The Brazilian Ministry of Health announced yesterday Wednesday that 676 patients with COVID-19 died in the previous 24 hours and 17,756 cases of SARS-CoV-2 were confirmed.
With 596,122 dead after the new coronavirus pandemic broke out in its territory, Latin America, the largest country with a population of 212 million, records the second heaviest death toll in the world in absolute terms, behind the United States (692,975 dead).
The number of reported cases is now 21,399,546; Brazil ranks third in the world in terms of the number of infections, after the USA and India, according to official data.
Mexico: 596 deaths and almost 9,800 cases in 24 hours
The Mexican Ministry of Health announced on Wednesday that another 596 patients with COVID-19 had died in the past 24 hours and 9,796 cases of SARS-CoV-2 had been confirmed.
With 276,972 deaths since it broke out in its territory until yesterday, the country of 126 million inhabitants records the 4th heaviest death toll from the new coronavirus pandemic on the planet in absolute terms. The recorded cases reached 3,655,395, according to the data of the ministry, but its executives acknowledge that they are very underestimated in relation to reality.
Iran: More than 120,000 dead, the number of cases has reached 5.57 million.
The death toll from the new coronavirus pandemic surpassed the tragic milestone of 120,000 dead on Wednesday.
According to the Ministry of Health of the Islamic Republic, 272 deaths were recorded in the previous 24 hours, which increased their number to 120,160 by this stage since February 2020, when the pandemic broke out in Iran.
During the same period, another 13,271 cases of SARS-CoV-2 were confirmed, bringing the total number of recorded cases to 5,572,962.
6,016 patients with COVID-19 are being treated in intensive care units (ICUs) of Iranian hospitals.
As of yesterday, in the country of approximately 83 million inhabitants, more than 37.74 million citizens had received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, of which 16.06 million and a second.
Britain: Nearly 37,000 cases and 150 deaths in 24 hours
The British health authorities announced on Wednesday that 36,722 cases of SARS-CoV-2 had been confirmed in the previous 24 hours and another 150 patients with COVID-19 had died.
Officially, the new coronavirus pandemic in the United Kingdom puts the death toll at 136,525 out of a total of 7,771,294 reported infections. The death toll includes only those who died within 28 days of being diagnosed with the virus.
Nearly 90% of Britons over the age of 16 have received one dose of the vaccine, and more than 82% have received the second, according to the latest official figures for the immunization campaign. Life has returned to normal in the country.
Italy: 63 deaths and over 3,200 cases in 24 hours
The Italian Ministry of Health announced on Wednesday that 63 patients with COVID-19 had died in the past 24 hours, compared to 65 the previous day, while the number of confirmed cases of SARS-CoV-2 increased to 3,212, compared to 2,985 a day earlier, for a total of 295,452 tests
With 130,870 deaths due to the new coronavirus pandemic since it broke out in its territory in February 2020 until yesterday, Italy, with a population of 60 million, officially records the second heaviest official death toll in Europe so far, after Britain and the ninth. 4.67 million infections have been diagnosed.
The number of patients being treated in hospitals with COVID-19 – excluding those in intensive care units (ICU) – fell to 3,317 yesterday, from 3,418 a day earlier.
In the ICU, 23 patients were admitted, compared to 19 the previous year. The total number of patients admitted to the ICU was reduced to 450, from 459 one day earlier.
Malaysia: Over 12,400 cases and 208 deaths in 24 hours
The Malaysian Ministry of Health announced today that in the 24 hours until midnight yesterday, Wednesday, 208 patients with COVID-19 succumbed and 12,434 cases of SARS-CoV-2 were diagnosed.
The death toll from the pandemic of the new coronavirus in the Asian state of 33 million people thus surpassed another tragic milestone, that of twenty-six thousand deaths, reaching 26,143 dead out of a total of 2,232,960 recorded infections.
The so-called active cases decreased to 169,718. There are 978 patients with COVID-19 in intensive care units (ICU) of hospitals, 565 intubated.
Until yesterday, 61.5% of the population had been fully vaccinated for COVID-19, while 71.5% have received the first dose, according to official data.
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