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The coronavirus pandemic already reaches 111,720,297 million infected global and 2.47 million deaths, according to data collected by the Universidad Johns Hopkins in the last update of your balance. A total of with 63.018 million people have recovered of covid-19.
The United States is the most affected country in total figures, with 28.1 million cases and already exceeds 500,300 deaths, ahead of India, with 11 million infections and 156,463 deaths, and Brazil, with 10.19 million cases and 247,143 deaths, respectively. Mexico is the third country with the most deaths from covid-19, with 180,536, although it appears as thirteenth in the number of infections.
This Monday, Ministry of Health has communicated 20,849 new infections detected since last Friday, so the number of people affected by coronavirus in Spain already exceeds 3.1 million since the start of the pandemic.
For its part, the cumulative incidence rate —the number of cases diagnosed per 100,000 inhabitants in the last 14 days— continues its downward trend and stands at 252.19.
Ana Maria Rodriguez
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In addition, Health establishes that there are up to seven coronavirus variants of interest, that is, those that are transmitted better, more virulent or that can escape the effect of the vaccine. According to data from a new report published this Monday, 916 positives from these new strains have been confirmed to date.
Currently, according to health authorities, the most important are the British, South African and Brazilian. However, in its ‘Report on the epidemiological situation of variant B.1.1.7 of SARS-CoV-2 and other variants of interest’, Health also includes the importance of two others from the United Kingdom, the Californian and the Rio of Janeiro.
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08:03 — Japan is trying to ensure that the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, postponed one year by covid-19, are held from July 23 “with guarantees and security,” according to the Japanese ambassador in Madrid today, Kenji Hiramatsu.
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07:39 — The new head of Taiwanese China affairs, Chiu Tai-San, assured this Tuesday during the swearing-in ceremony that Taiwan is ready to resume “mutually positive” interactions with China in the “post-pandemic era.”
07:30 — Hello! The health authorities of China They have reported that the Asian country still does not register any case of locally transmitted coronavirus, although it has added 19 new positives.
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