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Country, |
Total |
New |
Total |
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World |
44,234,933 |
+459,020 |
1,171,300 |
|
9,038,030 |
+75,072 |
232,084 |
|
|
7,988,853 |
+42,965 |
120,054 |
|
|
5,440,903 |
+29,353 |
157,981 |
|
|
1,547,774 |
+16,550 |
26,589 |
|
|
1,198,695 |
+33,417 |
35,541 |
|
|
1,174,916 |
+18,418 |
35,298 |
|
|
1,116,609 |
+14,308 |
29,730 |
|
|
1,033,218 |
+8,166 |
30,565 |
|
|
917,575 |
+22,885 |
45,365 |
|
|
895,326 |
+4,166 |
89,171 |
|
|
892,497 |
+1,923 |
34,257 |
|
|
717,851 |
+1,092 |
19,053 |
|
|
581,824 |
+6,968 |
33,299 |
|
|
564,778 |
+21,994 |
37,700 |
|
|
504,525 |
+927 |
14,026 |
|
|
463,419 |
+13,161 |
10,263 |
|
|
459,908 |
+4,510 |
10,724 |
|
|
401,586 |
+1,335 |
5,838 |
|
|
396,454 |
+3,520 |
13,512 |
|
|
373,144 |
+1,524 |
7,053 |
|
|
366,208 |
+2,209 |
9,950 |
|
|
355,601 |
+6,677 |
6,590 |
|
|
345,631 |
+399 |
5,329 |
|
|
333,718 |
+12,687 |
10,899 |
|
|
329,375 |
+773 |
6,745 |
|
|
311,889 |
+10,292 |
7,142 |
|
|
311,724 |
+873 |
2,483 |
|
|
284,033 |
+15,663 |
2,547 |
|
|
280,229 |
+16,300 |
4,615 |
|
|
222,887 |
+2,674 |
10,001 |
|
|
217,216 |
+4,724 |
6,574 |
|
|
203,733 |
+3,988 |
3,445 |
|
|
163,192 |
+1,014 |
12,588 |
|
|
160,400 |
+570 |
876 |
|
|
140,952 |
+99 |
8,658 |
|
|
131,689 |
+257 |
230 |
|
|
130,422 |
+671 |
2,650 |
|
|
127,624 |
+1,390 |
482 |
|
|
Dominican |
125,008 |
+165 |
2,226 |
|
124,432 |
+3,299 |
2,371 |
|
|
123,092 |
+775 |
756 |
|
|
113,820 |
+466 |
1,203 |
|
|
110,684 |
+142 |
1,825 |
|
|
106,877 |
+170 |
6,222 |
|
|
105,571 |
+677 |
3,665 |
|
|
105,322 |
+862 |
1,329 |
|
|
97,498 |
+424 |
1,725 |
|
|
94,609 |
+902 |
965 |
|
|
94,218 |
+511 |
1,445 |
|
|
93,966 |
+752 |
2,633 |
|
|
90,400 |
+353 |
780 |
|
|
86,102 |
+2,835 |
1,005 |
|
|
85,826 |
+16 |
4,634 |
|
|
80,765 |
+232 |
316 |
|
|
80,410 |
+1,600 |
1,222 |
|
|
73,995 |
+1,809 |
590 |
|
|
72,460 |
+649 |
1,710 |
|
|
65,881 |
+214 |
556 |
|
|
63,642 |
+2,079 |
1,535 |
|
|
62,224 |
+113 |
1,135 |
|
|
60,557 |
+448 |
1,347 |
|
|
58,855 |
+3,800 |
668 |
|
|
58,767 |
+700 |
1,890 |
|
|
57,980 |
+7 |
28 |
|
|
57,975 |
+752 |
812 |
|
|
56,738 |
+568 |
1,136 |
|
|
56,706 |
+287 |
1,931 |
|
|
51,528 |
+576 |
458 |
|
|
51,149 |
+663 |
688 |
|
|
50,833 |
+836 |
934 |
|
|
47,666 |
+1,466 |
1,147 |
|
|
46,056 |
+901 |
176 |
|
|
42,701 |
+2,569 |
1,161 |
|
|
42,157 |
+745 |
709 |
|
|
40,880 |
+1,053 |
798 |
|
|
38,621 |
+1,413 |
470 |
|
|
32,752 |
+1,256 |
593 |
|
|
32,127 |
+1,824 |
238 |
|
|
28,640 |
+835 |
238 |
|
|
27,827 |
+628 |
949 |
|
|
27,541 |
+14 |
905 |
|
|
26,043 |
+88 |
460 |
|
|
25,603 |
+1,499 |
264 |
|
|
20,488 |
+2 |
122 |
|
|
19,729 |
+284 |
487 |
|
|
18,666 |
+324 |
280 |
|
|
17,091 |
+182 |
275 |
|
|
16,243 |
+43 |
348 |
|
|
15,571 |
+6 |
322 |
|
|
15,163 |
+193 |
354 |
|
|
14,884 |
+485 |
147 |
|
|
12,729 |
+54 |
133 |
|
|
11,621 |
+64 |
103 |
|
|
11,567 |
+35 |
37 |
|
|
11,362 |
+413 |
141 |
|
|
11,191 |
+17 |
305 |
|
|
10,860 |
+41 |
81 |
|
|
10,397 |
+12 |
70 |
|
|
9,871 |
+227 |
271 |
|
|
8,315 |
+12 |
242 |
|
|
6,502 |
+92 |
136 |
|
|
5,897 |
+3 |
183 |
|
|
5,875 |
+12 |
116 |
|
|
5,528 |
+67 |
275 |
|
|
5,514 |
+80 |
156 |
|
|
5,187 |
+7 |
111 |
|
|
4,437 |
+15 |
36 |
|
|
3,817 |
+181 |
25 |
|
|
3,746 |
+3 |
59 |
Retrieved from: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
From CNN's Manveena Suri in New Delhi
Nearly half of the coronavirus cases reported in India on Tuesday were from five states where people had been celebrating local festivals, according to the Indian Health Ministry.
The Hindu festival Navaratri, or "Nine Nights," took place from October 17-25, culminating in the 10th day -- Dushera. The annual event marks the onset of a new harvest season and is followed by Diwali, the festival of lights, on November 14.
"During the festival, cases have risen in Kerala, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Delhi," Rajesh Bhushan, secretary to the Indian Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, said at a news conference on Tuesday.
Case for optimism? Despite the rise in cases in the five states, government-led think member VK Paul said that many people had followed Covid-19 guidelines during Navaratri, and given an overall fall in infections over the previous 24 hours, he was hopeful.
"We saw that during the festival season Indians listened to the Prime Minister and followed guidelines; this is a huge deal," Paul said.
Latest numbers: On Tuesday, India reported 36,470 new cases in the previous 24 hours, the lowest single-day rise since July 17.
The Ministry of Home Affairs on Tuesday announced that it would not reimpose restrictions, while malls, restaurants, gyms, movie theatres, schools and other educational institutions will remain open with guidelines for social distancing in place.
As of Wednesday, India has reported a total of 7,990,322 Covid-19 cases, including 120,010 deaths.
From CNN’s Sophia Saifi in Islamabad
Pakistan’s health ministry has announced that the country is now experiencing its second wave of Covid-19 infections.
Special assistant to the Prime Minister on health, Dr. Faisal Sultan, said at a news conference on Tuesday that he was concerned by the “rate of positivity which increased to 2 and a half percent,” and by the fact that the number of new daily cases has jumped to a range of 700 to 750 per day.
Sultan announced that stricter restrictions and fines will be imposed in the coming days to ensure the public complies with safety procedures previously outlined by the government. Newer, data-based lockdowns would be implemented in neighborhoods hardest hit by the virus, he added.
He said the country “has reached a point where serious decisions have to be made in order to clamp down on the growth of the virus.”
According to the Health Ministry, there are currently 11,627 active cases of coronavirus in Pakistan. In the past 24 hours, 825 new cases and 14 deaths were recorded.
From CNN's Jake Kwon and Gawon Bae in Seoul
South Korea's capital, Seoul, will ramp up Covid-19 control measures ahead of Halloween to prevent cluster infections, a health official said on Wednesday.
In May, more than 250 cases were linked to nightlife venues in Seoul, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, causing authorities to temporarily shutter all clubs and bars shortly after.
The city is now taking precautions ahead of the holiday weekend. Park Yoo-mi, the city's director of public health, said it will conduct inspections on more than 150 businesses like clubs and bars from October 28 to November 3.
Businesses in violation of the city's Covid-19 measures will be banned for two weeks, Park said.
Though not an official holiday, Halloween has gained popularity among young people in South Korea in recent years, with many using the occasion to party in nightclubs.
South Korea reported 96 local cases in the past 24 hours, of which 61 were found in the Seoul metropolitan area. South Korea's total number of confirmed cases now stands at 26,146, with 461 deaths.
Retrieved from: https://edition.cnn.com/world/live-news/coronavirus-pandemic-10-28-20-intl/index.html
An El Paso hospital prepares for an overflow of coronavirus patients with makeshift tents on Tuesday. (Paul Ratje/Reuters)
As days grow short and cold weather sets in across the northern United States, the country is logging more coronavirus infections than ever before. Tuesday marked the first time that the rolling seven-day average of new daily case counts — a metric considered more reliable than single-day figures — topped 70,000. Record numbers of infections have been reported in 29 states over the past week, in every region of the country.
More than 8.7 million cases have been reported nationwide since February, and at least 226,000 people have died of covid-19, according to data tracked by The Washington Post.
Retrieved from: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/10/28/coronavirus-covid-live-updates-us/
Helen Sullivan and agencies
A child rolls a grocery cart as she waits in line to receive donated food in Queens, New York. Photograph: Kathy Willens/AP
The United States has added nearly half a million people to its tally of coronavirus infections in the last seven days, as Donald Trump continues to insist the country is “rounding the turn” of the pandemic.
Nearly 500,000 people have contracted Covid-19 in the United States over the last seven days, as new cases and hospitalizations set records in the Midwest. The seven-day total is 491,000, according to Johns Hopkins University.
The US has the highest number of infections worldwide, with more than 8.7 million people who have contracted the virus. Its death toll, also the world’s largest, stands at more than 226,000.
But on Tuesday the White House included among a lists of accomplishments this year “Ending the Covid-19 pandemic”. A news release accompanying a 62-page report from the White House office of science and technology policy includes, among the “highlights” to be found in the report, the phrase “Ending the pandemic”.
The release, quoted in the Huffington Post, states: “From the outset of the Covid-19 pandemic, the administration has taken decisive actions to engage scientists and health professionals in academia, industry, and government to understand, treat, and defeat the disease.”
Trump, facing a tough re-election battle on 3 November, reiterated his claim on Tuesday that the country is “rounding the turn” in the pandemic that has killed more than 226,000 people since erupting in March.
“We did the ventilators and now we’re doing all of the equipment and now we’re doing vaccines, we’re doing therapeutics. We’ve done a great job, and people are starting to see,” Trump told reporters at the White House.
Infections are also rising rapidly in several other countries, notably Europe and India.
France’s prime minister, Jean Castex, told MPs on Tuesday that hospital intensive care units will be saturated with Covid-19 patients by 11 November if nothing is done to stop the epidemic in the country.
President Emmanuel Macron announced that he would be giving a televised address on Wednesday evening amid reports that his government was considering placing the country under a month-long lockdown to stop the surge in cases. France recorded 33,417 new cases on Tuesday and 523 deaths – the most daily fatalities since April. The UK had its highest total since May.
Cases and deaths are also spiking in Italy where there were more protests on Tuesday at the government’s latest lockdown measures.
In Germany, chancellor Angela Merkel is expected to push for a “lockdown light” in crisis talks with regional leaders on Wednesday.
The proposed new restrictions would include closing restaurants and bars and putting strict limits on private and public gatherings while keeping schools, daycares and shops open, according to the best-selling Bild daily.
India’s tally of coronavirus cases stood less than 10,000 away from the grim milestone of 8 million, as 43,893 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours, data from the federal health ministry showed.
China has also seen a relatively large spike in cases with 42 new infections, the highest daily toll in more than two months, due to a rise in infections in the northwestern Xinjiang region, the country’s health authority said on Wednesday. The daily toll marks the highest since 44 confirmed infections were reported on 10 August.
In the US, Trump’s remarks come against a backdrop of alarming increases in infections from across the country.
Current coronavirus hotspots include Illinois, which reported 31,000 new infections over the past week, and two states expected to be crucial in the presidential race: Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
Wisconsin broke one-day state records in both cases and deaths; state officials told residents to stay home, wear masks and cancel social gatherings.
Alaska set a statewide record for single-day positive tests over the weekend, and some of the hardest-hit parts of the state were rural communities with mostly Native populations.
Nationwide more than 5,600 people died from the virus nationwide in the last week, with hospitalizations rising 13%, a Reuters analysis showed.
Retrieved from: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/28/global-coronavirus-report-us-adds-nearly-500000-cases-in-a-week-europe-faces-more-lockdowns
Here are the key developments from the last few hours:
· Nearly 500,000 people have contracted Covid-19 in the United States over the last seven days, as new cases and hospitalizations set records in the Midwest. The seven-day total is 491,000, according to Johns Hopkins University. The US has the highest number of infections worldwide, with more than 8.7 million people who have contracted the virus. Its death toll, also the world’s largest, stands at more than 226,000.
· On Tuesday the White House included among a lists of accomplishments this year “Ending the Covid-19 pandemic”. A news release accompanying a 62-page report from the White House office of science and technology policy includes, among the “highlights” to be found in the report, the phrase “Ending the pandemic”.
· France’s prime minister, Jean Castex, told MPs on Tuesday that hospital intensive care units will be saturated with Covid-19 patients by 11 November if nothing is done to stop the epidemic in the country. President Emmanuel Macron announced that he would be giving a televised address on Wednesday evening amid reports that his government was considering placing the country under a month-long lockdown to stop the surge in cases.
· German chancellor Angela Merkel is expected to push for a “lockdown light” in crisis talks with regional leaders on Wednesday. The proposed new restrictions would include closing restaurants and bars and putting strict limits on private and public gatherings while keeping schools, daycares and shops open, according to the best-selling Bild daily.
· India’s tally of coronavirus cases stood less than 10,000 away from the grim milestone of 8 million, as 43,893 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours, data from the federal health ministry showed.
· China confirmed 42 new infections, the highest daily toll in more than two months, due to a rise in infections in the northwestern Xinjiang region, the country’s health authority said on Wednesday. The daily toll marks the highest since 44 confirmed infections were reported on 10 August.
· More than 70 million Americans have cast ballots in the US presidential election, over half the total turnout of the 2016 election with one week to go until Election Day, according to a Tuesday tally from the US Elections Project. The figure highlights voters’ desire to reduce their risk of exposure to Covid-19 as the pandemic regathers strength heading into winter.
· French ICU units to hit record saturation in two weeks without new measures. The number of Covid-19 patients in French intensive care units could reach the same level as during the peak of the first wave in April in two weeks without new measures, a government spokesman said.
· Nearly 200 airports in UK and Europe could go bust due to collapse in air travel. Airports Council International Europe, which represents airport operators, said it estimated that 193 out of Europe’s 740 commercial airports face “insolvency in the coming months if passenger traffic does not start to recover by the year-end”.
· Canada’s Justin Trudeau predicts ‘tough winter’ and says pandemic ‘sucks’. As a second wave of Covid-19 infections engulfs much of the country, Trudeau called the pandemic a horrific national tragedy in5a rare show of emotion and frustration from the prime minister.
· US coronavirus cases surge in midwest as Trump heads there in campaign push. Trump travelled to a rally in Michigan and planned to go on to events in Wisconsin and Nebraska the same day, on a pre-election blitz across three states where cases are rising most steeply.
· Obama ridicules Trump over Covid media coverage complaints at Florida rally. He mocked the president for his complaints about the media closely covering the national coronavirus crisis,9saying “He is jealous of Covid’s media coverage.”
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