Australia's Covid-19 hospitalizations hit record high | Top global Covid updates
Hindustan TimesThe global Covid tally is nearing 567 million, with around 6,376,503 deaths. The World Health Organization in its latest update said that cases increased in Europe, Americas, Western Pacific, South East Asia, while there was a drop in Eastern Mediterranean and Africa. However, the figures reported to the United Nations health body did not include data from Australia where Australians in hospitals with coronavirus have reached the highest number since the start of the pandemic. Here are the latest updates: 1) According to a report by news agency ANI, Chris Moy, vice president of the Australian Medical Association, described the figure of Australia as "massive", calling for more government leadership on health measures including mask mandates. 5) Worldwide, about 12.2 billion vaccination doses have been administered, including over 2.2 billion booster or extra doses, The New York Times reported.