According to the latest data, more than 1.6 million cases of coronavirus infection have been confirmed worldwide, with more than 100,000 deaths. The epidemic has affected 185 countries. Great Britain continues to break records: 980 people have died from Covid-19 in the past day. The total number of deaths in the UK currently stands at 8958 cases (this statistic only includes hospital deaths).
Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s team told journalists at a special press conference on Friday that the Prime Minister is slowly but surely recovering and is not losing his spirits. He is reported to be getting out of bed occasionally for short walks around the ward. The day before, Johnson was moved from the ICU to a regular ward. In late March, Johnson was diagnosed with Covid-19. He remained in self-isolation for 10 days with mild symptoms of the disease and continued to work. Last Sunday, however, he felt worse and was taken to the hospital on the advice of his doctors.
The question of when the Prime Minister will be able to return to his duties has not yet been answered.
The United States leads the world in the number of people infected. According to Johns Hopkins University, the number is approaching half a million people, with more than 17,000 deaths.
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In Spain, the lowest daily death rate since 24 March was recorded in the last 24 hours – 605 people. This gives authorities hope that the pandemic has peaked in the country. The daily infection rate has also decreased by 3%. In the past 24 hours, 4576 cases of infection have been recorded, bringing the total number of patients in the country to over 157,000. Spain ranks second in the world in the number of people infected and third in the number of deaths, behind the United States and Italy. As of Friday, 15,843 people have died from Covid-19 in Spain.
In Italy, the number of coronavirus-related deaths is decreasing for the second day in a row. In the last day there were 570 new cases, while the day before yesterday there were 610. At the peak of the epidemic in the country on March 28, 971 infected people were reported to have died. Yesterday, Italian media reported a record number of recoveries in one day. This brings the total number of deaths among those infected in Italy to 18,849. According to the Department of Emergency Medical Services and Civil Protection of the Italian Ministry of the Interior, the virus has been detected in 147,000 people in the country. The most affected region remains Lombardy, where the number of coronavirus-related deaths exceeds ten thousand. A decrease in the number of deaths over several consecutive days may give hope to Italy, where more people have died from the pandemic than in other countries. These figures may indicate that the country has passed the peak of mortality.
In Cannes, a city in the south of France, the streets are treated with a special solution. Late on Thursday, EU finance ministers approved a €500 billion package of measures to help unemployed citizens, businesses and governments in the bloc’s poorest countries. In France, it was announced on Friday that there had been 987 deaths among those infected in hospitals and nursing homes in the past 24 hours. The total number of deaths in France, according to the information on Friday evening, is 13,197, said the head of the main health department, Jérôme Salomon, during a press conference. Among those who died on the last day was a ten-year-old child, but Salomon emphasized that there were multiple causes of death in this case. The number of people hospitalized in intensive care units in the country continues to decrease, with a decrease of 62 in the past day. More than 23 thousand patients have recovered.
One of the largest Roma settlements in Greece, with 3,000 residents, has been placed under strict quarantine after Covid-19 was detected in 13 individuals from the community. The total number of infected people on the Greek islands approaches 2,000 – 1995.
Catholics around the world are celebrating Easter this weekend, but services are canceled in almost all churches worldwide. In the photo, a person prays outside a closed cathedral in Manila, Philippines.
The highest daily death rate was recorded in Belgium – 496 people, the total number of coronavirus deaths in this country was 3019.
The Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter reports that 70 out of 100 guests at a large party in early March fell ill. Not all of them have been tested yet, but those who have have been diagnosed with the coronavirus. Sweden is one of the few countries that did not impose strict restrictions during the epidemic. Its representatives have repeatedly stated that they believe in the benefits of so-called herd immunity. Currently, almost 10 thousand people have been infected in the country.
In Russia, the highest number of new cases in one day since the beginning of the epidemic has been recorded – 1786, 18 people have died. The total number of deaths in Russia now stands at 94. Most of the new cases occur in Moscow, although the statistics cover dozens of Russian regions. According to the mayor of the capital, Sergei Sobyanin, the city is only at the foot of the mountain called the epidemic, not at its peak.
According to the Ministry of Health of Belarus, as of April 10, the country has recorded 1981 cases of coronavirus, with 169 people recovered and 19 patients deceased. Over the past 11 days, the number of infected people has increased more than tenfold. Restrictions on the purchase of certain medicines and supplies, including paracetamol, medical masks, disinfectant gels and others, have been introduced at pharmacies. The Ministry of Health and local authorities are advising the population to maintain self-isolation and avoid mass gatherings. However, there is no official quarantine in the country. In Minsk, rehearsals for the Victory Day parade are underway, the local soccer championship is being played, and shopping malls are open.