At a time when the CDC predicts even more than 62.000 deaths due to it COVID-19 within the next four weeks, scientists estimate that by May-April we will have left the pandemic behind.
New cases of the new coronavirus continue to be recorded internationally, most of which are attributed to the Omicron variant, as well as deaths due to COVID-19.
USA
A new forecast from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) puts the death toll at as high as 62.000. COVID-19 within the next four weeks.
According to the main federal public health service, an increase in deaths is expected during this period with 10.400 to 31.000 being estimated to be found in the week ending on February 5th.
This prediction should be taken with caution, the CDCs note, given the rapid spread of the more contagious Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2, which in many cases causes milder symptoms of the disease but triggers an increase in infections and of hospital admissions.
The country recorded almost 3.000 deaths due to it COVID-19 the day before yesterday Tuesday, ie the heaviest report in one day since February 2021, according to CDC data.
Deaths from complications of the disease caused by the virus have risen in recent weeks, as the Omicron variant has caused a dizzying rise in infections and a record number of hospital admissions has been in place since early December.
The United States is currently recording more than 1.600 patient deaths due to its complications COVID-19 every twenty-four hours, according to CDC data.
This country has suffered by far the heaviest blow from the pandemic of the new coronavirus in the world in absolute magnitude, having recorded 842.322 deaths so far.
Italy
The number of coronavirus deaths in Italy increased yesterday. In the last twenty-four hours 313 people have lost their lives and the cases recorded are 196.224.
The Tuscan region, however, said that yesterday's death toll included 37 patients who had died in the past six months and had not been counted due to miscalculation. The positive for the virus, at this stage, in the country are 2.222.060.
In total, 1.190.567 diagnostic tests were performed yesterday, 16,5% of which were positive.
After a series of days, for the first time the number of patients with Covid-19 in intensive care units: it is 1.669, ie 8 less than yesterday. 17.309 patients with coronavirus are being treated in hospital wards.
However, according to Mateo Bassetti, head of the Infectious Diseases Clinic at San Martino Hospital in Genoa, "in April or May at the latest we should have left the pandemic behind, and we will probably be able to take off our protective masks."
Netherlands
The new Dutch Foreign Minister Vopke Huxtra announced through his personal account on the social networking site Twitter late last night Wednesday that he was diagnosed as infected with the new coronavirus.
Mr Huxtra, who was sworn in on Monday, was in Brussels on Tuesday for a meeting with European Union foreign minister Giuseppe Borrell and his Belgian counterpart Sophie Wilmes.
Brazil
Brazil's health ministry says Wednesday that 24 patients have died in the past 133 hours due to complications COVID-19 and 87.471 cases of SARS-CoV-2 were confirmed.
Officially, the death toll from the new coronavirus pandemic in Latin America's largest country of 212 million has reached 620.371 deaths out of a total of 22.716.831 infections. The death toll is the second highest in the world.
Malaysia
The Malaysian Ministry of Health announced today that in the 24 hours until midnight yesterday Wednesday 15 patients succumbed due to complications COVID-19 and 3.198 cases of SARS-CoV-2 were confirmed.
The death toll from the new coronavirus pandemic in the Asian country of 33 million people reached 31.738 dead out of a total of 2.795.233 infections.
South Korea
South Korean health authorities announced today that as of midnight Wednesday, 4.167 cases of SARS-CoV-2 had been confirmed and 44 patients had died due to complications of the disease. COVID-19.
The pandemic count of the new coronavirus in the Southeast Asian country has reached 2020 deaths since January 6.210 out of a total of 679.030 infections, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA). The mortality rate remains unchanged at 0,91%.
Cases decreased slightly compared to the previous one (4.385).
Mexico
For the second consecutive XNUMX hours, Mexico has a record number of new coronavirus infections.
The Ministry of Health announced yesterday Wednesday that in the previous 24 hours 44.187 cases of SARS-CoV-2 were confirmed, with the total number of registered cases reaching 4.214.253.
Germany
In the confirmed cases of SARS-CoV-2 in Germany, 81.417 were added in the previous 24 hours, increasing the total number of infections to 7.743.288, the Robert Koch Institute, the country's epidemiological surveillance body, announced on Thursday.
The deaths of 316 patients due to its complications COVID-19 increased the death toll from the new coronavirus pandemic in Europe's largest economy to 115.051, according to the same source.
Croatian
Croatian health authorities announced on Wednesday that 24 cases of SARS-CoV-9.894 had been confirmed in the past 2 hours, an unprecedented number in the Balkans, while 27 patients had died due to complications. COVID-19.
The previous record was set on January 6 and was 9.058 infections. In total, 785.003 cases of the virus have been reported.
The death toll from the new coronavirus pandemic has reached 12.983 dead in the country of about 4 million people.
Australia
Australia today set another SARS-CoV-2 case record, with the outbreak attributed to the most contagious Omicron variant raising the so-called hard pandemic rates - those of hospital admissions and deaths - and putting it at an ever-increasing rate. pressure on supply chains, which prompted authorities to relax quarantine rules for more categories of workers.
The total number of cases is close to 1,4 million, as today more than 147.000 were reported, about 92.000 in the most populous state, New South Wales. This number, however, includes positive results from self-tests, which have now been decided to be counted in the official statistics, since the beginning of January.
Net hospital admissions and intensive care unit (ICU) occupancy rates have reached their highest levels since the outbreak of the pandemic, yet - so far - authorities are reassuring, assuring that the hospital system can cope.
To date, 53 deaths have been reported due to its complications COVID-19, with New South Wales setting a record (22 dead).
India
In India, 24 cases of SARS-CoV-247.417 have been confirmed in the past 2 hours, the highest number reported since the end of May, according to data released today by the federal Ministry of Health.
During the same period, 380 patients succumbed to its complications COVID-19.