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Count Dracula () is the title character of Bram Stoker's 1897 gothic horror novel Dracula. He is considered to be both the prototypical and the archetypal vampire in subsequent works of fiction. Some aspects of the character are believed to have been inspired by the 15th-century Wallachian Prince Vlad the Impaler, who was also known as Dracula, and by Sir Henry Irving, an actor for whom Stoker was a personal assistant.

One of Dracula's most iconic powers is his ability to turn others into vampires by biting them and infecting them with the vampiric disease. Other character aspects have been added or altered in subsequent popular fictional works. The character has appeared frequently in popular culture, from films to animated media to breakfast cereals.

Stoker's creation
Bram Stoker's novel takes the form of an epistolary tale, in which Count Dracula's characteristics, powers, abilities and weaknesses are narrated by multiple narrators, from different perspectives.

Count Dracula is an undead, centuries-old vampire, and a Transylvanian nobleman who claims to be a Székely descended from Attila the Hun. He inhabits a decaying castle in the Carpathian Mountains near the Borgo Pass. Unlike the vampires of Eastern European folklore, which are portrayed as repulsive, corpse-like creatures, Dracula is handsome and charismatic, with a veneer of aristocratic charm. In his conversations with Jonathan Harker, he reveals himself as deeply proud of his boyar heritage and nostalgic for the past, which he admits has become only a memory of heroism, honour and valour in modern times.

Early life

Details of his early life are undisclosed, but it is mentioned that

Dracula studied the black arts at the academy of Scholomance in the Carpathian Mountains, overlooking the town of Sibiu (also known as Hermannstadt) and has a deep knowledge of alchemy and magic. Taking up arms, as befitting his rank and status as a voivode, he led troops against the Turks across the Danube. According to his nemesis Abraham Van Helsing, "He must indeed have been that Voivode Dracula who won his name against the Turk, over the great river on the very frontier of Turkey-land. If it be so, then was he no common man: for in that time, and for centuries after, he was spoken of as the cleverest and the most cunning, as well as the bravest of the sons of the land beyond the forest." Dead and buried in a great tomb in the chapel of his castle, Dracula returns from death as a vampire and lives for several centuries in his castle with three terrifyingly beautiful female vampires beside him.

Narrative

Short story

In "Dracula's Guest", the narrative follows an unnamed Englishman traveller as he wanders around Munich before leaving for Transylvania. It is Walpurgis Night and the young Englishman foolishly leaves his hotel, in spite of the coachman's warnings, and wanders through a dense forest alone. Along the way, he feels that he is being watched by a tall and thin stranger.

The short story climaxes in an old graveyard, where the Englishman encounters a sleeping female vampire called Countess Dolingen in a marble tomb with a large iron stake driven into it. This malevolent and beautiful vampire awakens from her marble bier to conjure a snowstorm before being struck by lightning and returning to her eternal prison. However, the Englishman's troubles are not quite over, as he is dragged away by an unseen force and rendered unconscious. He awakens to find a "gigantic" wolf lying on his chest and licking at his throat; however, the wolf merely keeps him warm and protects him until help arrives. When the Englishman is finally taken back to his hotel, a telegram awaits him from his expectant host Dracula, with a warning about "dangers from snow and wolves and night".

Novel
In Dracula, the eponymous vampire has decided to move from Transylvania to London. He summons Jonathan Harker, a newly qualified English solicitor, to provide legal support for a real estate transaction overseen by Harker's employer. Dracula at first charms Harker with his cordiality and historical knowledge, and even rescues him from the clutches of the three female vampires in the castle. In truth, however, Dracula merely wishes to keep Harker alive long enough to complete the legal transaction and to learn as much as possible about England.

Dracula leaves his castle and boards a Russian ship, the Demeter, taking along with him 50 boxes of Transylvanian soil, which he needs to regain his strength and rest during daylight. During the voyage to Whitby, a coastal town in northern England, he sustains himself on the ship's crew members. Only one body is later found, that of the captain, who is found tied up to the ship's helm. The captain's log is recovered and tells of strange events that had taken place during the ship's journey. Dracula leaves the ship in the form of a dog and runs up the 199 steps to the graveyard of St Mary's Church in the shadow of the Whitby Abbey ruins.

Soon the Count begins menacing Harker's fiancée, Wilhelmina "Mina" Murray, and her friend, Lucy Westenra. There is also a notable link between Dracula and Renfield, a patient in an insane asylum overseen by John Seward, who is compelled to consume spiders, birds, and other creatures—in ascending order of size—to absorb their "life force". Renfield acts as a kind of sensor, reacting to Dracula's proximity and supplying clues accordingly. Dracula visits Lucy's bed chamber on a nightly basis, draining her of blood while simultaneously infecting her with the curse of vampirism. Not knowing the cause for Lucy's deterioration, her three suitors – Seward, Arthur Holmwood and Quincey Morris – call upon Seward's mentor, the Dutch doctor Abraham Van Helsing. Van Helsing soon deduces her condition's supernatural origins, and tries to keep the vampire at bay with garlic. Nevertheless, Dracula attacks Lucy's house one final time, killing her mother and transforming Lucy herself into one of the undead.

Harker escapes Dracula's castle and returns to England, barely alive and deeply traumatized. On Seward's suggestion, Mina seeks Van Helsing's assistance in assessing Harker's health. She reads his journal and passes it along to Van Helsing. This unfolds the first clue to the identity of Lucy's assailant, which later prompts Mina to collect all of the events of Dracula's appearance in news articles, saved letters, newspaper clippings and the journals of each member of the group. This assists the group in investigating Dracula's movements and later discovering that Renfield's behaviour is directly influenced by Dracula. They then discover that Dracula has purchased a residence next door to Seward's. The group gathers intelligence to track down Dracula and destroy him.

After the undead Lucy attacks several children, Van Helsing, Seward, Holmwood and Morris enter her crypt and destroy her to save her soul. Later, Harker joins them and the party work to discover Dracula's intentions. Harker aids the party in tracking down the locations of the boxes to the various residences of Dracula and discovers that Dracula purchased multiple real estate properties throughout London under the alias 'Count De Ville'. Dracula's main plan was to move each of his 50 boxes of earth to his various properties in order to arrange multiple lairs throughout and around the perimeter of London.

The party pries open each of the graves, places sacramental wafers within each of them, and seals them shut. This deprives Dracula of his ability to seek safety in those boxes. Dracula gains entry into Seward's residence by coercing an invitation out of Renfield. As he attempts to enter the room in which Harker and Mina are staying, Renfield tries to stop him; Dracula then mortally wounds him. With his dying breath, Renfield tells Seward and Van Helsing that Dracula is after Mina. Van Helsing and Seward discover Dracula biting Mina and forcing her to drink his blood. The group repel Dracula using crucifixes and sacramental bread, forcing him to flee by turning into a dark vapour. The party continue to hunt Dracula to search for his remaining lairs. Although Dracula's 'baptism' of Mina grants him a telepathic link to her, it backfires when Van Helsing hypnotizes Mina and uses her supernatural link with Dracula to track him as he flees back to Transylvania.

The heroes follow Dracula back to Transylvania, and in a climactic battle with Dracula's Romani bodyguards, finally destroy him. Despite the popular image of Dracula having a stake driven through his heart to kill him, Mina's narrative describes his decapitation by Harker's kukri while Morris simultaneously pierces his heart with a Bowie knife (Mina Harker's Journal, 6 November, Dracula Chapter 27). His body then turns into dust, but not before Mina sees an expression of peace on his face.

Characteristics

Although early in the novel Dracula dons a mask of cordiality, he often flies into fits of rage when his plans are frustrated. When Dracula's brides attempt to seduce Jonathan Harker, Dracula physically assaults one and ferociously berates them for their insubordination.

He has an appreciation for ancient architecture, and when purchasing a home he prefers them to be aged, saying "A new home would kill me", and that to make a new home habitable to him would take a century.

Dracula is very proud of his warrior heritage, proclaiming his pride to Harker on how the Székely people are infused with the blood of heroes. He also expresses an interest in the history of the British Empire, speaking admiringly of its people. He has a somewhat primal and predatory worldview; he pities ordinary humans for their revulsion to their darker impulses. He is not without human emotions, however; he often says that he too can love.

Though usually portrayed as having a strong Eastern European accent, the original novel only specifies that his spoken English is excellent, though strangely toned.

His appearance varies in age. He is described early in the novel as thin, with a long white moustache, pointed ears and sharp teeth. It is also noted later in the novel (Chapter 11 subsection "The Escaped Wolf") by a zookeeper who sees him that he has a hooked nose and a pointed beard with a streak of white in it. He is dressed all in black and has hair on his palms. Harker describes him as an old man, "cruel looking" and giving an effect of "extraordinary pallor".

As the novel progresses, Dracula is described as taking on a more and more youthful appearance. After Harker strikes him with a shovel, he is left with a scar on his forehead which he bears throughout the course of the novel.

Dracula also possesses great wealth, and has Romani people in his homeland who are loyal to him as servants and protectors.

Powers and weaknesses

Count Dracula is portrayed in the novel using many different supernatural abilities, and is believed to have gained his abilities through dealings with the Devil. Chapter 18 of the novel describes many of the abilities, limitations and weaknesses of vampires and Dracula in particular. Dracula has superhuman strength which, according to Van Helsing, is equivalent to that of 20 strong men. He does not cast a shadow or have a reflection from mirrors. He is immune to conventional means of attack; a sailor tries to stab him in the back with a knife, but the blade goes through his body as though it is air. He can defy gravity to a certain extent and possesses superhuman agility, able to climb vertical surfaces upside down in a reptilian manner. He can travel onto "unhallowed" ground, such as the graves of suicides and those of his victims. He has powerful hypnotic, telepathic and illusionary abilities. He also has the ability to "within limitations" vanish and reappear elsewhere at will. If he knows the path, he can come out from anything or into anything regardless of how close it is bound or even if it is soldered shut.

He has amassed cunning and wisdom throughout centuries, and he is unable to die by the mere passing of time alone.

He can command animals such as rats, owls, bats, moths, foxes and wolves. However, his control over these animals is limited, as seen when the party first enters his house in London. Although Dracula is able to summon thousands of rats to swarm and attack the group, Holmwood summons his trio of terriers to do battle with the rats. The dogs prove very efficient rat killers, suggesting they are Manchester Terriers trained for that purpose. Terrified by the dogs' onslaught, the rats flee, and any control which Dracula had over them is gone.

Dracula can also manipulate the weather and, within his range, is able to direct the elements, such as storms, fog and mist.

Shapeshifting
Dracula can change form at will, able to grow and become small, his featured forms in the novel being that of a bat, a wolf, a large dog and a fog or mist. When the moonlight is shining, he can travel as elemental dust within its rays. He is able to pass through tiny cracks or crevices while retaining his human form or in the form of a vapour; described by Van Helsing as the ability to slip through a hairbreadth space of a tomb door or coffin. This is also an ability used by his victim Lucy as a vampire. When the party breaks into her tomb, they open the sealed coffin to find her corpse is no longer located within.

Vampirism
One of Dracula's powers is the ability to turn others into vampires by biting them. According to Van Helsing:

The vampire bite itself does not cause death. It is the method vampires use to drain blood of the victim and to increase their influence over them. This is described by Van Helsing:

Victims who are bitten by a vampire and do not die, are hypnotically influenced by them:

Van Helsing later describes the aftermath of a bitten victim when the vampire has been killed:

As Dracula slowly drains Lucy's blood, she dies from acute blood loss and later transforms into a vampire, despite the efforts of Seward and Van Helsing to provide her with blood transfusions.

He is aided by powers of necromancy and divination of the dead, that all who die by his hand may reanimate and do his bidding.

Bloodletting
Dracula requires no other sustenance but fresh human blood, which has the effect of rejuvenating him and allowing him to grow younger. His power is drawn from the blood of others, and he cannot survive without it. Although drinking blood can rejuvenate his youth and strength, it does not give him the ability to regenerate; months after being struck on the head by a shovel, he still bears a scar from the impact.

Dracula's preferred victims are women. Harker states that he believes Dracula has a state of fasting as well as a state of feeding. Dracula does state to Mina, however, that exerting his abilities causes a desire to feed.

Vampire's Baptism of Blood
Count Dracula is depicted as the "King Vampire", and can control other vampires. To punish Mina and the party for their efforts against him, Dracula bites her on at least three occasions. He also forces her to drink his blood; this act curses her with the effects of vampirism and gives him a telepathic link to her thoughts. However, hypnotism was only able to be done before dawn. Van Helsing refers to the act of drinking blood by both the vampire and the victim "the Vampire's Baptism of Blood".

The effects changes Mina physically and mentally over time. A few moments after Dracula attacks her, Van Helsing takes a wafer of sacramental bread and places it on her forehead to bless her; when the bread touches her skin, it burns her and leaves a scar on her forehead. Her teeth start growing longer but do not grow sharper. She begins to lose her appetite, feeling repulsed by normal food, begins to sleep more and more during the day; cannot wake unless at sunset and stops writing in her diary. When Van Helsing later crumbles the same bread in a circle around her, she is unable to cross or leave the circle, discovering a new form of protection.

Dracula's death can release the curse on any living victim of eventual transformation into vampire. However, Van Helsing reveals that were he to escape, his continued existence would ensure that even if he did not victimize Mina further, she would transform into a vampire upon her eventual natural death.

Limitations of his powers
Dracula is much less powerful in daylight and is only able to shift his form at dawn, noon, and dusk (he can shift his form freely at night or if he is at his grave). The sun is not fatal to him, as sunlight does not burn and destroy him upon contact, though most of his abilities cease.

Later interpretations of the character, and vampires in general, would amplify this trait into an outright fatal weakness, making it so that even the first rays of sunrise are capable of reducing a vampire to ash.

He is also limited in his ability to travel, as he can only cross running water at low or high tide. Owing to this, he is unable to fly across a river in the form of a bat or mist or even by himself board a boat or step off a boat onto a dock unless he is physically carried over with assistance. He is also unable to enter a place unless invited to do so by someone of the household, even a visitor; once invited, he can enter and leave the premises at will.

Weaknesses

Thirst
Dracula is commonly depicted with a bloodlust which he is seemingly unable to control. Adaptations sometimes call this uncontrollable state 'the thirst'.

Religious symbolism
There are items which afflict him to the point he has no power and can even calm him from his insatiable appetite for blood. He is repulsed by garlic, as well as sacred items and symbols such as crucifixes, and sacramental bread.

Placing the branch of a wild rose upon the top of his coffin will render him unable to escape it; a sacred bullet fired into the coffin could kill him so that he remain true-dead.

Mountain Ash is also described as a form of protection from a vampire although the effects are unknown. This was believed to be used as protection against evil spirits and witches during the Victorian era.

Death-sleep
The state of rest to which vampires are prone during the day is described in the novel as a deathlike sleep in which the vampire sleeps open-eyed, is unable to awaken or move, and also may be unaware of any presence of individuals who may be trespassing. Dracula is portrayed as being active in daylight at least once to pursue a victim. Dracula also purchases many properties throughout London 'over the counter' which shows that he does have the ability to have some type of presence in daylight. 

He requires Transylvanian soil to be nearby to him in a foreign land or to be entombed within his coffin within Transylvania in order to successfully rest; otherwise, he will be unable to recover his strength. This has forced him to transport many boxes of Transylvanian earth to each of his residences in London. He is most powerful when he is within his Earth-Home, Coffin-Home, Hell-Home, or any place unhallowed.

Further, if Dracula or any vampire has had their fill in blood upon feeding, they will be caused to rest in this dead state even longer than usual.

Other abilities
While universally feared by the local people of Transylvania and even beyond, Dracula commands the loyalty of Gypsies and a band of Slovaks who transport his boxes on their way to London and to serve as an armed convoy bringing his coffin back to his castle. The Slovaks and Gypsies appear to know his true nature, for they laugh at Harker when he tries to communicate his plight, and betray Harker's attempt to send a letter through them by giving it to the Count.

Dracula seems to be able to hold influence over people with mental disorders, such as Renfield, who is never bitten but who worships Dracula, referring to him over the course of the novel as "Master" and "Lord". Dracula also afflicts Lucy with chronic sleepwalking, putting her into a trance-like state that allows them not only to submit to his will but also seek him and satisfy his need to feed.

Dracula's powers and weaknesses vary greatly in the many adaptations. Previous and subsequent vampires from different legends have had similar vampire characteristics.

Character development subsequent to the novel

Dracula has been portrayed by more actors in more visual media adaptations of the novel than any other horror character. Actors who have played him include Max Schreck, Bela Lugosi, John Carradine, Lon Chaney Jr., Christopher Lee, Francis Lederer, Denholm Elliott, Jack Palance, Louis Jourdan, Rudolf Martin, Frank Langella, Klaus Kinski, Gary Oldman, Leslie Nielsen, George Hamilton, David Niven, Charles Macaulay, Keith-Lee Castle, Gerard Butler, Duncan Regehr, Richard Roxburgh, Marc Warren, Rutger Hauer, Stephen Billington, Thomas Kretschmann, Dominic Purcell, Luke Evans and Claes Bang.
In 2003, Count Dracula, as portrayed by Lugosi in the 1931 film, was named as the 33rd greatest movie villain by the AFI. In 2013, Empire magazine ranked Lee's portrayal as Dracula the 7th Greatest Horror Movie Character of All Time.

The character is closely associated with the western cultural archetype of the vampire, and remains a popular Halloween costume.

 Count Dracula appears in Mad Monster Party? voiced by Allen Swift. This version is shown to be wearing a monocle. Count Dracula is among the monsters that Baron Boris von Frankenstein invites to the Isle of Evil to show off the secret of total destruction and announce his retirement from the Worldwide Organization of Monsters.
 Sesame Street character Count von Count is based on Bela Lugosi's interpretation of Count Dracula and Jack Davis' design for Dracula from Mad Monster Party?.
 Count Dracula appears in Mad Mad Mad Monsters (a "prequel of sorts" to Mad Monster Party?) voiced again by Allen Swift. He and his son are invited by Baron Henry von Frankenstein to attend the wedding of Frankenstein's monster and its mate at the Transylvania Astoria Hotel.
 Dracula is the primary antagonist of the Castlevania video game series and the main protagonist of the Lords of Shadow reboot series.
 Count Dracula appears in the Attack of the Killer Tomatoes episode "Spatula, Prinze of Dorkness", voiced by S. Scott Bullock. He relates a tale of how he once gave Dr. Putrid T. Gangreen a serum to transform tomatoes into vampire tomatoes. Though the Doctor refused, Zoltan overheard their conversation and, mistaking the word serum for syrup, ingests the serum himself and renaming himself "Spatula, Prinze of Dorkness" who can turn people into vampires by kissing them in the neck (a stipulation that the Censor Lady put into place in fear of showing the biting and bloodshed associated with vampires on a Saturday morning cartoon). This spread to the other tomatoes and the entire town. When the sun came up and disabled the vampires, Count Dracula in sunblock appears and deemed that the town is not worthy to be vampires. He then gives Chad Finletter the antidote to the vampirism and advises that the tomatoes be squashed immediately.
 Dracula appears as the lead character of Dracula the Un-dead, a novel by Stoker's great-grand nephew Dacre presented as a sequel to the original.
 In the Supernatural episode "Monster Monster", a shapeshifter that Sam and Dean Winchester fight considers his form of Count Dracula (portrayed by Todd Stashwick) his favourite form. It is in this form that Jamie killed him with Sam's gun loaded with silver bullets.
 Count Dracula is the main character of the Hotel Transylvania franchise, voiced by Adam Sandler in the first three movies and by Brian Hull in the fourth movie.
 Dracula, going by an inversion of his name, "Alucard," serves as the main character of the anime and manga series Hellsing and Hellsing Ultimate where he serves Integra Hellsing, Abraham's great-granddaughter, as an anti-vampire warrior devoted to the British Crown.
 Dracula is the primary antagonist of the Showtime series Penny Dreadful, portrayed by Christian Camargo. This version of the character is the brother of Lucifer and, thus, a fallen angel.

Modern and postmodern analyses of the character

Already in 1958, Cecil Kirtly proposed that Count Dracula shared his personal past with the historical Transylvanian-born Voivode Vlad III Dracula of Wallachia, also known as Vlad the Impaler or Vlad Țepeș. Following the publication of In Search of Dracula by Radu Florescu and Raymond McNally in 1972, this supposed connection attracted much popular attention. This work argued that Bram Stoker based his Dracula on Vlad the Impaler.

Historically, the name "Dracula" is the family name of Vlad Țepeș' family, a name derived from a fraternal order of knights called the Order of the Dragon, founded by Sigismund of Luxembourg (king of Hungary and Bohemia, and Holy Roman Emperor) to uphold Christianity and defend the Empire against the Ottoman Turks. Vlad II Dracul, father of Vlad III, was admitted to the order around 1431 because of his bravery in fighting the Turks and was dubbed Dracul (dragon or devil) thus his son became Dracula (son of the dragon). From 1431 onward, Vlad II wore the emblem of the order and later, as ruler of Wallachia, his coinage bore the dragon symbol.

Stoker came across the name Dracula in his reading on Romanian history, and chose this to replace the name (Count Wampyr) that he had originally intended to use for his villain. However, some Dracula scholars, led by Elizabeth Miller, have questioned the depth of this connection as early as 1998. They argue that Stoker in fact knew little of the historic Vlad III, Vlad the Impaler, and that he used only the name "Dracula" and some miscellaneous scraps of Romanian history. Also, there are no comments about Vlad III in the author's working notes.

While having a conversation with Jonathan Harker in Chapter 3, Dracula refers to his own background, and these speeches show elements which Stoker directly copied from An Account of the Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia: With Various Political Observations Relating to Them by William Wilkinson. Stoker mentions the Voivode of the Dracula race who fought against the Turks after the defeat in the Battle of Kosovo, and was later betrayed by his brother, historical facts which unequivocally point to Vlad III, described as "Voïvode Dracula" by Wilkinson:

The Count's intended identity is later commented by Professor Van Helsing, referring to a letter from his friend Arminius:

This indeed encourages the reader to identify the Count with the Voivode Dracula first mentioned by him in Chapter 3, the one betrayed by his brother: Vlad III Dracula, betrayed by his brother Radu the Handsome, who had chosen the side of the Turks. But as noted by the Dutch author Hans Corneel de Roos, in Chapter 25, Van Helsing and Mina drop this rudimentary connection to Vlad III and instead describe the Count's personal past as that of "that other of his race" who lived "in a later age". By smoothly exchanging Vlad III for a nameless double, Stoker avoided his main character being unambiguously linked to a historical person traceable in any history book.

Similarly, the novelist did not want to disclose the precise site of the Count's residence, Castle Dracula. As confirmed by Stoker's own handwritten research notes, the novelist had a specific location for the Castle in mind while writing the narrative: an empty mountain top in the Transylvanian Kelemen alps near the former border with Moldavia. Efforts to promote the Poenari Castle (ca. 200 km away from the novel's place of action near the Borgo Pass) as the "real Castle Dracula" have no basis in Stoker's writing; although it bears much similarity to the fictional Castle Dracula, no written evidence shows Stoker to have heard of it. Regarding the Bran Castle near Brașov, Stoker possibly saw an illustration of Castle Bran (Törzburg) in Charles Boner's 1865 book on Transylvania, Transylvania: Its Products and Its People. Although Stoker may have been inspired by its romantic appearance, neither Boner, nor Mazuchelli nor Crosse (who also mention Terzburg or Törzburg) associate it with Vlad III; for the site of his fictitious Castle Dracula, Stoker preferred an empty mountain top.

Furthermore, Stoker's detailed notes reveal that the novelist was very well aware of the ethnic and geo-political differences between the "Roumanians" or "Wallachs"/"Wallachians", descendants of the Dacians, and the Székelys or Szeklers, allies of the Magyars or Hungarians, whose interests were opposed to that of the Wallachians. In the novel's original typewritten manuscript, the Count speaks of throwing off the "Austrian yoke", which corresponds to the Szekler political point of view. This expression is crossed out, however, and replaced by "Hungarian yoke" (as appearing in the printed version), which matches the historical perspective of the Wallachians. This has been interpreted by some to mean that Stoker opted for the Wallachian, not the Szekler interpretation, thus lending more consistency to the Romanian identity of his Count: although not identical with Vlad III, the Vampire is portrayed as one of the "Dracula race". However, despite this, Stoker chose the Count to have revealed himself to be a Székely, and not a Wallachian nobleman (the region where the real "Draculas" ruled over).

Screen portrayals

See also
 Elizabeth Báthory
 Carmilla
 Clinical vampirism
 List of fictional vampires
 List of horror film antagonists

References

Bibliography
 Clive Leatherdale (1985) Dracula: the Novel and the Legend. Desert Island Books.
 Bram Stoker (1897) Dracula. Norton Critical Edition (1997) edited by Nina Auerbach and David J. Skal.
 Senf, Carol. Dracula: Between Tradition and Modernism (Twayne, 1998).
 Senf, Carol A. Bram Stoker. University of Wales Press, 2010.

External links

 Bram Stoker Online Full text, PDF and audio versions of Dracula.

 
 
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3 November
The Canadian province of Ontario has reported 378 new cases.
Malaysia has reported 5,291 new cases, bringing the total number to 2,486,630. There are 4,947 recoveries, bringing the total number of recoveries to 2,390,379. 46 deaths were reported, bringing the death toll to 29,091. 
New Zealand has reported 110 new cases, bringing the total number of cases to 6,832. There are 11 recoveries, bringing the total number of recoveries to 4,742. The death toll remains 28. There are 2,062 active cases (2,017 in the community and 45 at the border).
Singapore has reported 3,635 new cases including 3,223 in community, 409 residing in dormitories and three imported, bringing the total to 207,975. 12 deaths have been confirmed, bringing the death toll to 442.
Ukraine has reported 23,393 new daily cases and 720 new daily deaths, bringing the total number to 2,979,086 and 69,447 respectively; a total of 2,466,674 patients have recovered.
Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers has tested positive for COVID-19 and was ruled out of the football match against Kansas City Chiefs.
Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti has tested positive for COVID-19.

4 November
The Canadian province of Ontario has reported 438 new cases.
Fiji has reported 33 new cases in the Northern Division, 64 cases in the Central Division, 48 in the West Division, and two in the Eastern Division over the past seven days. The death toll reached 674.
Germany has reported a record high of 33,949 cases, bringing the total number to 4,672,368. 165 deaths were reported, bringing the death toll to 96,192.
Malaysia has reported 5,713 new cases, bringing the total number to 2,492,343. There are 5,865 recoveries, bringing the total number of recoveries to 2,396,244. 65 deaths were reported, bringing the death toll to 29,155.
New Zealand has reported 142 new cases, bringing the total number to 6,972. There are 17 recoveries, bringing the total number of recoveries to 4,759. The death toll remains 28. There are 2,185 active cases (2,139 in the community and 46 at the border).
Singapore has reported 3,003 new cases including 2,780 in community, 220 residing in dormitories and three imported, bringing the total to 210,978. 17 deaths have been confirmed, bringing the death toll to 459.
Ukraine has reported a record 27,377 new daily cases and surpassed 3 million total cases at 3,006,463. In addition, 699 new daily deaths have been reported, bringing the total number to 70,146, and a total of 2,479,138 patients have recovered.

5 November
The Canadian province of Ontario has reported 563 new cases the highest case count since October 9, 2021.
Fiji has recorded 52,176 cases since April 2021. 50,054 people have recovered with 957 active cases. The death toll remains 674.
Malaysia has reported 4,922 new cases, bringing the total number to 2,497,265. There are 5,579 recoveries, bringing the total number of recoveries to 2,401,823. There are 47 deaths, bringing the death toll to 29,202.
New Zealand has reported 167 new cases, bringing the total number to 7,138. There are 14 recoveries, bringing the total number of recoveries to 2,336. One new death was reported, bringing the death toll to 29. There are 2,336 active cases (46 at the border and 2,290 in the community).
Singapore has reported 1,767 new cases including 1,639 in community, 120 residing in dormitories and eight imported, bringing the total to 212,745. Nine deaths have been confirmed, bringing the death toll to 468.
Ukraine has reported 26,488 new daily cases and 696 new daily deaths, bringing the total number to 3,032,951 and 70,842 respectively; a total of 2,492,419 patients have recovered.

6 November
The Canadian province of Ontario has reported 508 new cases.
Malaysia has reported 4,701 new cases, bringing the total number to 2,501,966. There are 5,382 recoveries, bringing the total number of recoveries to 2,407,205. 54 deaths are reported, bringing the death toll to 29,256. 
New Zealand has reported 207 new cases, bringing the total number to 7,342. There are 14 recoveries, bringing the number of recoveries to 4,787. There are 2 deaths, bringing the death toll to 31. There are 2,524 active cases (45 in managed isolation and 2,479 in the community).
Singapore has reported 3,035 new cases including 2,928 in community, 102 residing in dormitories and five imported, bringing the total to 215,780. 12 deaths have been confirmed, bringing the death toll to 480.
Ukraine has reported 25,063 new daily cases and a record 793 new daily deaths, bringing the total number to 3,058,014 and 71,635 respectively; a total of 2,504,236 patients have recovered.

7 November
The Canadian province of Ontario has reported 636 new cases the highest daily case count since October 9, 2021. 
Malaysia has reported 4,343 new cases, bringing the total number to 2,506,309. There are 5,190 recoveries, bringing the total number of recoveries to 2,412,395. There are 35 deaths, bringing the death toll to 29,291.
New Zealand has reported 114 cases, bringing the total number to 7,456. There are 74 recoveries, bringing the total number of recoveries to 4,861. The death toll remains 31. There are 2,564 active cases (39 at the border and 2,525 in the community).
Singapore has reported 2,553 new cases including 2,343 in community, 205 residing in dormitories and five imported, bringing the total to 218,333. 17 deaths have been confirmed, bringing the death toll to 497.
Ukraine has reported 17,419 new daily cases and 449 new daily deaths, bringing the total number to 3,075,433 and 72,084 respectively; a total of 2,512,756 patients have recovered.

8 November
The Canadian province of Ontario has reported 480 new cases.
Malaysia has reported 4,543 new cases, bringing the total number to 2,510,852. There are 7,348 recoveries, bringing the total number of recoveries to 2,419,743. 58 deaths were reported, bringing the death toll to 29,349.
New Zealand has reported 193 new cases, bringing the total number to 7,648. There is one recovery, bringing the total number of recoveries to 4,862. One death was reported, bringing the death toll to 32. There are 2,712 active cases (42 at the border and 2,754 in managed isolation).
Singapore has reported 2,470 new cases including 2,307 in community, 156 residing in dormitories and seven imported, bringing the total to 220,803. 14 deaths have been confirmed, bringing the death toll to 511.
Ukraine has reported 13,068 new daily cases and 473 new daily deaths, bringing the total number to 3,088,501 and 72,557 respectively; a total of 2,520,956 patients have recovered.
According to Johns Hopkins University, the number of coronavirus cases and deaths in the world have reached 250 million and 5.04 million respectively.

9 November
World Health Organization weekly report.  
The Canadian province of Ontario has reported 441 new cases.
Fiji has recorded 51 new cases. One new death was reported, bringing the death toll to 675.
Iran surpasses 6 million cases.
Malaysia has reported 5,403 new cases, bringing the total number to 2,517,173. There are 5,311 recoveries, bringing the total number of recoveries to 2,425,943. There are 78 deaths, bringing the death toll to 29,427.
New Zealand has reported 128 new recoveries, bringing the total number to 2,825. There are 56 recoveries, bringing the total number of recoveries to 4,918. The death toll remains 32. There are 2,825 active cases (2,788 in the community and 37 at the border).
Singapore has reported 3,397 new cases including 3,222 in community, 169 residing in dormitories and six imported, bringing the total to 224,200. 12 deaths have been confirmed, bringing the death toll to 523.
Ukraine has reported 18,988 new daily cases and a record 833 new daily deaths, bringing the total number to 3,107,489 and 73,390 respectively; a total of 2,537,565 patients have recovered.
The first sample of the Omicron variant is collected in Botswana.

10 November
The Canadian province of Ontario has reported 454 new cases.
Malaysia has reported 6,243 new cases, bringing the total number to 2,522,498. There are 5,068 recoveries, bringing the total number to 2,430,122. There are 59 deaths, bringing the death toll to 29,486.
New Zealand has reported 149 new cases, bringing the total number to 7,922. There are five recoveries, bringing the total number of recoveries to 4,923. The death toll remains 32. There are 2,967 active cases (35 at the border and 2,932 in the community).
Singapore has reported 3,481 new cases including 3,244 in community, 229 residing in dormitories and eight imported, bringing the total to 227,681. 17 deaths have been confirmed, bringing the death toll to 540.
Ukraine has reported 23,283 new daily cases and 815 new daily deaths, bringing the total number to 3,130,772 and 74,205 respectively; a total of 2,553,842 patients have recovered.

11 November
The Canadian province of Ontario has reported 642 new cases surpassing the peak of the first wave of 640 cases set back on April 24, 2020, for the first time since October 9, 2021.
Fiji has reported four deaths in the Western Division, bringing the death toll to 679.
Germany has reported a record high of 50,196 cases, bringing the total number to 4,894,250. 235 deaths were reported, bringing the death toll to 97,198.
Malaysia has reported 6,323 new cases, bringing the total number to 2,528,821. There are 5,337 recoveries, bringing the total number of recoveries to 2,435,459. 49 deaths were reported, bringing the death toll to 29,535.
New Zealand has reported 185 new cases, bringing the total number to 8,107. There are 60 recoveries, bringing the total number of recoveries to 4,983. One death was reported, bringing the death toll to 33. There are 3,091 active cases (35 at the border and 3,056 community cases).
Singapore has reported 2,396 new cases including 2,243 in community, 136 residing in dormitories and 17 imported, bringing the total to 230,077. Eight deaths have been confirmed, bringing the death toll to 548.
Ukraine has reported 24,747 new daily cases and 652 new daily deaths, bringing the total number to 3,155,519 and 74,857 respectively; a total of 2,572,738 patients have recovered.
Vietnam surpasses 1 million COVID-19 cases.
Chicago Bulls basketball player Nikola Vučević has tested positive for COVID-19.

12 November
Canada has reported 2,616 new cases and 43 new deaths. 
The Canadian province of Ontario has reported 598 new cases.
Malaysia has reported 6,517 new cases, bringing the total number to 2,535,338. There are 6,026 recoveries, bringing the total number to 2,441,485. 41 deaths were reported, bringing the death toll to 29,576. 
New Zealand has reported 202 new cases, bringing the total number to 8,306. There are 15 recoveries, bringing the total number of recoveries to 4,998. The death toll remains 33. There are 3,275 active cases (33 at the border and 3,242 in the community).
Singapore has reported 3,099 new cases including 2,965 in community, 128 residing in dormitories and six imported, bringing the total to 233,176. 14 deaths have been confirmed, bringing the death toll to 562.
Thailand surpasses 2 million COVID-19 cases.
Ukraine has reported 24,058 new daily cases and 750 new daily deaths, bringing the total number to 3,179,577 and 75,607 respectively; a total of 2,594,679 patients have recovered.

13 November
The Canadian province of Ontario has reported 661 new cases the highest daily case count since October 2, 2021.
Malaysia has reported 5,809 new cases, bringing the total number to 2,541,147. There are 4,712 recoveries, bringing the total number of recoveries to 2,446,197. There are 55 deaths, bringing the death toll to 29,631. 
New Zealand has reported 177 new cases, bringing the total number to 8,482. There are 45 recoveries, bringing the total number of recoveries to 5,043. The death toll remains 33. There are 3,406 active cases (33 at the border and 3,373 in the community).
Russia surpasses nine million COVID-19 cases.
Singapore has reported 2,304 new cases including 2,179 in community, 120 residing in dormitories and five imported, bringing the total to 235,480. 14 deaths have been confirmed, bringing the death toll to 576.
Ukraine has reported 23,572 new daily cases and 695 new daily deaths, bringing the total number to 3,203,149 and 75,607 respectively; a total of 2,620,094 patients have recovered.
The United States of America surpasses 47 million cases.

14 November
Canada has reported 1,475 new cases, bringing the total to 1,748,391. 
The Canadian province of Ontario has reported 666 new cases the highest daily case count since October 2, 2021 and seven new deaths.
Germany surpasses 5 million COVID-19 cases.
Malaysia has reported 5,162 new cases, bringing the total number to 2,546,309. There are 5,019 recoveries, bringing the total number of recoveries to 2,451,216. There are 45 deaths, bringing the death toll to 29,676. 
New Zealand has reported 210 new cases, bringing the total number to 8,692. There are 47 recoveries, bringing the total number of recoveries to 5,090. The death toll remains 33. There are 3,569 active cases (34 at the border and 3,535 in the community).
Singapore has reported 1,723 new cases including 1,651 in community, 66 residing in dormitories and six imported, bringing the total to 237,203. Ten deaths have been confirmed, bringing the death toll to 586.
Ukraine has reported 14,490 new daily cases and 403 new daily deaths, bringing the total number to 3,217,639 and 76,705 respectively; a total of 2,631,240 patients have recovered.

15 November
Canada has reported 2,221 new cases bringing the total 1,752,517.
The Canadian province of Ontario has reported 552 new cases and three new deaths.
Malaysia has reported 5,143 new cases, bringing the total number to 2,551,452. There are 4,551 recoveries, bringing the total number of recoveries to 2,455,767. There are 53 deaths, bringing the death toll to 29,729. 
New Zealand has reported 174 new cases, bringing the total number to 8,866. There are 86 recoveries, bringing the total number to 5,176. One death was reported, bringing the death toll to 34. There are 3,656 active cases (34 at the border and 3,622 in the community).
Singapore has reported 2,069 new cases including 1,964 in community, 101 residing in dormitories and four imported, bringing the total to 239,272. Eight deaths have been confirmed, bringing the death toll to 594.
Ukraine has reported 10,802 new daily cases and 442 new daily deaths, bringing the total number to 3,228,441 and 77,147 respectively; a total of 2,642,459 patients have recovered.

16 November
World health Organization weekly report
Canada has reported 1,592 new cases bringing the total to 1,754,375.
The Canadian province of Ontario has reported 481 new cases.
Fiji has reported 32 new cases over the past three days. In addition, 14 new deaths were reported, bringing the death toll to 694.
Malaysia has reported 5,413 cases, bringing the total number to 2,556,865. There are 6,013 recoveries, bringing the total number of recoveries to 2,461,780. There are 40 deaths, bringing the death toll to 29,769.
New Zealand has reported 222 new cases, bringing the total number to 9,088. There are six recoveries, bringing the total number of recoveries to 5,182. One death was reported, bringing the death toll to 35. There are 3,871 active cases (34 at the border and 3,837 in the community).
Singapore has reported 2,069 new cases including 2,021 in community, 43 residing in dormitories and five imported, bringing the total to 241,341. 18 deaths have been confirmed, bringing the death toll to 612.
Ukraine has reported 16,308 new daily cases and a record 838 new daily deaths, bringing the total number to 3,244,749 and 77,985 respectively; a total of 2,664,373 patients have recovered.
English singer Jesy Nelson of Little Mix has tested positive for COVID-19 and her upcoming Birmingham show has been cancelled.

17 November
Canada has reported 2,434 new cases bringing the total to 1,756,824. 
The Canadian province of Ontario has reported 512 new cases.
Malaysia has reported 6,228 new cases, bringing the total number to 2,563,153. There are 4,743 recoveries, bringing the total number recoveries to 2,466,523. There are 68 deaths, bringing the death toll to 29,837.
New Zealand has reported 197 new cases, bringing the total number to 9,285. There are 17 recoveries, bringing the total number of recoveries to 5,199. The death toll remains 35. There are 4,051 active cases (28 at the border, 4,022 in the community, and 1 under investigation).
Singapore has reported 3,474 new cases including 3,320 in community, 144 residing in dormitories and ten imported, bringing the total to 244,815. Seven deaths have been confirmed, bringing the death toll to 619.
Ukraine has reported 18,668 new daily cases and 769 new daily deaths, bringing the total number to 3,263,417 and 78,754 respectively; a total of 2,684,584 patients have recovered.

18 November
Austria surpasses one million COVID-19 cases.
Canada has reported 2,681 new cases bringing the total to 1,759,560.
The Canadian province of Ontario has reported 711 new cases the highest daily cases count since September 24, 2021.
Malaysia has reported 6,380 new cases, bringing the total number to 2,569,533. There are 5,760 recoveries, bringing the total number of recoveries to 2,472,283. There are 55 deaths, bringing the death toll to 29,892.
New Zealand has reported 167 new cases, bringing the total number to 9,452. There are 26 recoveries, bringing the total number of recoveries to 5,225. The death toll remains 35. There are 4,192 active cases (28 at the border, 4,163 in the community, and one under investigation).
Singapore has reported 2,038 new cases including 1,964 in community, 67 residing in dormitories and seven imported, bringing the total to 246,853. Six deaths have been confirmed, bringing the death toll to 625.
Ukraine has reported 20,591 new daily cases and 752 new daily deaths, bringing the total number to 3,284,008 and 79,506 respectively; a total of 2,704,217 patients have recovered.

19 November
Canada has reported 2,897 new cases bringing the total to 1,762,438.
The Canadian province of Ontario has reported 793 new cases the highest daily case count since September 18, 2021.
Malaysia has reported 6,355 new cases, bringing the total number to 2,575,888. There are 5,031 recoveries, bringing the total number of recoveries to 2,477,314. There are 45 deaths, bringing the death toll to 29,937.
New Zealand has reported 200 new cases, bringing the total number to 9,652. There are 65 recoveries, bringing the total number of recoveries to 5,290. There are three deaths, bringing the death toll to 38. There are 4,324 active cases (23 at the border, 4,300 in the community, and one under investigation).
Singapore has reported 1,734 new cases including 1,633 in community, 97 residing in dormitories and four imported, bringing the total to 248,587. 16 deaths have been confirmed, bringing the death toll to 641.
Ukraine has reported 20,050 new daily cases and 725 new daily deaths, bringing the total number to 3,304,058 and 80,231 respectively; a total of 2,726,521 patients have recovered.
Manchester City midfielder Kevin De Bruyne has tested positive for COVID-19.

20 November
Brazil surpasses 22 million COVID-19 cases.
Canada has reported 1,799 new cases bringing the total to 1,764,305.
The Canadian province of Ontario has reported 728 new cases.
Fiji has reported the death of a three-month-old infant from COVID-19, bringing the death toll to 65. 15 new cases were reported over the past two days.
Malaysia has reported 5,859 new cases, bringing the total number to 2,581,747. There are 4,970 recoveries, bringing the total number of recoveries to 2,482,284. There are 38 deaths, bringing the death toll to 29,978.
New Zealand has reported 171 new cases, bringing the total number to 9,823. There are 73 recoveries, bringing the total number of recoveries to 5,363. One death was reported, bringing the death toll to 39. There are 4,421 active cases (24 at the border, 4,396 in the community, and one under investigation).
Singapore has reported 1,931 new cases including 1,867 in community, 58 residing in dormitories and six imported, bringing the total to 250,518. 13 deaths have been confirmed, bringing the death toll to 654.
Ukraine has reported 18,250 new daily cases and 664 new daily deaths, bringing the total number to 3,322,308 and 80,895 respectively; a total of 2,748,500 patients have recovered.

21 November
Canada has reported 1,602 new cases bringing the total to 1,765,907.
The Canadian province of Ontario has reported 741 new cases.
Malaysia has reported 4,854 new cases, bringing the total number to 2,586,601. There are 5,525 recoveries, bringing the total number of recoveries to 2,487,809. There are 24 deaths, bringing the death toll to 30,002.
New Zealand has reported 149 new cases, bringing the total number to 9,972. There are 133 recoveries, bringing the total number of recoveries to 5,496. The death toll remains 39. There are 4,437 active cases (23 at the border, 4,413 in the community, and one under investigation).
Singapore has reported 1,670 new cases including 1,577 in community, 80 residing in dormitories and 13 imported, bringing the total to 252,188. Eight deaths have been confirmed, bringing the death toll to 662.
Ukraine has reported 10,635 new daily cases and 377 new daily deaths, bringing the total number to 3,332,943 and 81,272 respectively; a total of 2,762,950 patients have recovered.

22 November
Canada has reported 1,979 new cases bringing the total to 1,769,054. 
The Canadian province of Ontario has reported 627 new cases.
Hungary surpasses one million COVID-19 cases.
Malaysia has reported 4,885 new cases, bringing the total number to 2,591,486. There are 5,628 recoveries, bringing the total number of recoveries to 2,493,437. There are 63 deaths, bringing the death toll to 30,063.
New Zealand has reported 205 new cases, bringing the total number to 10,176. There are 2 recoveries, bringing the total number of recoveries to 5,498. One death was reported, bringing the death toll to 40. There are 4,638 active cases (23 at the border, 4,614 in the community, and one under investigation).
Singapore has reported 1,461 new cases including 1,415 in community, 40 residing in dormitories and six imported, bringing the total to 253,649. Five deaths have been confirmed, bringing the death toll to 667.
Ukraine has reported 7,464 new daily cases and 326 new daily deaths, bringing the total number to 3,340,407 and 81,598 respectively; a total of 2,773,490 patients have recovered.
Indian film actor Kamal Haasan has tested positive for COVID-19.

23 November
World Health Organization weekly report.
Canada has reported 2,218 new cases bringing the total to 1,772,319. 
The Canadian province of Ontario has reported 613 new cases.
Fiji has reported 15 new cases over the weekend period.
Malaysia has reported 5,594 new cases, bringing the total number 2,597,080. There are 4,908 recoveries, bringing the total number of recoveries to 2,498,345. There are 47 deaths, bringing the death toll to 30,110.
New Zealand has reported 217 new cases, bringing the total number to 10,393. There are 27 recoveries, bringing the total number of recoveries to 5,525. The death toll remains 40. There are 4,828 active cases (26 at the border, 4,801 in the community, and one under investigation).
Singapore has reported 1,782 new cases including 1,754 in community, 21 residing in dormitories and seven imported, bringing the total to 255,431. Five deaths have been confirmed, bringing the death toll to 672.
Ukraine has reported 12,729 new daily cases and 720 new daily deaths, bringing the total number to 3,353,136 and 82,318 respectively; a total of 2,796,597 patients have recovered.
French Prime Minister Jean Castex has tested positive for COVID-19.

24 November
Canada has reported 2,624 new cases bringing the total to 1,774,946.
The Canadian province of Ontario has reported 591 new cases.
Czech Republic passes 2 million cases, making it the 25th country to do so.
Malaysia has reported 5,755 cases, bringing the total number to 2,602,835. There are 5,082 recoveries, bringing the total number to 2,503,427. There are 37 deaths, bringing the death toll to 30,147.
New Zealand has reported 216 new cases, bringing the total number to 10,609. There are eight new recoveries, bringing the total number of recoveries to 5,533. The death toll remains 40. There are 5,036 active cases (27 at the border and 5,009 in the community).
Singapore has reported 2,079 new cases including 2,030 in community, 40 residing in dormitories and nine imported, bringing the total to 257,510. Six deaths have been confirmed, bringing the death toll to 678.
Ukraine has reported 14,325 new daily cases and 595 new daily deaths, bringing the total number to 3,367,461 and 82,913 respectively; a total of 2,825,641 patients have recovered.
The United States of America surpasses 48 million cases.
Thai rapper Lisa of Blackpink has tested positive for COVID-19.
New variant of COVID-19 discovered (B1.1.529) later named the Omicron variant

25 November
Canada has reported 2,868 new cases bringing the total to 1,777,814.
The Canadian province of Ontario has reported 748 new cases.
Germany has reached 100,000 COVID-19 deaths.
Malaysia has reported 6,144 new cases, bringing the total number to 2,608,979. There are 6,602 recoveries, bringing the total number of recoveries to 2,510,029. There are 48 deaths, bringing the death toll to 30,195.
New Zealand has reported 180 new cases, bringing the total number to 10,789. There are 2 recoveries, bringing the total number of recoveries to 5,535. There was one death, bringing the death toll to 41. There are 5,213 active cases (31 at the border and 5,182 in the community).
Singapore has reported 1,275 new cases including 1,228 in community, 31 residing in dormitories and 16 imported, bringing the total to 258,785. Three deaths have been confirmed, bringing the death toll to 681.
South Africa has discovered a new type of variant called the Lineage B.1.1.529. The variant is highly mutated and is only found in a few cases.
Ukraine has reported 16,943 new daily cases and 628 new daily deaths, bringing the total number to 3,384,404 and 83,541 respectively; a total of 2,852,452 patients have recovered.
The United Kingdom surpasses 10 million cases.
Canadian guitarist and singer Bryan Adams has tested positive for COVID-19 for the second time and is warded in a hospital in Italy.

26 November
Canada has reported 2,360 new cases bringing the total to 1,781,468.
The Canadian province of Ontario has reported 927 new cases, the highest daily case count since September 4, 2021.
Malaysia has reported 5,501 new cases, bringing the total number to 2,614,480. There are 6,664 recoveries, bringing the total number of recoveries to 2,516,693. There are 45 deaths, bringing the death toll to 30,240.
New Zealand has reported 177 new cases, bringing the total number to 10,966. There are 14 recoveries, bringing the total number of recoveries to 5,549. One death was reported, bringing the death toll to 42. There are 5,375 active cases (36 at the border and 5,339 in the community).
Singapore has reported 1,090 new cases including 1,064 in community, 22 residing in dormitories and four imported, bringing the total to 259,875. Three deaths have been confirmed, bringing the death toll to 684.
Ukraine has reported 15,936 new daily cases and 608 new daily deaths, bringing the total number to 3,400,340 and 84,149 respectively; a total of 2,877,021 patients have recovered.
The World Health Organization classifies the Omicron variant as a Variant of Concern (VOC).

27 November
Canada has reported 2,183 new cases bringing the total to 1,784,354.
The Canadian Province Of Ontario has reported 854 new cases.
Fiji has reported 20 new cases over the previous two days. One death was reported, bringing the death toll to 696.
Germany has reported its first 2 cases of the Omicron variant.
Malaysia has reported 5,097 cases, bringing the total number to 2,619,577. There are 5,352 recoveries, bringing the total number of recoveries to 2,522,045. There are 40 deaths, bringing the death toll to 30,280.
New Zealand has reported 148 new cases, bringing the total number to 11,114. There are 18 recoveries, bringing the total number of recoveries to 5,567. The death toll remains 42. There are 5,505 active cases (41 at the border and 5,464 in the community).
Singapore has reported 1,761 new cases including 1,689 in community, 63 residing in dormitories and nine imported, bringing the total to 261,636. Six deaths have been confirmed, bringing the death toll to 690.
Ukraine has reported 14,200 new daily cases and 568 new daily deaths, bringing the total number to 3,414,540 and 84,717 respectively; a total of 2,899,967 patients have recovered.

28 November
Canada has reported 1,892 new cases bringing the total to 1,786,246.
The Canadian Province Of Ontario has reported 964 new cases surpassing the peak of the fourth wave of 944 cases set back on September 4, 2021, and is the highest daily case count since May 30, 2021 and then later in the day it reported its first two cases of the Omicron variant and marks the first two cases on North American soil.
Malaysia has reported 4,239 new cases, bringing the total number to 2,623,816. There are 5,007 recoveries, bringing the total number of recoveries to 2,527,052. There are 29 deaths, bringing the death toll to 30,309.
Netherlands has reported its first 13 cases of the Omicron variant.
New Zealand has reported 148 new cases, bringing the total number to 11,260. There are 68 recoveries, bringing the total number of recoveries to 5,635. One death was reported, bringing the death toll to 43. There are 5,582 active cases (43 at the border and 5,539 in the community).
Singapore has reported 747 new cases including 719 in community, 25 residing in dormitories and three imported, bringing the total to 262,383. 11 deaths have been confirmed, bringing the death toll to 701.
Ukraine has reported 7,483 new daily cases and 400 new daily deaths, bringing the total number to 3,422,023 and 85,117 respectively; a total of 2,910,237 patients have recovered.
English actress Keira Knightley has tested positive for COVID-19 and her entire family is now undergoing quarantine.

29 November
Canada has reported 2,324 new cases bringing the total to 1,790,142.
The Canadian Province Of Ontario has reported 788 new cases.
Italy has reported 12,932 new cases, surpassing 5 million cases. 47 new deaths were reported, bringing the death toll to 133,674.
Malaysia has reported 4,087 new cases, bringing the total number to 2,627,903. There were 4,984 recoveries, bringing the total number of recoveries to 2,532,036. 61 deaths were reported, bringing the death toll to 30,370.
New Zealand has reported 185 cases, bringing the total number to 11,444. There are 9 recoveries, bringing the total number of recoveries to 5,645. The death toll remains 43. There are 5,756 active cases (46 at the border and 5,710 in the community).
Singapore has reported 1,103 new cases including 1,070 in community, 25 residing in dormitories and eight imported, bringing the total to 263,486. Nine deaths have been confirmed, bringing the death toll to 710.
Ukraine has reported 5,804 new daily cases and 297 new daily deaths, bringing the total number to 3,427,827 and 85,414 respectively; a total of 2,920,714 patients have recovered.

30 November
World Health Organization weekly report. 
Canada has reported 1,757 new cases bringing the total to 1,791,895.
The Canadian Province Of Ontario has reported 687 new cases.
Fiji has reported 12 new cases over the previous two days. The death toll remains 696.
Malaysia has reported 4,879 new cases, bringing the total number to 2,632,782. There are 5,168 recoveries, bringing the total number of recoveries to 2,537,204. There are 55 deaths, bringing the death toll to 30,425. 
New Zealand has reported 135 new cases, bringing the total number to 11,576. Nine recoveries were reported, bringing the total number of recoveries to 5,654. One death was reported, bringing the death toll to 44. There are 5,878 (44 at the border and 5,834 in managed isolation).
Singapore has reported 1,239 new cases including 1,193 in community, 24 residing in dormitories and 22 imported, bringing the total to 264,725. Eight deaths have been confirmed, bringing the death toll to 718.
Switzerland surpasses 1 million COVID-19 cases.
Ukraine has reported 10,554 new daily cases and 561 new daily deaths, bringing the total number to 3,438,381 and 85,975 respectively; a total of 2,946,032 patients have recovered.

Summary 
By the end of November, only the following countries and territories have not reported any cases of SARS-CoV-2 infections:

 Asia 

 
 
 
 

 Oceania

See also 

 Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic
 Responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in November 2021

References 

November 2021 events
Timelines of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021 Located in Woltersdorf near Berlin, Fidushaus was once home of the Jugendstil artist Fidus (Hugo Reinhold Karl Johann Höppener).
Today it is a national treasure.

The situation for Fidushaus today is not a good one. There have been several attempts at restoring it and making it into a museum, none of which have been successful. Though the condition of the house was restored at a price of 1.6 million marks. 

The building was declared a national monument. There has been some concern about the house attracting Far-Right tourist attention due to Fidus' enrollment in the Nazi Party at one point. Fidushaus has a sophisticated skylight arrangement on its roof. Many artists at one time lived in the area of the house, forming a colony.

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Fidushaus

German painters
German illustrators
German Symbolist painters
1868 births
1948 deaths
Art Nouveau painters
Art Nouveau illustrators