프랑스 코로나19 확진 급증 "입원환자 사상최다"...미국 가을철 재확산 본격화<br /><br />All across the globe,... countries are reporting new record daily highs in COVID-19 infections.<br />This includes the United States,... which saw more than 140-thousand cases in the past 24 hours.<br />Lee Seung-jae reports.<br />Many health experts at the start of the pandemic warned that the worst was yet to come,... predicting a grim winter season.<br />Recent numbers certainly point to that as a number of countries continue to shatter their daily records.<br />In France,... the country reported record infections over the past three weeks. COVID-19 hospitalizations in the nation surpassed 32-thousand,... topping the peak reported in April.<br />The record hospitalization numbers come even as some indicators signal the latest curfew and lockdown measures are beginning to slow the spread of the virus.<br />The U.K. continues to struggle to contain a second wave going into the winter,... as it reported 33-thousand-470 new cases on Thursday,.... the highest daily total to date.<br />The death toll in the U.K. is higher than in any other European country,... and only trails the United States, Brazil, India and Mexico globally.<br />No country in the world has seen more COVID-19 infections than the United States,... which reported 142-thousand-279 new cases on Thursday,... an all-time daily high.<br />It marks the second day in a row the country has reached new highs,... and 8th straight day where the numbers were above 100-thousand.<br />The number of people hospitalized reached over 64-thousand on Wednesday,... the highest ever during the pandemic.<br />As shown by previous cases,... the virus can affect anyone, anywhere,... including heads of states.<br />Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has been hospitalized after being infected earlier this week.<br />Ukraine's top office says the president went home to self-isolate,... but later moved to a hospital to better isolate himself and to avoid exposing anyone else,.... shooting down rumors his condition had worsened.<br />Lee Seung-jae, Arirang News.<br />
