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Prague, March 18 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Martin Divisek) The Czech Republic, a country of 10.7 million inhabitants, is currently the EU country with the highest infection rate with 1,572 per 100,000 inhabitants. In the last 24 hours, almost 12,000 new cases were detected, 18% less than a week ago, while active infections exceeded 87,700, of which 8,910 were hospitalized, a figure that has remained stable so far this month. The current number of those vaccinated is 1.2 million, 11% of the population over 16. FOOTAGE OF COVID-19 VACCINATION IN PRAGUE.
On Wednesday, December 2nd, the US coronavirus outbreak set grim new records. 3,100 Americans died, a new high. Business Insider reports number of virus hospitalizations passed 100,000. The US is still the worst-affected country in the world. Officials are issuing dire warnings about the months ahead. President Donald Trump is barely mentioning the virus. He is still fixated on his election loss a full month after voting ended. On Wednesday, Trump released a 46-minute speech, which he called the "most important" of his life to discuss voter fraud in the 2020 election.