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(6 years ago)Daily cases of COVID-19 have reached record levels worldwide, especially in Europe and the American continent, the World Health Organisation said on Friday. O Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebraesus said during a press conference in Geneva that a record number of cases were reported on each of the four days [...]
O Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebraesus said during a press conference in Geneva that a record number of cases were reported on each of the last four days.
We need to keep in mind that this is an uneven pandemic,” said Ghebraesus. “The countries have reacted differently and countries have been affected differently. Almost 70% of all reported global cases last week were from 10 countries, and almost half of all cases were from only three countries. ”
The United States had more new infections over a 24-hour period than any other country, with 63,610, with the total number of cases Friday at over 8 million, the highest worldwide, according to Johns Hopkins University figures.
The US also has the largest number of victims from COVID-19, with over 218,000 deaths, Voa reports.
Growth in Five States
Flights in the United States are attributed to rising levels of infection in the countries of Texas, Illinois, Wisconsin, Florida, and California, according to data collected by Johns Hopkins.
India recorded 63,371 new cases on Friday, while also saw significant increases in the number of infections in France, Brazil and Britain.
Disturbing Growth in Europe
Maria Van Carkhovas e O The BSH told reporters Friday that 80% of European countries were experiencing significant increases in COVID-19 cases.
In Britain, where Johns Hopkins University reported nearly 19,000 new cases Friday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned it would force the Grand Manchester to establish the strictest level of the country's coronary restrictions after local officials refused to impose restrictions on areas with high infection rates.
On Saturday, France will begin a halt from 9:00 to 6 a.m. to the Paris region and at least seven other cities: Leon, Grenoble, Aix-en-Provence, Montpellier, Lila, Rouen and Saint-Etienne. Stop-blowing will stand in force for at least four weeks.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and governors of the country's 16 states have agreed to impose a new round of restrictions nationwide after seeing new record cases of COVID-19. Limitations include early closing of bars and restaurants and limiting the number of people allowed to gather in public.
Merkel said Friday that a planned European Union summit on China's policy of the 27-nation bloc in Berlin next month was cancelled due to the revived pandemic.
Italy reported more than 10,000 new infections during the last 24 hours of Friday, the highest daily number since the country's beginning of pandemic. Italy has the second highest death rate in Europe after Britain, reporting more than 36,400 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic in February.
Since Friday afternoon, there were more than 39 million cases of COVID-19 worldwide and more than 1.1 million global COVID-19 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University.
