The World Health Organization (WHO) today reported more than 15,000 deaths caused by COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, a record number that puts the total number of deaths due to the pandemic at 1.9 million.
Also, 800,000 new infections were registered, one of the highest daily figures in more than a year of health crisis and leaving the overall total at 87.5 million.
The increases are mainly due to the rise in America in daily cases (440,000 on the last day) and deaths (with a record number of 7,800), so that the continent adds in over a year of pandemic 38 million infections and over 900,000 deaths.
Europe, with a cumulative total of 28 million cases and 622,000 deaths, has recorded 273,000 cases and 6,000 deaths in the last 24 hours, although there is still no clear recovery compared to previous weeks.
The US remains the hardest hit country, with 21 million cases, followed by India (10 million) and Brazil, which reported a record number of daily cases last day (87,000, leaving a total of 1.9 million).
Russia, with 3.3 million, however, shows a downward curve, the exact opposite of the United Kingdom, with 2.9 million cases.
In France (2.7 million infections), Italy (2.2 million) and Spain (2 million), the daily positive curve is rising again, but has not yet reached November highs.
Germany (1.8 million cases in total) shows some stabilization after weeks of strong growth, while Colombia continues to record record daily figures and adds 1.7 million positives.
Recovered patients amount to 64 million, and of the 23 million active cases, 0.5 percent (108,000) are in serious or critical condition.