The World Health Organization (WHO) today reported more than 15,000 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, a record number that puts the total number of deaths from the pandemic at 1.9 million.
800,000 new infections were also recorded, one of the highest daily figures in more than a year of health crisis, leaving the global total at 87.5 million.
The increases are mainly due to the increase in America in daily cases (440,000 on the last day) and deaths (with a record number of 7,800), so that the continent over a year of pandemic 38 million infections and more than 900,000 died.
Europe, with a total of 28 million cases and 622,000 deaths, registered 273,000 cases and 6,000 deaths in the past 24 hours, although there is no clear recovery for the time being compared to the previous weeks.
The US remains the most affected country, with 21 million cases, followed by India (10 million) and Brazil, which reported record daily cases last day (87,000, keeping the total at 1.9 million).
Russia, with 3.3 million cases, is nevertheless showing a downward curve, quite the opposite of the UK, 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 is not yet reaching the highs of November.
Germany (1.8 million cases in total) shows some stabilization after weeks of strong growth, while Colombia continues to set day records adding 1.7 million positives.
The number of patients recovered is 64 million, and of the 23 million active cases, 0.5 percent (108,000) are in a serious or critical condition.