The number of people infected with coronavirus in the world continues to grow, and the death rate is growing - the pandemic is not going to give up its position yet.

The total number of people infected with coronavirus worldwide on the morning of April 24 was 2,549,632, and 175,825 people died, according to the website of the world health organization (who).

Over the past day, the number of infected people increased by 73,470, slightly less than the previous day (73,920). The largest number of cases of infection is still recorded in the European part of the world-1.25 million.

The situation in the United States remains difficult. According to Hopkins University, the number of victims in the country reached 49,860 people, and the total number of infected 868,395. The most cases of infection were recorded in new York state — 262,268 people. The total number of people cured is almost 86 thousand. According to the University, the number of infected people per day increased by more than 28 thousand people, and the death rate remains high. The United States leads the world in both the number of cases and the number of deaths from COVID-19.

situation in Europe

On the European continent, the number of infected by the morning of April 24, according to who, was 1,251,458 people, and the number of victims COVID-19 – 957 402 a person.

Italy according to the Italian civil protection Department, 464 patients with COVID-19 died in Italy in the last 24 hours, compared to 437 the day before.

During the day, 2,646 new cases of coronavirus infection were recorded, which is much less than yesterday's data, when 3,370 new cases were reported. The total number of deaths since the beginning of the epidemic has reached 25,549. The number of infected residents has now fallen to 106,848, which is 851 less than yesterday. The number of active cases of coronavirus has fallen for the fourth day in a row.

Spain the number of victims of coronavirus in Spain exceeded 22 thousand people. In the last 24 hours, 440 more patients died, which is more than in the previous day. 4,635 new cases of infection were detected.

France recorded 516 new COVID-19 victims. The total number of deaths since the beginning of the epidemic in France has reached 21,856 people. At the same time, the number of seriously ill people in intensive care units has been steadily decreasing over the past two weeks. This is stated in the communique of the General Directorate of health of France.

Of the 516 people who died in the last 24 hours, 311 died in hospitals, and another 205 died in nursing homes and other social and medical institutions.

In the UK, the number of infected people reached 138,078, of which 18,738 died. By this time, there were only 344 people cured of the coronavirus in the country. Another 118,996 are in hospitals.

In Germany, during the last 24 hours, the coronavirus was detected in 2352 people. The number of new infections has increased for the third day in a row in the country.

According to official data, 2352 new cases of coronavirus infection have been confirmed in Germany in the last 24 hours. This figure was 2,237 the day before, and 1,785 infections were recorded the day before.

Georgia According to the latest data published on the government website stopcov.ge, COVID-19 in Georgia was diagnosed in 425 people, three Georgian citizens were taken for treatment from other countries, 111 patients were cured, and five people died. There are 5,126 people in quarantine, and 578 in hospitals under the supervision of doctors.

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