Nearly 100,000 coronavirus infections have been recorded in Italy in the past 24 hours on Wednesday. This is a record since the outbreak of the pandemic, Italian health authorities reported. The previous day, there were 78,313. 136 deaths attributed to the coronavirus were also reported. The previous day, there were 202. More than one million coronavirus tests were counted in the past 24 hours, which is also a record. 9.5 percent of those tested were positive. According to Health Secretary Pierpaolo Sileri, more than 60 percent of cases are due…
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WHO warns of collapse of healthcare systems
The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned of a collapse in health systems because of the Omicron and Delta variants of the coronavirus. “I am deeply concerned that the more contagious Omicron, circulating simultaneously with Delta, is leading to a tsunami of cases,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a news conference in Geneva on Wednesday. “This is putting, and will continue to put, immense pressure on exhausted health workers and health systems that are on the verge of collapse,” Tedros added. New infections: Highest weekly total since pandemic beganThe…
Read MorePrognostic consortium: Omicron is increasingly hitting home
Omicron will have an increasingly strong impact on coronavirus infection incidence in Austria in the coming days. This is the assumption of the Covid Prognosis Consortium in its preview published on Wedensday. As in the previous week, the panel again points to the significantly higher rate of spread of the omicron variant. A significant increase in the number of cases continues to be forecast, with Vienna initially being particularly affected. According to the consortium, an increase in the 7-day incidence is to be expected. According to the forecast, the current…
Read MoreNew infections: Worldwide highest weekly value to date
The number of new coronavirus infections worldwide has reached its highest weekly level since the pandemic began. Around the world, an average of more than 935,000 infections per day were detected from Dec. 22-28. This was reported by AFP today with reference to authorities’ data. With a total of 6,550,000 cases within seven days, the coronavirus is currently spreading at an unprecedented rate, according to the AFP count. The previous weekly record was recorded between April 23 and 29. At that time, an average of 817,000 cases per day were…
Read More3,251 new corona infections in Austria on Wednesday
On Wednesday (December 29, 2021), the number of registered new infections was already back at 3,251 cases. Behind this, as in many other EU countries, is probably the spreading Omicron variant. Meanwhile, hospital-acquired infections continue to decline. New coronavirus infections in the federal states:Burgenland: 93Carinthia: 110Lower Austria: 564Upper Austria: 403Salzburg: 205Styria: 351Tyrol: 481Vorarlberg: 132Vienna: 912 Number of Covid hospital patients decreasesThere are currently 1,147 people in hospital with Covid-19, which is 52 fewer than were reported the previous day. 353 people are being cared for in intensive care units, and…
Read More2022 will be an expensive year
In the new year, the wave of inflation that has been swelling for months will pile up even higher. Electricity will become more expensive by about 12 euros a month in eastern Austria starting in January. Milk, sausage and other foodstuffs will be increased… Here is an overview of what will become more expensive: Electricity and gas: after a first wave in November, utilities in Vienna, Lower Austria and Burgenland are now raising their tariffs. Fuel: Prices have already risen sharply this year, and the CO2 tax is likely to…
Read MoreOmicron still on the rise: record levels in the USA
The number of new Corona infections in the USA continues to rise rapidly. For Monday, the public health agency CDC reported more than 440,000 new cases in one day – the highest reported daily figure since the pandemic began. However, it is likely that this figure is skewed due to the holidays, as there may have been late reports after Christmas, APA reports. The data also varies significantly – The New York Times, for example, even reported more than 500,000 new infections in the U.S. for the day. U.S. states…
Read MoreOpinion: Why there are no easy remedies against Omicron
The Omicron variant takes the speed of the corona pandemic to a new level. After almost two years under the corona pandemic, the world is again experiencing another challenge, as the omicron variant emerges in almost all continents of the world. Viruses are not people. They are not enemies of war or politics. They are aliens, blind, ruthless, insatiable miniature monsters that often kill their own hosts in their insatiable need to reproduce. And which, thanks to their immense reproductive capacity, also constantly get new opportunities to mutate. And thus…
Read MoreRecord high: Britain reported a record number of new Corona infections
The pandemic has set a new record in the United Kingdom, with 129,471 new Corona infections. This does not include new cases in Scotland and Northern Ireland, it was reported. The number of recorded new infections in the United Kingdom has reached a new record of 129,471. New cases in Scotland and Northern Ireland are not included in this data because of different procedures over the holidays, authorities said. There are 18 more deaths reported. In Turkey, the number of daily coronavirus cases exceeded 30,000 on Tuesday for the first…
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