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Since the beginning of the epidemic in February, the neighbouring country has recorded more than one million infections. 623 people have died of coronavirus in the last 24 hours. Rome. In Italy, the threshold of one million coronavirus cases since the beginning of the epidemic in February was exceeded on Wednesday. The number of people infected since the outbreak of the pandemic in Italy on February 20 rose to 1,028,424 on Wednesday, the Ministry of Health announced. On Wednesday there was another sharp increase in the number of fatalities. 623…

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Within 24 hours, 201,961 new cases of infection were counted in the USA, as Johns Hopkins University announced on Tuesday evening (local time). The highest level of new infections in the U.S. to date was around 127,000 cases and was recorded last Saturday. However, the current exceeding of the 200,000 case mark is partly due to the late submission of data last weekend. The total number of infection cases in the USA since the beginning of the pandemic has thus increased to around 10.2 million. There were also 1,535 new…

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In Germany, health authorities have reported 18,487 new corona infections to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) within 24 hours. This is 3155 cases more than on Tuesday. Compared to Wednesday last week, the figure is slightly higher. At that time, the number of reported new infections was 17,214. The peak was reached on Saturday with 23,399 cases reported. The RKI counts a total of 705,687 confirmed infections with Sars-CoV-2 in Germany since the beginning of the pandemic (as of November 11, 00:00 hrs). To date, the number of deaths related…

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Experts assume that there is a high number of unreported corona infections in most countries. Only ten days ago, the USA had exceeded the threshold of nine million confirmed infections. The number of new infections recently rose to an average of more than 100,000 per day. At the weekend, according to Johns Hopkins, the number even exceeded 120,000. More than 237,000 people in the U.S., a country of about 330 million people, have died in connection with Covid-19 – more than in any other country. According to Johns Hopkins, there…

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In a riot in a prison in the Philippines today, three inmates were killed and 64 others injured. According to authorities, it was initially unclear what triggered the violence in the high-security prison New Bilibid Prison in the city of Muntinlupa near Manila. Only in October, nine people were killed in clashes between rival gangs in the prison. Whether the two incidents are connected was still unclear. The notorious New Bilibid Prison has 18,000 inmates. However, surveillance cameras are only installed at strategic locations, and the prisoners are not guarded…

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The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) was notified of 13,363 new corona cases within 24 hours. That is about 2,650 cases less than on Sunday. On Mondays, the recorded case numbers are usually lower, partly because less testing takes place at the weekend. Last Monday, the number of reported new infections was 12,097. The peak was reached on Saturday with 23,399 reported cases. According to the RKI, a total of 671,868 people have become infected with SARS-CoV-2 since the beginning of the pandemic (as of 09.11., 00.00 hrs). The number of…

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According to the Reuters news agency, the USA is the first nation to break through the mark of ten million corona infections. In the last ten days alone, the United States recorded around one million cases, the highest infection rate since the first case in Washington State. More than 237,000 Americans have died of Covid-19. In total, more than 50 million people worldwide have now been infected and more than 1.25 million have died. Meanwhile, in Brazil the number of known infections increased by 10,554 to a total of more…

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In Italy, 32,616 new infections with the coronavirus have been reported today. According to the Ministry of Health, there have been 331 deaths, compared to 425 yesterday. In total, the number of deaths since the outbreak of the pandemic has risen to 41,394. 191,144 tests were carried out within 24 hours. The number of confirmed active cases rose to 558,636. 529,447 people were in quarantine. The number of Covid-19 patients treated in hospitals increased from 25,109 to 26,440 compared to the previous day, the Italian authorities further reported. There were…

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The U.S. election is decided, on Saturday Joe Biden won the presidency. Congratulations and political wishes were quickly sent from all over the world, and spontaneous celebrations took place in many US cities. But in view of the many complaints against the results, skepticism prevails in some places. After four days of waiting, Donald Trump received the news of his election defeat in golf. He reacted by stating that he did not recognize the election results and would bring further lawsuits on Monday. In Austria people were happy about the…

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