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Total |
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World |
9,703,330 |
+180,573 |
490,989 |
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1 |
2,504,588 |
+40,184 |
126,780 |
|
|
2 |
1,233,147 |
+40,673 |
55,054 |
|
|
3 |
613,994 |
+7,113 |
8,605 |
|
|
4 |
491,170 |
+18,185 |
15,308 |
|
|
5 |
307,980 |
+1,118 |
43,230 |
|
|
6 |
294,566 |
+400 |
28,330 |
|
|
7 |
268,602 |
+3,913 |
8,761 |
|
|
8 |
259,064 |
+4,648 |
4,903 |
|
|
9 |
239,706 |
+296 |
34,678 |
|
|
10 |
215,096 |
+2,595 |
10,130 |
|
|
11 |
196,847 |
+5,437 |
24,324 |
|
|
12 |
193,785 |
+531 |
9,012 |
|
|
13 |
193,115 |
+1,458 |
5,046 |
|
|
14 |
192,970 |
+4,044 |
3,903 |
|
|
15 |
170,639 |
+3,372 |
1,428 |
|
|
16 |
161,348 |
29,752 |
||
|
17 |
126,606 |
+3,946 |
1,621 |
|
|
18 |
118,375 |
+6,579 |
2,292 |
|
|
19 |
102,622 |
+380 |
8,504 |
|
|
20 |
91,838 |
+1,060 |
106 |
|
|
21 |
83,449 |
+19 |
4,634 |
|
|
22 |
80,599 |
+3,486 |
2,654 |
|
|
23 |
64,834 |
+1,085 |
5,230 |
|
|
24 |
61,130 |
+1,569 |
2,533 |
|
|
25 |
61,007 |
+109 |
9,726 |
|
|
26 |
60,382 |
+437 |
367 |
|
|
27 |
53,156 |
+1,513 |
4,343 |
|
|
28 |
52,457 |
+2,606 |
1,150 |
|
|
29 |
50,187 |
+1,178 |
2,620 |
|
|
30 |
49,914 |
+110 |
6,100 |
|
|
31 |
46,563 |
+430 |
308 |
|
|
32 |
42,788 |
+909 |
339 |
|
|
33 |
42,736 |
+113 |
26 |
|
|
34 |
40,415 |
+311 |
1,549 |
|
|
35 |
40,008 |
+994 |
1,067 |
|
|
36 |
39,139 |
+2,437 |
1,437 |
|
|
37 |
34,902 |
+1,366 |
144 |
|
|
38 |
33,119 |
+298 |
1,412 |
|
|
39 |
33,069 |
+774 |
1,212 |
|
|
40 |
31,428 |
+52 |
1,958 |
|
|
41 |
30,175 |
+535 |
675 |
|
|
42 |
29,141 |
+510 |
698 |
|
|
43 |
29,037 |
+1,007 |
564 |
|
|
44 |
27,487 |
+1,098 |
876 |
|
|
45 |
25,405 |
+9 |
1,727 |
|
|
46 |
25,286 |
+460 |
1,565 |
|
|
47 |
24,081 |
+511 |
71 |
|
|
48 |
22,614 |
+594 |
549 |
|
|
49 |
22,488 |
+771 |
397 |
|
|
50 |
22,400 |
+356 |
309 |
|
|
51 |
19,285 |
+520 |
140 |
|
|
52 |
18,110 |
+86 |
968 |
|
|
53 |
17,477 |
+28 |
698 |
|
|
54 |
15,473 |
+460 |
95 |
|
|
55 |
15,453 |
+375 |
502 |
|
|
56 |
14,852 |
+547 |
180 |
|
|
57 |
14,819 |
+279 |
601 |
|
|
58 |
14,571 |
+628 |
417 |
|
|
59 |
13,372 |
+137 |
264 |
|
|
60 |
12,636 |
+21 |
603 |
Source：https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
The number of Americans who have been infected with the coronavirus is most likely about 10 times higher than the 2.3 million cases that have been reported, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday.
“We probably recognized about 10 percent of the outbreak,” Dr. Robert Redfield said on a call with reporters.
He added that between 5 percent and 8 percent of Americans have been infected to date.
The C.D.C. is basing those estimates on antibody test results from across the country. The tests detect whether an individual has ever had Covid-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, as opposed to diagnostic tests, which detect current infections. Both types of tests have been plagued by accuracy problems, although the antibody tests, which are based on blood samples rather than nasal swabs, have had a higher rate of failures.
During the call, the C.D.C. also clarified some of its previous reports on who is at increased risk of getting severely ill from Covid-19. Older people do have a higher risk of severe cases, the agency said, but that is in part because they are more likely to have other underlying medical problems, such as chronic kidney disease, lung disease, serious heart conditions, sickle cell disease, Type 2 diabetes and obesity.
But the agency stressed that young people, especially but not limited to those with these conditions, are also at risk for severe illness and death.
The United States on Thursday reported more than 41,000 new coronavirus cases, a record total for the second straight day, as a nationwide sense of urgency grew and caseloads soared in Southern and Western states that were far removed from the worst early outbreaks.
In an apparent sign of that urgency, the White House said that its coronavirus task force planned to reconvene on Friday for its first briefing in nearly two months.
Thursday’s grim record came as at least four states — Alabama, Alaska, Montana and Utah — reported their largest daily totals.
California, where stay-at-home orders were imposed particularly early in the pandemic, surpassed 200,000 total cases on Thursday, as its number of infections doubled over the past month. That is the second highest total for any state, though California’s per capita infection rate remains far lower than New York’s.
In some Southern and Western states, the virus has overwhelmed hospitals and forced officials to stall on plans to lift virus-related restrictions. On Thursday, Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida said that he did not intend to move to the next phase of reopening, while Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas paused his state’s reopening process and moved to free up hospital space for coronavirus patients.
The new nationwide totals confirmed the resurgence of the virus, which led to lockdowns that started in mid-March. Before this week, the country’s largest daily total was 36,738 on April 24, according to a Times database of coronavirus infections.
And in a stark reminder of what officials still don’t know about the scope of the outbreak in the United States, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday that number of Americans who have been infected with the coronavirus is most likely about 10 times the 2.3 million cases that have been reported.
Younger people are making up a growing percentage of new cases in cities and states where the virus is now surging, a trend that has alarmed public health officials and prompted renewed pleas for masks and social distancing.
“What is clear is that the proportion of people who are younger appears to have dramatically changed,” said Joseph McCormick, a professor of epidemiology at UTHealth School of Public Health in Brownsville, Texas. “It’s really quite disturbing.”
In Florida, there have been more than 10,000 new cases over the past two days, bringing its total to more than 114,000. Orange County, home to Orlando, is averaging 353 new cases a day, compared with 73 two weeks ago. And across the state, long lines have returned at testing sites that just a few weeks ago were seeing limited demand.
Miami-Dade County’s mayor, Carlos Giménez, has said that all plans to move forward are on pause. Beaches, malls and hotels are open, as well as restaurants at 50 percent capacity, but concert halls, public pools, massage and tattoo parlors are not.
“We’re not opening up bars, we’re not opening up nightclubs,” Mr. Giménez said Wednesday. “That’s just asking for trouble.”
The head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, defended the agency’s response to the coronavirus outbreak on Thursday while taking pointed questions from members of the European Parliament.
The W.H.O. has been accused of missteps since the virus first emerged in China. Critics, including President Trump, have accused the organization of not pushing China to be more forthcoming in the outbreak’s early days and of waiting too long to declare a global health emergency.
Peter Liese, a European Parliament member from Germany, said Dr. Tedros should apologize for not calling for a travel ban early in the outbreak.
Dr. Tedros said that the W.H.O. was not empowered to impose such bans and that it followed the guidelines set forth in the International Health Regulations.
Parliament members also questioned Dr. Tedros about his praise of China.
He said his compliments were for specific actions taken by Chinese officials, including their quick recognition of the virus and rapid dissemination of its genetic sequence. “Praising or appreciating on concrete issues, I think, is not a problem,” he said.
The W.H.O. is awaiting the findings of an independent panel commissioned to review its response to the outbreak. “If there is anything we need to accept, as W.H.O., we will be happy to accept,” Dr. Tedros said.
Also on Thursday, the W.H.O. announced that the number of new cases in Europe had increased last week for the first time in months. In 11 countries in particular, “accelerated transmission has led to very significant resurgence,” said Dr. Hans Kluge, the organization’s regional director for Europe.
If left unchecked, he said, the resurgence could “push health systems to the brink once again.”
Visitors lined up for the reopening of the Eiffel Tower in Paris on Thursday.Credit...Julien De Rosa/EPA, via Shutterstock
The French health minister said on Thursday that the authorities would introduce a “large-scale campaign” to test over a million people in the Paris region in a bid to stave off a fresh wave of infections.
The minister, Olivier Véran, told the newspaper Le Monde on Thursday that nearly 1.3 million people living in the Île-de-France region, which includes Paris, would receive vouchers from the national health insurance fund to get tested, on a voluntary basis, in any public or private medical lab, “even if they don’t have symptoms.”
“The goal is to identify potentially dormant clusters, that is to say invisible hotbeds of asymptomatic people,” Mr. Véran said.
Mr. Véran added that the authorities were first going to target 30 towns near existing clusters.
“For now, we are at an experimental stage to see if this is something the French want,” he said. “This experimentation could then be extended to other regions.”
Mr. Véran’s comments came as the Eiffel Tower in Paris partially reopened after a monthslong closure that had left one of Europe’s biggest tourist attractions unusually empty. Millions of visitors, most of them from abroad, usually stand in snaking lines at its base.
The tower’s elevators are still off limits, as is the top observation deck, until July 15 at the earliest. Face masks are also mandatory for any visitors older than 11, and the number of visitors will be limited.
A health worker tests for the coronavirus in New Delhi on Wednesday.Credit...Manish Swarup/Associated Press
Officials in India’s capital, New Delhi, planned to test all of the city’s 29 million residents over about 10 days, as the nationwide caseload surged toward 500,000 coronavirus infections and pushed many hospitals to their breaking point.
New Delhi and three Indian states have collectively reported about two-thirds of the country’s more than 490,000 cases, according to a New York Times database. On Thursday, the government reported 16,922 new cases, a single-day record.
As of Friday morning, more than 15,000 people had died from Covid-19. And in hard-hit areas, hospitals have run out of beds, forcing patients to cram into their corridors.
In New Delhi, which has more than 70,000 cases, officials said that teams of health care workers planned to visit every household and to conduct blood tests on anyone who exhibited coronavirus symptoms.
The exercise, which was announced on Wednesday, is scheduled to begin on June 27 and end by July 6. Each three-person team is expected to cover at least 50 of the city’s roughly 4.5 million households per day.
In addition to testing, the plan calls for using more police officers to enforce social distancing and for increased monitoring — via CCTV cameras and drones — of people moving through areas with viral clusters where the police have barricaded neighborhoods and put in place other restrictions to curb movement.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel praised the collaboration on Thursday, but his ebullient description of it was contradicted a few hours later when the Emirates issued a much more muted statement.CreditCredit...Ronen Zvulun/Reuters
Israel on Thursday announced a new partnership with the United Arab Emirates to battle the pandemic, a deal could open a door to closer ties with its Arab neighbors.
The partnership, announced by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at an air force base near Tel Aviv, appeared to represent a significant step toward normalization between two important U.S. allies in the Middle East.
But it fell well short of the establishment of formal diplomatic relations. And hours later, the Emirates issued a statement of its own, announcing what it described as an agreement between two private Emirati companies and two Israeli companies to develop technology to fight the virus.
The Emirati statement appeared to take the wind out of what Mr. Netanyahu was touting as a major diplomatic achievement.
The dueling announcements came at a time when Israel is drawing up plans to annex parts of the occupied West Bank, a move that Arab countries, including the Emirates, say would thwart warming relationships.
In recent years, Persian Gulf monarchies have shifted away from blanket condemnation of the Israelis over the Palestinian issue, in part because they view Israel as a valuable potential partner in trade, security and their rivalry with Iran.
The new partnership will include formal cooperation in research and development between the Israeli and Emirati health ministries on medical projects related to Covid-19 and other health issues in the Middle East, Mr. Netanyahu said.
Guests passing through an automatic disinfection booth at the entrance of a resort in Hurghada, Egypt, last week. Egypt will open some of its seaside resorts for international travelers on July 1.Credit...Khaled Desouki/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
When the pandemic first hit Egypt, the words “Stay Home” were projected in neon light across the Giza pyramids every night, a grand gesture fusing urgent health messaging with one of the world’s most famous monuments.
But no more.
Starting Saturday, restaurants, cafes and mosques will gradually reopen after three months of lockdown that exacted a punishing economic toll on Egypt’s 100 million citizens. Restaurants will operate at 25 percent capacity and close by 10 p.m., and mosques and churches will stay shut for weekly prayers, the busiest time of the week.
In July, the Giza pyramids and ancient sites along the Nile will reopen, the tourism minister said on Wednesday, in an effort to tempt tourists.
But experts have questioned the wisdom of easing restrictions as the virus continues a steep upward trajectory in Egypt. Some desperate patients, unable to find treatment in overburdened hospitals, have resorted to social media to appeal for medical assistance. Medical unions say that chronic shortages of equipment and training have caused nearly 100 doctors to die and more than 3,000 to become infected.
On Friday, Egypt reported 1,774 new cases, the highest number yet, for a total of nearly 60,000 cases and 2,450 deaths — the highest death toll of any Arab country.
The national carrier, EgyptAir, said Thursday it would resume flights to 24 destinations in early July when airports reopen.
President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has been keen to show he is in control, even as several of his top generals died from the virus in March. But he has been hit with unusually strong criticism from the country’s main doctors’ union.
Although public protest and most strikes are outlawed in Egypt, doctors in several hospitals have walked out in protest over their working conditions. Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly this week accused the doctors of fueling a rise in infections.
The main doctors union accused him of “ignoring the real reasons” for the crisis.”
Analysis from CNN's Stephen Collinson
US President Donald Trump walks to the White House residence after exiting Marine One on the South Lawn on June 25, in Washington, DC. Drew Angerer/Getty Images
America's single worst day of new coronavirus cases obliterated US President Donald Trump's fantasyland vision of a post-Covid America -- even as he sowed new diversions in an effort to hide the reality of his leadership void in a deepening national crisis.
More than 40,500 new cases of Covid-19 were reported on Thursday, according to Johns Hopkins University. The numbers superseded the previous darkest day of the pandemic, on April 24.
The new data suggests that the aggressive state reopenings championed by Trump, who wants a quick economic reboot to boost his reelection hopes, exacerbated a situation that now seems close to tipping out of control across a swathe of southern states.
And while the President lives in a bubble of his own obsessive political feuds and the embrace of conservative media that rarely dwells on the virus, the reality of a pandemic that may still be in its early changes is beginning to squeeze in on his world.
Task force briefing returns: In a sign that the White House needs to get control of the worsening situation, Vice President Mike Pence will chair the first public briefing of the White House coronavirus task force on Friday in two months.
Senior government public health officials have faded from the scene in recent weeks as Trump has tried to send a message that the US has "prevailed" over the virus and is reopening.
States in crisis: On Thursday alone, Texas -- the poster child for Trump's reopening strategy -- paused its transition to restoring normal life, alarmed by rising hospital admissions and a surge in new infections. Apple closed stores across Texas, Arizona, Florida, North Carolina and South Carolina to protect customers and workers from virus spikes.
Dozens of Secret Service agents are now self-isolating after several of their colleagues were found to have the virus after traveling to the President's rally in Oklahoma over the weekend.
Multiple Trump campaign staffers have taken the same step, after eight of their co-workers tested positive in the latest sign that Trump's plans for a full resumption of campaign rallies are not only reckless but may prove logistically impossible.
From CNN's Karina Tsui in Hong Kong and Angus Watson in Sydney
A drive through Covid-19 testing site is seen at the Melbourne Show Grounds on June 25, in Melbourne, Australia. Darrian Traynor/Getty Images
The Australian state of Victoria recorded 30 new coronavirus cases within the past day, marking the 10th consecutive day of double-digit case growth in the state.
The state government announced a new testing program today in an attempt to contain the outbreak: For the next 10 days, residents in 10 suburbs will receive free testing, regardless of whether they display symptoms or not.
Speaking at a news conference Friday, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison insisted that "the curve remains flat," despite the local outbreaks in Victoria.
"They’re contact-tracing over a thousand people," added Chief Medical Officer Brendan Murphy. “That’s the way to bring a localized outbreak under control -- to go where the problem is, engage with the population test, isolate, quarantine -- standard public health response."
Australian military troops will assist with testing in Victoria, but troops won’t enforce quarantine as initially requested by the state government, Morrison said.
On Monday, Victoria extended its state of emergency to July 19.
At least 1,947 coronavirus cases and 20 related deaths have now been reported in Victoria. Of the total cases, 1,742 patients have recovered from the virus.
From CNN's Melissa Mahtani
Microsoft founder Bill Gates said on Thursday that the current coronavirus picture, both globally and in the US, is "more bleak" than he would have expected.
During CNN's town hall on the coronavirus, Gates said the fact that people are still dying in the US today shows that the country is "not even close" to doing enough to fight the pandemic.
"It's possible to ramp up testing for a new pathogen very, very fast," he said.
"In fact a number of countries did that extremely well in this case and the technology keeps getting better there. The US in particular hasn't had the leadership messages or coordination that you would have expected."
"Some people almost feel like it's a political thing which is unfortunate," he added, something he says he didn't expect in America.
Eight weeks ago, when Gates was last a guest on CNN's Town Hall, the death toll in America stood at 63,000 with more than one million cases recorded.
From CNN's Julia Hollingsworth and Junko Ogura
Daiki Murakami hugs his daughter Yurina as he is seen off by his wife Akina (L) at Narita airport near Tokyo on June 25, 2020, before boarding a chartered flight to Vietnam for business. Kyodo/AP
A planeful of Japanese business travelers landed in Vietnam on Thursday, marking the first flight between the two countries since they imposed border restrictions in a bid to stop the spread of coronavirus.
Vietnam almost completely sealed off its borders to foreign nationals in March, while Japan currently bans residents of more than 100 countries and regions -- including Vietnam.
But the two countries are now easing their restrictions, allowing a chartered flight arranged by the Japanese Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam from Tokyo's Narita airport to northern Vietnam on Thursday.
The 150-odd passengers had their temperatures checked before flying, were tested for coronavirus on arrival and will be quarantined for two weeks in a hotel. Two other chartered flights are scheduled to run on Friday and Saturday, transporting a total of 440 people from Japan to Vietnam.
It's the first step toward opening borders between the two countries, with Japan's Foreign Ministry saying earlier this month it is working to relax rules on travel with Vietnam. The two countries are the latest to start slowly reopening borders as countries all over the world balance the need to keep their citizens safe -- and kick start their economies.
From CNN's Isaac Yee in Hong Kong
People wearing protective masks prepare their mobile phone for Safe Entry check-in as they queue to enter a shopping mall in Singapore, on Saturday, June 20 Suhaimi Abdullah/Getty Images
Seven foreign nationals in Singapore were fined, six of whom had their work passes revoked, after being found guilty of breaking the country’s coronavirus restrictions.
In court documents provided to CNN, public prosecutors accused four of the seven offenders of “engaging in a pub crawl amidst the pandemic.” The prosecutors added that all seven had “given the impression that our laws can be disregarded with impunity.”
All seven were convicted on Thursday for gathering when social gatherings were banned. Of the seven, four are British citizens, two American, and one Australian.
The six who had their work passes revoked by the Ministry of Manpower are also permanently banned from working in Singapore. The Ministry said they were among 140 work pass holders who faced similar consequences between May 1 and June 25 for breaching coronavirus restrictions, stay-at-home notices and quarantine orders.
“MOM will continue to take enforcement actions against work pass holders who do not comply with the requirements, including the revocation of work passes," warned the ministry in a statement on Thursday.
From CNN's Rodrigo Pedroso and Marcia Reverdosa in São Paulo and Taylor Barnes in Atlanta
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro at the Comando de Operações Aeroespaciais on June 23 in Brasilia, Brazil. Andressa Anholete/Getty Images
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who has called Covid-19 a “little flu” and resisted economic shutdowns to combat the virus, paid a rare tribute to the victims of the novel coronavirus in a Facebook Live on Thursday.
Sitting near the head of the Brazilian tourism agency, Gilson Machado Neto, Bolsonaro mentions that a popular Catholic festival will not be held in Brazil’s northeast this year due to “health issues” and referred to the custom of Brazilian radio stations, particularly in the countryside, playing “Hail Mary” on their evening broadcasts.
“I know that many radio programs in Brazil, at 6 p.m., play 'Ave Maria.' So I would like to pay tribute to those who have passed away, victims of the coronavirus, and ask Gilson to play 'Ave Maria,'" Bolsonaro said, prompting Neto to play the mournful tune on his accordion.
After Neto concluded singing, Bolsonaro then turned his attention to a few sheets of paper on the desk in front of him and said: “Let’s talk about the economy here.”
Source：https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/coronavirus-pandemic-06-26-20-intl/index.html
Here are the key developments from the last few hours:
.Russia on Friday reported 6,800 new coronavirus cases, the first daily rise below 7,000 since late April, taking its nationwide tally to 620,794.
The country’s coronavirus response centre said 176 people died of the virus in the last 24 hours, bringing the death toll to 8,781.
.Vietnam warned Friday the virus pandemic had swept away years of economic gains as south-east Asian leaders met online for a summit also dominated by anxiety over Beijing’s moves in the flashpoint South China Sea.
The chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) also wants to use the summit to inject momentum into talks on a sprawling China-backed trade pact.
The immediate focus for the 10-member bloc is the crippling cost of the coronavirus, which has ravaged the economies of tourism and export-reliant countries such as Thailand and Vietnam.
“It has swept away the successes of recent years ... threatening the lives of millions of people,” Vietnam’s prime minister, Nguyễn Xuân Phúc, said in a sobering opening address.
.British shopping centre firm Intu, whose properties have been ravaged by the coronavirus lockdown, warned on Friday it was likely to collapse after talks failed to restructure its finances.
Intu, which owns shopping malls including MetroCentre and the Trafford Centre in northern England and Lakeside in the south-east, had been seeking to progress talks with creditors ahead of a midnight deadline.
Shopping centres were forced to close for three months after the government imposed a nationwide lockdown on 23 March in a bid to halt the Covid-19 outbreak. Restrictions began to be eased this month.
In a statement on Friday, Intu announced that “insufficient alignment and agreement has been achieved” with its creditors.
“The board is therefore considering the position of Intu with a view to protecting the interests of its stakeholders,” it added.
.Swedes are losing trust in authorities’ handling of the coronavirus, as the man behind the country’s light-touch approach called lockdowns a form of madness and political parties demanded the Swedish strategy be reviewed before the next election in 2022.
.South Korea reported 39 new cases, mostly from the densely populated Seoul metropolitan area where officials have been struggling to stem transmissions amid increased public activity and eased attitudes on social distancing. South Korea was considered an anti-virus success story after containing an outbreak during February and March surrounding the southeastern city of Daegu. However, the country has been seeing an uptick in new infections since authorities moved to ease social distancing guidelines and reopen schools starting in May.
.Mexico’s finance minister, Arturo Herrera Gutiérrez, tested positive for coronavirus but is experiencing only “minor” symptoms. Mexico pushed past 25,000 reported coronavirus deaths and 200,000 confirmed cases Thursday.
Source：www.theguardian.com
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