Global Covid: Woman dies in Sydney Delta outbreak, 745 new cases in Germany | Corona Virus

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Australia reported its first death in 2021 from the locally acquired coronavirus, while cases of Covid-19 grew in China and continued to rise in South Korea.

The Australian state of New South Wales is battling an outbreak of the highly contagious delta variant, setting a record in 2021 of 77 new cases of the virus on Sunday.

A woman in her 90s died Saturday in Sydney after testing positive for Covid-19. The state’s premier, Gladys Berejiklian, said case numbers in and around Australia’s largest city, which is under a three-week lockdown, were expected to rise further in the coming days.

“I expect the numbers in NSW to be greater than 100 tomorrow,” Berejiklian said. “I would be shocked if it was less.”

On Saturday, there were 50 cases, a record for 2021. This brings the latest outbreak to 566.

South Korea had reported 1,324 cases of the new coronavirus as of Saturday midnight, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) reported, down from a record 1,378 the day before. Reported cases often decline over the weekends as fewer tests are conducted, and authorities have warned cases could continue to rise.

The increase saw far fewer serious infections than previous waves, as many of South Korea’s elderly and most vulnerable were vaccinated against the virus Overall, about 11% of South Korea’s 52 million people completed the vaccination, while 30% received a single dose. . According to the KDCA, the spike was driven by younger, unvaccinated people.

The troop surge prompted officials to impose a maximum level of social distancing in Seoul and nearby areas for the first time, starting Monday. The total number of Covid-19 infections in South Korea has so far reached 168,046, with 2,043 deaths.

China reported 24 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, down from 26 the day before, the National Health Authority of China said. Twelve of the new confirmed cases were locally transmitted infections in southwestern Yunnan Province. The rest is imported.

The number of new asymptomatic cases – which China does not classify as confirmed cases – rose to 17 from 16 the day before. Among the asymptomatic cases, one was local transmission, which was recorded in Shaanxi Province.

The total confirmed cases of Covid-19 in China reached 92,039, while the number of deaths remained at 4,636.

Data from the Robert Koch Institute for Infectious Diseases showed on Sunday that in Europe, the total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany rose by 745 to 3,736,165. The reported death toll rose by six to 91,231.

Meanwhile in Taiwan, chip maker TSMC said Sunday it is in the middle of the contract signing process to buy a Covid-19 vaccine from Germany’s BioNTech, Pfizer’s vaccine partner. “There are multiple parties. We are in the middle of the contract signing process. We will make announcements once the process is complete,” TSMC said.

with Reuters

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