Covid: 170 million infections exceeded since the beginning of the pandemic

The number of Covid-19 infections officially registered in the world since the beginning of the pandemic has exceeded 170 million, according to the count of the American University Johns Hopkins.

The deaths were almost 3.54 million.

The country most affected in absolute terms by the new coronavirus remains the United States, with 33.25 million cases and over 594,000 deaths.

Followed by India (27.89 million, 326 thousand) and Brazil (16.47 million, 461 thousand). 

In Vietnam he tests the entire population in the capital.

The authorities in Vietnam hope to stem the recent surge in new covid-19 infections in the country and the spread of a new 'hybrid' variant that emerged in the days, by subjecting the entire population of the capital Ho Chi Min City to tests for coronavirus. as well as introducing further social distancing measures. The BBC reports. In recent days, the Vietnamese government has warned about the appearance of a new variant which is "very dangerous" also due to its ability to spread more rapidly in the air, and which would be a combination of the variants of the vitus identified in India and in the UK. So far the Asian country has been able to contain the pandemic, counting in all just over 7,000 cases and 47 deaths, but at thethe latest surge in infections is attributed to more than half of the total number of cases recorded.