New Delhi (NVI): More than 48 million people around the world have been confirmed to have the coronavirus, while the death toll is nearing 12,24,415, according to the Johns Hopkins University tally. Over 31.8 million patients have recovered from the deadly disease globally.
In the US, the number of coronavirus infections have surged past 9.4 million while the number of fatalities due to virus has climbed past 2,33,000 in the country.
Brazil’s coronavirus cases are nearing 5.6 million while the death toll has surpassed 1,61,000.
England has entered its second national lockdown, placing 56 million people under new coronavirus restrictions for at least the next four weeks.
Meanwhile, at least six European nations have seen record case rises in the last 24 hours. Russia, Switzerland, Poland, Austria, Latvia and Estonia each confirmed their highest new infections to date.
Russia, which has the fourth-highest cases in the world, added over 18,000 new infections on Wednesday, bringing its total to 1,680,579, while Switzerland announced a record 10,043 coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours.
Austria’s daily tally of new coronavirus infections climbed above 6,000 for the first time to a new record of 6,211, data from the health ministry showed.
In addition to this, Poland hit a daily high of nearly 24,700 coronavirus cases as the government introduced new restrictions on shops, schools and culture institutions through November.
France registered 40,558 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, compared to 36,330 on Tuesday and a record of 52,518 on Monday, health ministry data showed. The total number of cases have increased to 1,543,321.
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