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Coronavirus live news: England begins lockdown as Russia, Poland, Austria, Switzerland see record case rises


At least six European nations have seen record case rises in the last 24 hours. Russia, Switzerland, Poland, Austria, Latvia and Estonia each confirmed their highest new infections to date.

Russia, which has the fourth-highest cases in the world, added over 18,000 new infections on Wednesday, bringing its total to 1,680,579, according to Johns Hopkins University.

Swiss authorities announced a record 10,043 coronavirus cases in Switzerland in the last 24 hours.

Austria’s daily tally of new coronavirus infections climbed above 6,000 for the first time on Wednesday to a new record of 6,211, data from the health ministry showed.

Poland hit a daily high of nearly 24,700 coronavirus cases as the government introduced new restrictions on shops, schools and culture institutions through November.




People sit outside a medical tent used for COVID-19 testing near a hospital in Warsaw, Poland, on Wednesday, 4 November, 2020.

People sit outside a medical tent used for COVID-19 testing near a hospital in Warsaw, Poland, on Wednesday, 4 November, 2020. Photograph: Czarek Sokołowski/AP

And finally, the Baltic nations of Estonia and Latvia say they have both registered a record daily number of coronavirus infections since the start of the outbreak.

Health officials in Estonia say the country of 1.3 million confirmed 208 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, putting the cumulative total to 5,333 cases with 73 deaths.

Latvia, Estonia’s southern neighbor, says it had a record number of new coronavirus cases: 313 in the past 24 hours. Latvian health officials say the nation of nearly 2 million has recorded 6,752 confirmed cases and 85 deaths.

Baltic News Service, the region’s main news agency, reported Tuesday that Latvia’s government has in principle agreed on declaring a state of emergency due to the Covid-19 pandemic a decision expected to be formally taken up by the Cabinet.



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