According to statistics site worldometers.info, as of 8:00 am September 24 (Vietnam time), the world has recorded a total of more than 32,081,000 cases of SARS-CoV-2 virus infection causing acute respiratory infections COVID-19. , of which 981,192 were fatalities. The number of recovering patients is currently 23,657,000 cases.
The United States is still the country with the highest number of infections and deaths in the world, with 7,137,472 cases and 206,533 deaths.
Ranked second in the world and number one in Asia, with 5,730,184 cases, India continues to be the country with the highest number of new infections in the world within 24 hours, with 89,688 cases. The number of deaths in this country is currently 91,173.
Brazil ranks third in the world and is also the leading country in South America, with 4,627,780 cases, an increase of 32,445 cases in the past 24 hours and 139,065 deaths.
In Canada, though the total number of cases of viral infection with SARS-CoV-2 is not too high, with 147 756 cases, an increase of 1,093 cases over the past 24 hours, but the country’s prime minister Justin Trudeau declared Canada in on nationwide range.
Speaking on 23/9, Prime Minister Trudeau said: "We are on the brink of a crisis and the COVID-19 epidemic could get worse in the Spring."
Russia ranks fourth in the world and first in Europe in the number of cases with 1,122,241 cases, of which 24,746 have died. Particularly France and Spain are the two countries with the highest number of new cases in the past 24 hours, respectively 13,072 and 11,289.
In Germany, on September 23, the country’s Foreign Ministry announced that Foreign Minister Heiko Maas had to quarantine himself after one of his security staff for the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
Regarding the disease situation in Germany, in the past 24 hours, the country has recorded 17 more deaths from COVID-19. On September 23, Germany recorded more than 2,000 new infections, bringing the total number of COVID-19 cases to 279,000 since the beginning of the epidemic season, of which 2,029 died.
Faced with a sharp increase in new infections in many European countries, the German Government has updated the list of high-risk areas with the disease when adding regions of 11 (EU) countries. . Thus, Germany has so far included regions of more than half of EU member states on the list.
People move on the streets in Johannesburg, South Africa. (Photo: THX / TTXVN)
In Africa, South Africa has the highest number of cases with 665,188, an increase of 1,906 cases and a total of 16,206 deaths. However, Morocco is the country with the highest number of new cases per day with 2,397, bringing the total to 107,743 cases.
Meanwhile, the Inter-American Health Organization (PAHO) has warned that the number of pregnant women infected with the SARS-Cov-2 virus in the Americas is increasing at an alarming rate with a total of more than 60,458.
According to PAHO, since the first reports of COVID-19 outbreaks on this continent, up to 458 women during pregnancy have died from . In particular, Mexico was the country with the highest number of pregnant women dying from the epidemic as of September 14 with 140 out of 5,574 cases of pregnant and postpartum patients, followed by Brazil with 135 deaths in 2,256 pregnant women infected with COVID-19.
Facing this situation, PAHO urges countries in the region to increase efforts to ensure that pregnant women have access to antenatal health care services.
According to the regional health organization, recently published results and studies based on COVID-19 epidemic surveillance data show that pregnant women with COVID-19 are at increased risk of developing severe form. is hospitalized or must be in an intensive care area./
