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Global daily Covid-19 cases cross 400 000 mark

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Europe surpassed 150 000 daily coronavirus cases on Friday just a week after reporting 100 000 cases for the first time, according to Reuters tally, with countries such as France, German y reporting record daily numbers of infections this week. Covid_19

Europe, which successfully tamped down the first surge of infections, has emerged as the new coronavirus epicentre in recent weeks and is reporting on average 140 000 cases a day over the past week.Of every 100 infections reported around the world, 34 were from European countries, according to a Reuters analysis. The region is currently reporting a million new infections about every nine days and has reported more than 6.3 million cases since the pandemic began.

Several European countries are closing schools, cancelling elective surgeries and enlisting student medics as the authorities face a Covid-19 resurgence. The Czech Republic has also shifted schools to distance learning and plans to call up thousands of medical students. Hospitals are cutting non-urgent medical procedures to free up beds.

 

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