he US Now averaging 100,000 new Coronavirus-19 infections a day because delta The variant continues to spread across the country.
In late June, there were an average of approximately 11,000 cases per day in the United States.
Now the number is 107,143.
“Today, about 400 people in this country will die due to the Delta variant. This is a tragedy because if people are vaccinated, almost all of these deaths are preventable,” President Joe Biden said at an event on Friday Said in.
Driven by the highly infectious delta variant, the number of cases and hospitalizations soared last month.
The virus is spreading rapidly among unvaccinated people, especially in the southern hinterland. Hospitals in Florida, Louisiana and Mississippi are also overcrowded.
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Russia reports 22,320 new Covid-19 cases
Russia reported 22,320 new Covid-19 cases on Saturday, including 2,235 in Moscow, and the official national count since the beginning of the pandemic is 6,424,884.
The government’s coronavirus task force stated that 793 people have died from coronavirus-related causes in the past 24 hours, bringing the national death toll to 164,094.
According to Reuters calculations based on data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on Friday, from April 2020 to June this year, Russia recorded approximately 463,000 deaths during the coronavirus pandemic.
The Philippines has recorded 11,021 new coronavirus cases
The Philippine Ministry of Health recorded 11,021 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, the highest increase in a single day in the past four months, and another 162 deaths.
The Ministry of Health said in an announcement that the total number of confirmed infections in the Philippines has increased to nearly 1.65 million, while the death toll has reached 28,835.
Maria Rosario Vergeire, Deputy Minister of Health, said at a public briefing on Saturday: “We have already felt the effects of the Delta variant in our country.”
The university offers the opportunity of a £5,000 cash prize for double pole students
A university offers cash rewards to students who can prove that they have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 to promote vaccination.
All students at the University of Sussex will participate in the draw, and 10 winners will receive £5,000 if they can prove that they are a double spur or a waiver.
The vice president of the university, Professor Adam Tickel, denied that the move amounted to “bribery” for students to vaccinate.
The lottery will be held at the end of November so that students have time to get vaccinated.
“We will automatically let every student in unless they say they want to quit, otherwise after we give them a chance to get the vaccine-which will be about 12 weeks after the announcement-we will randomly choose 10 names,” Tickel The professor told BBC Radio 4’s Today.
“If they can prove that they have received the dual vaccine, or they are indeed medically exempt, we will give them an award.”
He added: “We didn’t bribe them. All we did was provide incentives.”
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