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Country, |
Total |
New |
Total |
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World |
46,804,603 |
+436,696 |
1,205,043 |
|
9,473,911 |
+71,321 |
236,471 |
|
|
8,229,322 |
+46,441 |
122,642 |
|
|
5,545,705 |
+10,100 |
160,104 |
|
|
1,636,781 |
+18,665 |
28,235 |
|
|
1,413,915 |
+46,290 |
37,019 |
|
|
1,264,517 |
+25595 |
35,878 |
|
|
1,173,533 |
+6,609 |
31,140 |
|
|
1,083,321 |
+9,137 |
31,515 |
|
|
1,034,914 |
+23,254 |
46,717 |
|
|
924,962 |
+6,151 |
91,753 |
|
|
904,911 |
+2,408 |
34,529 |
|
|
726,823 |
+1,371 |
19,411 |
|
|
709,335 |
+29,907 |
38,826 |
|
|
620,491 |
+7,719 |
35,298 |
|
|
544,346 |
+12,556 |
10,622 |
|
|
511,864 |
+1,608 |
14,247 |
|
|
475,288 |
+2,658 |
10,966 |
|
|
429,229 |
+16,915 |
11,625 |
|
|
412,784 |
+2,696 |
13,943 |
|
|
409,252 |
+1,568 |
5,941 |
|
|
395,440 |
+7,959 |
7,306 |
|
|
383,102 |
+2,385 |
7,237 |
|
|
379,902 |
+17,171 |
5,783 |
|
|
377,473 |
+2,106 |
10,326 |
|
|
359,861 |
+8,683 |
7,434 |
|
|
347,656 |
+374 |
5,420 |
|
|
341,644 |
+6,542 |
3,429 |
|
|
333,970 |
+977 |
6,823 |
|
|
314,943 |
+521 |
2,554 |
|
|
246,663 |
+5,324 |
7,067 |
|
|
236,841 |
+2,330 |
10,179 |
|
|
222,544 |
+3,460 |
3,762 |
|
|
173,567 |
+2,824 |
960 |
|
|
169,194 |
+1,002 |
12,684 |
|
|
144,341 |
+3,062 |
2,544 |
|
|
141,757 |
+126 |
8,725 |
|
|
134,336 |
+738 |
2,706 |
|
|
133,907 |
+1,278 |
496 |
|
|
132,720 |
+164 |
232 |
|
|
Dominican |
127,332 |
+314 |
2,249 |
|
126,534 |
+608 |
782 |
|
|
115,734 |
+1,300 |
1,246 |
|
|
112,418 |
+465 |
1,825 |
|
|
109,881 |
+4,956 |
1,130 |
|
|
108,104 |
+165 |
3,738 |
|
|
107,736 |
+181 |
6,278 |
|
|
101,146 |
+754 |
1,766 |
|
|
99,459 |
+977 |
985 |
|
|
97,404 |
+516 |
2,672 |
|
|
96,583 |
+414 |
1,478 |
|
|
92,325 |
+312 |
801 |
|
|
92,254 |
+2,441 |
1,363 |
|
|
85,997 |
+24 |
4,634 |
|
|
82,617 |
+1,389 |
643 |
|
|
81,923 |
+278 |
321 |
|
|
79,199 |
+3,878 |
1,819 |
|
|
76,582 |
+542 |
1,800 |
|
|
75,866 |
+3,259 |
866 |
|
|
67,101 |
+169 |
570 |
|
|
63,731 |
+546 |
1,418 |
|
|
62,964 |
+111 |
1,146 |
|
|
62,045 |
+950 |
871 |
|
|
62,002 |
+546 |
1,915 |
|
|
61,115 |
+1,302 |
1,348 |
|
|
59,946 |
+2,282 |
219 |
|
|
58,272 |
+330 |
1,973 |
|
|
58,019 |
+4 |
28 |
|
|
56,444 |
+1,175 |
740 |
|
|
55,877 |
+685 |
1,013 |
|
|
54,069 |
+1,225 |
1,298 |
|
|
54,060 |
+540 |
489 |
|
|
53,405 |
+699 |
1,258 |
|
|
51,495 |
+2,179 |
562 |
|
|
48,403 |
+1,449 |
826 |
|
|
48,124 |
+69 |
320 |
|
|
47,299 |
+948 |
723 |
|
|
40,929 |
+1,678 |
635 |
|
|
40,727 |
+1,791 |
335 |
|
|
35,649 |
+1,342 |
363 |
|
|
34,015 |
+189 |
979 |
|
|
32,505 |
+957 |
249 |
|
|
32,436 |
+864 |
1,004 |
|
|
27,595 |
+5 |
907 |
|
|
26,635 |
+124 |
466 |
|
|
22,103 |
+310 |
429 |
|
|
21,202 |
+327 |
518 |
|
|
20,635 |
+304 |
282 |
|
|
18,782 |
+849 |
160 |
|
|
18,714 |
+373 |
313 |
|
|
16,480 |
+48 |
349 |
|
|
16,291 |
+178 |
358 |
|
|
15,719 |
+895 |
166 |
|
|
15,630 |
+14 |
325 |
|
|
13,819 |
+15 |
837 |
|
|
12,988 |
+53 |
133 |
|
|
12,743 |
+248 |
112 |
|
|
11,701 |
+42 |
38 |
|
|
11,054 |
+37 |
82 |
|
|
11,035 |
+230 |
286 |
|
|
9,131 |
+37 |
208 |
|
|
8,374 |
+7 |
243 |
|
|
5,210 |
+7 |
111 |
|
|
4,563 |
+197 |
26 |
|
|
4,519 |
+6 |
38 |
|
|
3,784 |
+4 |
59 |
Retrieved from: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
The global death toll from the novel coronavirus surpassed 1.2 million Monday at 1 a.m. Eastern Time (ET), according to Johns Hopkins University's global tally.
As of Monday, Johns Hopkins reported 1,200,310 coronavirus deaths worldwide, with the United States holding the highest number of deaths from the virus.
To date, there have been more than 230,000 Covid-19 deaths in the US.
It has been just two weeks since the world reached 1.1 million coronavirus deaths on Saturday October 17.
The world's total number of confirmed Covid-19 cases currently stands at 46,500,057, according to the university's tally.
From CNN’s Sharif Paget and Sugam Pokharel in Atlanta
People queue to be tested for Covid-19 during nationwide testing in Bratislava, Slovakia, on October 31. Vladimir Simicek/AFP/Getty Images
Around 2.58 million people in Slovakia were tested on the first day of countrywide coronavirus testing on Saturday, Slovakian news agency TASR reported.
Of those tested, 25,850 or approximately 1% tested positive for the virus, according to TASR.
After seeing a recent surge of infections across Slovakia, Prime Minister Igor Matovic announced last month a plan to test everyone aged 10 years and over in the country for Covid-19.
Matovic said “testing will be free-of-charge” for the population of 5.4 million.
Five thousand testing stations were set up for the operation and up to 20 thousand health workers have been involved in the testing.
Slovakia went into an official state of emergency on October 1 when its infection rates started going up.
According to TASR, the Prime Minister on Sunday said that the mask mandate for all public areas and other measures, including a ban on mass gatherings, will remain in place even after the mass testing is completed.
Retrieved from: https://edition.cnn.com/world/live-news/coronavirus-pandemic-11-02-20-intl/index.html
By Justin McCurry
Japan has used new technology to determine if large crowds can watch sports events in safety amid the coronavirus pandemic, less than a year before Tokyo is due to host the coronavirus-postponed Olympics.
High-precision cameras examined spectators’ movements, and the proportion who were wearing masks, over the course of three baseball matches at Yokohama Stadium from last Friday. Carbon dioxide-monitoring devices and wind-speed measuring machines were installed to gauge how saliva droplets spread when spectators wearing masks shouted, and ate and drank.
On Friday, up to 16,000 people were permitted to enter the 34,000-seat stadium to watch the Yokohama DeNA BayStars play the Hanshin Tigers, with the maximum raised to 80% of capacity on Saturday and 100% for the third and final game on Sunday.
Reports said the number of fans fell short of the total target, with some apparently choosing to stay away amid signs of a slight uptick in cases in Japan. The country has recorded just over 100,000 Covid-19 infections and about 1,750 deaths - a relatively low number in a country of 126 million people.
The choice of Yokohama Stadium was no coincidence: it will be the main venue for softball and baseball matches at next summer’s Games, which are due to open on 23 July.
“We will report our findings here to the government,” said Kiyotaka Eguchi, a local government official. “The information we get here will be reflected in [government] guidelines, and that will also be used for the next year’s Olympics and professional baseball.”
Fans entering the stadium were asked to install a contact-tracing app so they can be notified if they came into contact with or sat near someone who later tested positive for the virus.
They were asked not to cheer loudly during the matches, while staff approached fans who were not wearing masks to cover their faces, local media accounts said. Older people and those with pre-existing health conditions were asked not to attend.
Data from the trial will be combined with simulations carried out by the supercomputer Fugaku, and could help the government decide whether to relax current limits on the number of people allowed to attend sporting and other big events.
Currently, no more than 50% of seats can be filled in venues with a capacity of over 10,000, although that ceiling, which will remain in place until the end of the month, did not apply during the recent baseball trial.
Mon 2 Nov 2020 05.55 GMT
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of the World Health Organization, is isolating after contact with someone with Covid-19. Photograph: Martial Trezzini/EPA
The head of the World Health Organization has gone into self-quarantine after someone he had been in contact with tested positive for Covid-19.
With Covid-19 again spreading rapidly across Europe, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who is based in Geneva, made the announcement by Twitter late on Sunday night, but stressed he had no symptoms.
“I have been identified as a contact of someone who has tested positive for _x001D_COVID19,” Tedros said in his tweet.
“I am well and without symptoms but will self-quarantine over the coming days, in line with @WHO protocols, and work from home,” he added.
Tedros has been at the forefront of the United Nations health agency’s efforts to battle the pandemic, which has claimed the lives of 1.2 million and infected more than 46 million people worldwide since emerging in China late last year, according to figures from Johns Hopkins University.
He stressed on Twitter that “it is critically important that we all comply with health guidance”.
“This is how we will break chains of _x001D_COVID19 transmission, suppress the virus, and protect health systems.”
Authorities in Slovakia said 2.58 million people – nearly half of the country’s population – took Covid-19 swabs on Saturday as part of a two-day drive to contain the spread of infections without resorting to a lockdown.
In an experiment being closely watched by other countries, people were asked to volunteer for the tests but the government said it would impose a lockdown on those who did not participate, including a ban on going to work.
The worsening situation in Europe is bringing the prospect of renewed lockdowns and the weekend was marked by street protests against further restrictions on daily life.
In Spain, the prime minister Pedro Sánchez called for an end to “the violent and irrational behaviour” of a minority of people after demonstrations in cities including Madrid, Barcelona, Málaga, Vitoria, Valencia, Santander and Burgos against the government’s decision to declare a six-month state of emergency in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
There were also continued protests in Italy on Sunday, with demonstrators in Naples taking to the streets demanding “Give us back our work, give us back our dignity”, and calling the government “thieves of freedom”.
On Sunday night more than 300 people gathered in the centre of São Paulo, Brazil to protest state governor João Doria’s support for mandatory Covid-19 immunisation and testing the potential vaccine developed by China’s Sinovac. The country’s health minister, Eduardo Pazuello, who is ill with Covid-19, remained in hospital on Sunday night after having been discharged from a civilian facility earlier in the day.
Anti-science sentiment was also on display in the United States where supporters of Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Florida on Sunday night began chanting “Fire Fauci” – and the president hinted that he might do so after the election.
The hostility towards Dr Anthony Fauci, the US government’s leading expert on infectious diseases, comes after he angered the White House by warning that the coming winter would see the virus continue to spread. Two weeks ago, Trump called him an “idiot”.
Anti-lockdown protests have been more muted in the UK but Saturday’s announcement that England is going into a tough four-week lockdown from Thursday has angered MPs in Boris Johnson’s ruling Conservative party.
He is expected to tell MPs in the House of Commons today that there was “no alternative” to the lockdown, which will see bars, restaurants and non-essential shops close until 2 December. But the mood among backbenchers was not helped by a suggestion from cabinet minister Michael Gove that the lockdown could last even longer, while the Times newspaper reported on Monday that the curbs could stay in place until next year as cases continue to rise by more than 25,000 a day.
Growing unease among rightwingers was manifested by an announcement by Nigel Farage that he was rebranding his Brexit party as an anti-lockdown Reform UK party.
It was reported on Sunday night that Prince Williams tested positive for the virus in April, but the news was not made public because the royal family “didn’t want to worry anyone”.
Retrieved from: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/02/global-coronavirus-report-who-chief-tedros-in-isolation-after-contact-with-positive-case
Iran’s true death toll is likely to be at least three times higher than the reported figure, the head of Iran’s medical council has said.
Earlier, it was reported that the country’s daily tally of coronavirus deaths had hit a record high of 434. The deaths, announced by Health Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari on state TV, take the official toll to 35,298 in the Middle East’s worst-hit country. She also said the number of confirmed coronavirus cases had increased by 7,719 to 620,491.
However, the head of Iran’s medical council, Mohammadreza Zafarghandi, doubted the accuracy of the official toll and warned that Iran had reached a “catastrophic mortality rate”, according to the Students News Agency, ISNA.
The official death toll is only based on the number of registered patients,” Zafarghandi said. “Through field surveys in hospitals and cemeteries, our Council has obtained a figure at least three times higher than the official death toll.”
The medical council is a non-governmental organisation responsible for licensing doctors in Iran.
Here’s a summary of the key developments in the coronavirus pandemic over the past few hours:
· Slovakia tested almost half of its entire population yesterday, as part of a two-day mass testing programme designed to bring coronavirus under control without implementing further lockdown measures. Of the 2.58 millio people tested, 1% were positive and will have to quarantine.
· Russia’s daily tally of coronavirus cases hit a record high of 18,665, taking the national total to 1,636,781. Meanwhile, Iran has marked its highest daily increase in its coronavirus death toll, with 434 recorded on Saturday.
· In the US, the public health expert Dr Fauci, who regularly speaks at White House briefings along with president Trump, said democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden was taking the virus seriously and focusing on public health, while Trump was “looking at it from a different perspective …” and prioritising the economy. The White House has accused him of “playing politics”.
· Spain saw demonstrations against further lockdown measures last night, with more than 30 arrests in Madrid after bins were set alight and makeshift barriers constructed. The prime minister has urged an end to the “violent and irrational behaviour”.
· Israel has begun human trials for its coronavirus vaccine, starting with a trial of eighty people,
· Italy’s health minister has described new data on coronavirus pandemic as “terrifying”, saying that the country has two days to approve further restrictions to curb the spread of the virus.
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