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Europe has become the first region in the world to record more than half a million deaths in Corona, according to a census carried out by Agence France-Presse based on results provided by the health authorities.
The total number of deaths in the 52 countries and regions in the European region, which extends east to Azerbaijan and Russia, reached 500 thousand and 69 deaths, out of 23 million 59 thousand and 233 declared injuries, followed by Latin America and the Caribbean with 477 thousand and 404 deaths, 14 million and 229 thousand and 617 injuries, then the United States and Canada 321 One thousand and 287 deaths out of 17 million and 463 thousand and 834 injuries, Asia with 208 thousand and 149 deaths out of 13 million and 258 thousand and 651 injuries, then the Middle East 85 thousand and 895 deaths out of 3 million and 713 thousand and 430 injuries, and Africa 57 thousand and 423 deaths.
In this context, the Dutch health authorities announced today the registration of about 13,000 new infections with the new Corona virus in the last 24 hours, which is the highest daily death toll since the start of the virus outbreak in the country.
This sharp increase in injuries comes just days after Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte announced the imposition of lockdown measures in the country for a period of five weeks to confront the Corona outbreak, starting last Tuesday.
More than 10,000 people have died from the virus in the Netherlands.
In Sweden, the Ministry of Health announced today the registration of 8,881 new cases of Coronavirus and 91 deaths during the past 24 hours.
The Ministry's spokesperson stated that the total number of injuries reached 357,466, while the total deaths since the outbreak of the epidemic in the country reached 7,893.
Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf considered in a speech today that the strategy that his country adopted to combat the Corona virus had failed, describing the year 2020 as "terrible".
In Austria, the Ministry of Health announced today that 2,485 new cases of coronavirus were recorded and 218 deaths during the past 24 hours.
The ministry statement indicated that the total number of HIV infections reached 332,828 cases.
In turn, the Polish Ministry of Health announced today the registration of 11,953 new cases of the new Corona, bringing the number of confirmed injuries to one million and 171 thousand and 854, while 431 new deaths were recorded, bringing the death toll to 24,345.
In the Arab world, the Saudi Ministry of Health announced the registration of 181 new cases of Corona, bringing the number of confirmed cases since the spread of the virus to 360 thousand and 516, while 11 deaths were recorded during the past 24 hours.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health also announced the registration of 2,149 new cases of corona and 30 deaths, bringing the total number of HIV infections since the outbreak of the pandemic last March to 133186.
For its part, the Kuwaiti Ministry of Health announced the registration of 221 new cases of the virus, bringing the total number of cases registered in the country to 147,192, while no new deaths were recorded.
