed cases coronavirus, as it experiences a frightening increase in the number of new coronavirus infections and several countries are forced to step up restrictive measures again.
In this region, 25,001,533 cases were recorded until yesterday at 20:00 (Greek time), according to the count of the French Agency, which is based on official announcements. By that time, Latin America and the Caribbean, home to 600 million people, had recorded 788,721 deaths from COVID-19.
South America in particular is hit by an extremely severe new pandemic wave, centered on Brazil. The epidemic seems completely out of control in the giant state of 212 million people, which recorded more than 66,000 deaths in March, twice as many as in July 2020 – the worst month to last.
In many Latin American countries, the transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 strain variant originally identified in Brazil, the selected P1, has been confirmed. “We have noticed that the P1 variant is more contagious,” Sylvain Aldigieri of the World Health Organization, part of the World Health Organization, confirmed.
Records of infections, such as in Peru (12,916 on Thursday) and deaths, such as Uruguay (35), which exceeded the symbolic limit of one thousand deaths out of a total population of 3.4 million, intensify fears that the region has not yet passed. the worst stage of the pandemic.
In Ecuador around 12 million inhabitants (almost 70% of the population) are subject to new restrictions on traffic at night. For the time being, however, the postponement of the second round of the presidential elections, on April 11, is not being considered.
Chile, where nearly 90 percent of the population has been restricted for a week, announced on Thursday that its borders would remain closed throughout April. Bolivia closed its border with Brazil for a month, while Peru imposed restrictions on the Easter holidays.
Hopes are now with vaccination: Chile and Uruguay, where at least 30% and 20% of the population have been vaccinated, respectively, are ahead in the region.
Argentina, faced with delays in deliveries, received one million doses of the Chinese drug Sinopharm vaccine on Thursday, which will allow it to accelerate.
In Brazil, 8% of the population has received the first dose, but only 2.3% have received the second dose, so it is considered to be fully immunized.
More than 28,000 deaths in Russia
Russia’s statistics agency says 24,369 deaths in the country in February were linked to COVID-19, down about 35 percent from the previous month.
According to ROSSTAT, 14,171 people died due to COVID-19. In another 7,793 cases of people diagnosed with the new coronavirus, COVID-19 was not the leading cause of death. In 2,405 cases, it is suspected that the severe acute respiratory syndrome caused by the new coronavirus was the leading cause of death, but further tests are needed.
In January 2021, 37,878 deaths were recorded in connection with COVID-19, according to a newer, upward-revised ROSSTAT report released yesterday.
These numbers mean that the pandemic has claimed the lives of more than 224,000 people since its outbreak, as the Russian statistical service recorded more than 160,000 deaths due to it in 2020.
This report is much higher than that announced by the authorities in their daily reports. According to official data, related to deaths due to COVID-19 that have been verified by autopsy-necropsy, the report was until yesterday 99,633 dead.
Authorities say the pandemic is in recession Russia, with President Vladimir Putin assuring in late March that the epidemiological situation in his country was “much better” than in others.
Despite the deadly second wave of the pandemic since the autumn, Russian authorities have not imposed a general restraint to protect the already hit economy, which has already been hit hard by the impact of the health crisis.
The Kremlin is relying on the immunization campaign to defeat the pandemic. Mr Putin, 68, was vaccinated in late March, away from the cameras.
But Russia, which has officially recorded more than 4.5 million cases of SARS-CoV-2, is still a long way from vaccinating much of its population, almost four months after the launch of Sputnik V.
Only 4 million have received both doses of their vaccine, while 6 million have received at least one. In other words, only 4% of Russia’s 145 million citizens have been immunized, much less than in the United States or the United Kingdom.
More than 18,000 cases in Germany
The confirmed cases of SARS-CoV-2 in Germany increased by 18,129 in the previous 24 hours, reaching 2,873,190, according to data released today Saturday by the Robert Koch Institute, the country’s epidemiological surveillance body.
At the same time, another 120 patients with COVID-19 succumbed, with the death toll from the new coronavirus pandemic reaching 76,895 deaths so far, according to the same source.
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