US News Coronavirus: More than 16,000 new cases and 140 deaths in 24 hours

The number of new contaminations has fallen very slightly over the last 24 hours but it is probably a mechanical effect linked to the

weekend © LOUAI BARAKAT / SIPA 16,642 people have tested positive for Covid 19

The number of new Covid-19 contaminations recorded in 24 hours reached 16,642, according to figures from Public Health France . A figure down slightly this Sunday but which could be explained mechanically, linked to the weekend. The positivity rate, which measures the percentage of people positive for the new coronavirus among those tested, is, on the other hand, in very slight increase, to 6.6%, against 6.5% the day before.

Coronavirus: Increase in new cases and deaths in Italy

HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-ITALY-ASSESSMENT: Coronavirus: Increase in new cases and deaths in Italy © Reuters / CIRO DE LUCA CORONAVIRUS: INCREASE IN NEW CASES AND DEATHS IN ITALY ROME (Reuters) - The Italian Ministry of Health on Tuesday reported 616 additional deaths linked to the coronavirus, against 448 recorded the day before, bringing the toll of the epidemic in Italy to 79,819 dead, the second toll the heaviest in Europe.

New US coronavirus cases top 140 , 000 , a record high for daily count. In El Paso, one of the hardest-hit communities in the country, officials have requested four more trailers to "I've seen more death in the last three weeks than I've seen in a year," one registered nurse told CNN affiliate KFOX.

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The toll, which passed the 70,000 death mark on Saturday since the start of the epidemic, continued to increase with 141 new deaths in hospitals in 24 hours, bringing the total to 70,283 deaths linked to Covid-19. The tension on hospitals remains high, with a total number of hospitalized Covid patients amounting to 25,235, including 698 new hospitalizations. Among them, 2,766 are in intensive care, with 136 new admissions in 24 hours.

Video: Vaccine, a campaign under tension (BFMTV)

Since Saturday France has applied a general curfew at 6:00 p.m., fearing an epidemic rebound linked to the threat of new variants more contagious of the coronavirus. Government policy has not been effective enough so far to significantly reduce the number of daily infections, while the vaccination campaign has only just begun. According to the latest figures provided on Sunday by the Ministry of Health, 422,127 people have been vaccinated in France since the start of the campaign on December 26.