Nations around the world set new records for COVID-19 deaths and new coronavirus infections on Thursday, and the disease has risen even in some countries that have kept the virus under control. In the United States, Detroit leaders began making a plan to knock on every door to persuade people to be shot.
This week, Brazil became only the third country, after the US and Peru, to report 24 hours of deaths through COVID-19, which exceeded 4,000.. India has reached a peak of almost 127,000 new cases in 24 hours, and Iran set a new record for coronavirus infection for the third day in a row, reporting almost 22,600 new cases.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged people to get vaccinated, writing in a tweet: “Vaccination is one of the few ways we can defeat the virus. If you are eligible for the vaccine, give it a try soon. ”
The United States has now vaccinated nearly 20 percent of its adult population, and New Mexico has become the first state to fire 25 percent of its population – landmarks that are still far from many affected countries.
In India, home to 1.4 billion people, only 11 million are fully vaccinated. In Brazil, less than 3% of the country’s 210 million people received both doses, according to Our World in Data, an online research site.
South Korea reported another 700 cases, the largest daily jump since January 5th. Health authorities are expected to announce measures to strengthen social distancing following a meeting on Friday.
In Thailand, which reported only 95 deaths during the pandemic, health officials reported the country’s first local cases of the coronavirus variant first detected in the UK. The news comes at a time when only 1% of the population has been vaccinated and while Thais are preparing to celebrate next week the traditional New Year holiday Songkran, usually a period of large-scale travel.
This variant is more contagious, and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said this week that it is now the most common variant. in the United States, raising concerns that it will cause infections and cause more people to become ill.
Michigan has recorded an average of more than 7,000 new cases a day – a number that makes it the second largest country in the country behind New York. Michigan also has the highest number of new cases per capita, with 1 in 203 state residents diagnosed with COVID-19 between March 31 and April 7, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
In Detroit, which is about 80 percent black, officials said they plan to start visiting homes to talk about the importance of protection against the virus through vaccinations and how to sign up to receive photos.
“We’re going to knock on every residential door in town, making sure every Detroiter knows how to make an appointment,” Victoria Kovari, an assistant to Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan, told Detroit News.
Only 22% of Detroit residents received at least one dose of vaccine, compared to 38% for all of Michigan, according to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services.
Other Midwestern states have seen disturbing signs in recent days, including an Iowa school district, where 127 students and five staff members tested positive or presumably positive for coronavirus.
In Massachusetts, where the seven-day daily average of new cases has risen to more than 2,100 new cases a day, the Massachusetts Public Health Association has asked Republican Gov. Charlie Baker to reinstate public health measures. The group urged Baker to limit indoor dining and other indoor activities, saying the increase in the number of cases and hospitalizations followed Baker’s decision to relax these restrictions.
“We are currently in a race between vaccines and variants,” Carlene Pavlos, the group’s chief executive, said on Thursday. “Without these public health measures, even more innocent lives will be unnecessarily lost.”