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Country, |
Total |
New |
Total |
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World |
54,806,356 |
+491,445 |
1,324,094 |
|
11,367,214 |
+139,084 |
251,901 |
|
|
8,845,617 |
+30,715 |
130,109 |
|
|
5,863,093 |
+14,134 |
165,811 |
|
|
1,981,827 |
+27,228 |
44,548 |
|
|
1,925,825 |
+22,572 |
33,186 |
|
|
1,492,608 |
+21371 |
40,769 |
|
|
1,369,318 |
+24,962 |
51,934 |
|
|
1,310,491 |
+5,645 |
35,436 |
|
|
1,198,746 |
+7,742 |
34,031 |
|
|
1,178,529 |
+33,979 |
45,229 |
|
|
1,003,253 |
+5,860 |
98,259 |
|
|
937,011 |
+2,112 |
35,231 |
|
|
802,944 |
+14,045 |
12,692 |
|
|
762,068 |
+12,543 |
41,493 |
|
|
751,024 |
+1,842 |
20,241 |
|
|
712,972 |
+21,854 |
10,348 |
|
|
535,857 |
+10,681 |
9,603 |
|
|
531,280 |
+6,268 |
14,303 |
|
|
531,273 |
+1,597 |
14,819 |
|
|
519,152 |
+2,237 |
11,670 |
|
|
467,113 |
+4,106 |
15,211 |
|
|
460,116 |
+1,887 |
6,208 |
|
|
447,871 |
+5,413 |
8,486 |
|
|
432,333 |
+1,837 |
6,194 |
|
|
414,278 |
+3,223 |
11,507 |
|
|
407,838 |
+1,530 |
7,832 |
|
|
360,281 |
+7,096 |
8,926 |
|
|
356,904 |
+2,443 |
7,141 |
|
|
353,255 |
+305 |
5,657 |
|
|
323,741 |
+402 |
2,732 |
|
|
296,077 |
+4,146 |
10,953 |
|
|
293,177 |
+4,966 |
4,779 |
|
|
217,301 |
+6,035 |
3,381 |
|
|
209,776 |
+1,477 |
1,221 |
|
|
203,956 |
+5,665 |
1,829 |
|
|
180,295 |
+668 |
13,008 |
|
|
150,345 |
+1,210 |
530 |
|
|
146,653 |
+1,344 |
2,873 |
|
|
143,678 |
+2,373 |
1,772 |
|
|
143,181 |
+112 |
8,841 |
|
|
140,961 |
+4,238 |
3,097 |
|
|
136,840 |
+499 |
838 |
|
|
135,785 |
+215 |
234 |
|
|
Dominican |
133,724 |
+499 |
2,285 |
|
120,463 |
+630 |
1,899 |
|
|
120,389 |
+947 |
1,338 |
|
|
117,337 |
+1,482 |
1,763 |
|
|
116,677 |
+1,694 |
1,883 |
|
|
114,885 |
+166 |
3,932 |
|
|
114,185 |
+1,315 |
1,046 |
|
|
110,767 |
+220 |
6,453 |
|
|
105,430 |
+1,163 |
817 |
|
|
102,720 |
+399 |
1,569 |
|
|
102,555 |
+476 |
2,822 |
|
|
98,251 |
+816 |
2,130 |
|
|
97,352 |
+419 |
851 |
|
|
89,279 |
+507 |
2,019 |
|
|
86,767 |
+1,200 |
510 |
|
|
86,338 |
+13 |
4,634 |
|
|
84,703 |
+180 |
334 |
|
|
84,568 |
+3,482 |
1,009 |
|
|
84,206 |
+2,362 |
1,049 |
|
|
80,404 |
+1,065 |
2,345 |
|
|
79,678 |
+3,020 |
703 |
|
|
75,688 |
+2,259 |
967 |
|
|
74,205 |
+1,695 |
1,106 |
|
|
73,602 |
+974 |
1,017 |
|
|
71,574 |
+509 |
1,587 |
|
|
70,245 |
+972 |
1,269 |
|
|
70,181 |
+194 |
598 |
|
|
68,994 |
+983 |
1,577 |
|
|
67,903 |
+377 |
1,979 |
|
|
67,679 |
+860 |
2,154 |
|
|
66,504 |
+551 |
1,199 |
|
|
65,148 |
+152 |
1,163 |
|
|
63,031 |
+864 |
565 |
|
|
62,136 |
+1,058 |
760 |
|
|
58,119 |
+3 |
28 |
|
|
55,042 |
+920 |
797 |
|
|
50,123 |
+105 |
322 |
|
|
47,417 |
+1,208 |
309 |
|
|
47,050 |
+988 |
1,305 |
|
|
34,758 |
+1,372 |
277 |
|
|
28,966 |
+532 |
294 |
|
|
28,546 |
+208 |
493 |
|
|
27,830 |
+597 |
623 |
|
|
27,728 |
+17 |
907 |
|
|
27,177 |
+491 |
391 |
|
|
27,092 |
+548 |
226 |
|
|
20,976 |
+31 |
128 |
|
|
19,315 |
+213 |
369 |
|
|
17,310 |
+87 |
250 |
|
|
7,178 |
+127 |
39 |
|
|
5,274 |
+6 |
114 |
|
|
4,662 |
+4 |
44 |
|
|
3,874 |
+8 |
60 |
|
|
1,281 |
+25 |
35 |
Retrieved from: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
From CNN’s Yoko Wakatsuki in Tokyo and Angus Watson in Sydney
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach speaks to the media after his meeting with Japan's prime minister in Tokyo, on November 16. Kazuhiro Nogi/Pool/AP
The head of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said Monday he is hopeful that spectators will be able to attend the Tokyo Olympics next year in a “post-coronavirus world.”
"We can and will make these Olympic Games as a great symbol of solidarity and unity of humanity in this world, which by then will hopefully be a post-coronavirus world," IOC President Thomas Bach said in Tokyo.
Bach said he hopes a vaccine could make the games safer, if one is available by the time the Tokyo Olympics are due to begin on July 23, 2021.
"In order to protect the Japanese people, and out of respect for the Japanese people, the IOC will undertake a great effort so that as many as possible of the Olympic participants and visitors will arrive here vaccinated if by then a vaccine is available,” Bach said.
Bach arrived in Japan on Sunday for meetings with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Monday.
“We are determined that we will realize the Tokyo Olympics," Suga said alongside Bach on Monday. “We will work closely with the IOC president and make our best efforts to carry out a safe Olympics."
From CNN's Esha Mitra in New Delhi
India reported 30,548 new coronavirus cases for the past 24 hours on Monday, the lowest single day rise since July 15, according to a CNN tally of data from the Indian Ministry of Health.
Monday also marks the ninth consecutive day that new infections have fallen below 50,000. That's despite the celebrations and gatherings for Diwali -- the festival of lights that fell on November 14 this year.
The Health Ministry attributed the declining new cases to the "successful dissemination of Covid Appropriate Behaviour among the varied population groups".
However, as people gathered to shop ahead of Diwali, experts warned India may see an uptick in cases in the following weeks.
"I won't be surprised if cases rise across India," Dr. Arvind Kumar, founder and managing trustee of the non-profit Lung Care Foundation, told CNN on Thursday, adding that the effects of the festive gatherings may be felt a week or two after the festivities.
As of Monday, India's total caseload stands at 8,845,127, with 130,070 deaths.
From CNN's Angus Watson in Sydney
The Australian state of South Australia has reinstated some social distancing restrictions and halted international flights into its capital, in an attempt to curb a new coronavirus outbreak.
Announced by the state's Premier Steven Marshall on Monday, the new measures include the closing of gyms, canceling community sport and capping funerals at 50 people. Masks will be mandatory for aged care facilities, with visitors capped at two per day.
South Australia reported four cases of coronavirus on Sunday -- its first local infections since April. The cluster grew to 17 on Monday, according to health authorities.
One of the coronavirus cases works at a hotel quarantine facility, where international arrivals into Adelaide must quarantine for 14 days.
“Time is now of the essence, and we must act swiftly and decisively on the health advice to stay ahead of the game,” Marshall said. “We cannot wait to see how bad this gets.”
The state of Western Australia, which received flights from Adelaide on Sunday, designated South Australia as a "medium risk" jurisdiction on Monday and enforced a 14-day quarantine for arrivals from the state.
Victoria and New South Wales, the two states which previously saw large coronavirus outbreaks, will not subject arrivals from South Australia to quarantine.
Retrieved from: https://edition.cnn.com/world/live-news/coronavirus-pandemic-11-16-20-intl/index.html
Prime Minister Boris Johnson in London on Wednesday. He was hospitalized for the coronavirus in April.
Seven months after he battled a serious case of Covid-19, the British prime minister, Boris Johnson, announced Sunday that he was quarantining after coming into contact with a lawmaker later found to be infected.
Mr. Johnson’s office said in a statement that he felt fine and was showing no symptoms.
Experts say it’s still too early to know how long immunity to the coronavirus lasts, but reinfection with the virus is thought to be very rare for at least many months after the first illness.
The prime minister decided to go into isolation after the National Health Service’s test-and-trace program contacted him and said he had been exposed to the coronavirus. On Thursday, Mr. Johnson spent about half an hour with a member of Parliament who tested positive after feeling ill.
Other than isolating himself, Mr. Johnson is conducting business as usual, officials said. “He will carry on working from Downing Street, including on leading the government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic,” his office’s statement said.
The prime minister had a close call with the virus in April, when he was hospitalized and spent three days in intensive care.
Mr. Johnson has been accused repeatedly of taking a lackadaisical approach to the pandemic, but when he emerged from the hospital he appeared chastened.
In an emotional five-minute video, Mr. Johnson thanked the country’s National Health Service, declaring it had “saved my life, no question.”
Over three months in the summer, the portion of people in Britain with detectable antibodies to the coronavirus fell by about 27 percent. Experts say it’s normal for levels of antibodies to drop after the body clears an infection. However, when needed, immune cells already carry a memory of the virus and can churn out fresh antibodies.
Retrieved from: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/11/15/world/covid-19-coronavirus/boris-johnson-despite-a-past-bout-with-the-virus-is-quarantining
Australian Associated Press
New Zealand’s prime minister Jacinda Ardern has cast doubt on a travel bubble with Australia by Christmas. Photograph: Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images
As South Australia experiences a new Covid-19 outbreak, the New Zealand prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, has conceded there is very little chance of an operational trans-Tasman travel bubble by Christmas.
Australia and New Zealand are tackling the pandemic with slightly different strategies, leading to an impasse over a border reopening.
Australia is pursuing a suppression strategy, which involves locking down hotspots where cases reach a certain threshold, but New Zealand’s elimination strategy does not allow for the same risk tolerance.
“What’s happening in South Australia only further reinforces the importance of having a good understanding of how Australia intends to manage their internal borders when there are outbreaks,” Ardern said.
“If they have an outbreak but they are instituting strong border controls, then it’s manageable. But if they have a tolerance level for community transmission that’s higher than ours, then it is problematic.
“What this underscores is why it’s so important that New Zealand has not rushed into this.”
While Kiwis can travel to New South Wales and the Northern Territory without the need to quarantine for a fortnight, no one entering New Zealand escapes the mandatory isolation period.
Ardern said she didn’t “have the necessary protections” to give an assurance about a Christmas reopening.
Still, New Zealand is holding out the prospect of opening up to one destination soon – the Cook Islands.
The semi-autonomous Pacific nation has deep ties to New Zealand and is without a case of coronavirus.
Kiwi officials are currently on the Cooks, surveying the country’s air and maritime borders, with a view to opening a bubble and restoring the tourism-reliant economy.
Ardern said once officials gave the green light to an opening, it would take three weeks to get it up and running.
On Monday, her cabinet also made changes to mask-wearing after another community case scare in Auckland last week.
From Thursday, Aucklanders on public transport and all New Zealanders on planes will have to wear masks, along with taxi and Uber drivers.
“These additional precautions are a small price to pay to maintain the economic and social freedoms we have,” Ardern said.
Retrieved from: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/16/australia-new-zealand-bubble-by-christmas-all-but-dead-jacinda-ardern-warns
Here are the key developments from the last few hours:
· The White House is coming under growing pressure to allow transition talks to begin amid a terrifying surge in coronavirus cases that is pushing hospital systems across the US to the brink of collapse. As Donald Trump insisted he would not concede defeat – despite tweeting that Biden “won” last week’s election – Ron Klain, Biden’s chief of staff, said on Sunday it was essential that a “seamless transition” begins quickly, given the severity of the pandemic.
· UK prime minister, Boris Johnson, is self-isolating after coming into contact with an MP who has subsequently tested positive for Covid-19, Downing Street said on Sunday.The prime minister was present at a 35-minute meeting with a small group of Conservative MPs on Thursday morning. One of them, Lee Anderson, subsequently developed symptoms of Covid-19 and has tested positive. Downing Street said the prime minister was “well” and insisted that No 10 was a Covid-secure workplace but that test and trace had advised the prime minister that, because of factors including the length of the meeting, he should self-isolate as a precaution.
· The US passed 11m coronavirus cases just one week after confirming its ten-millionth case. More than a million cases were recorded in the country over the last week, which saw four days in a row of world record infection totals.The current US total, according to Johns Hopkins University, is 11,003,469. At least 246,000 people have died in the country.The global case total is 54m and the death toll stands at 1.3m.
· Michigan and Washington on Sunday joined several other states in announcing renewed efforts to combat the coronavirus, and as many Americans prepare to observe a Thanksgiving holiday marked by the pandemic. Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s administration ordered high schools and colleges to stop in-person classes, closed restaurants to indoor dining and suspended organized sports — including the football playoffs — in an attempt to curb the state’s spiking case numbers. “We are at the precipice and we need to take some action,” said Whitmer.
· Covid-19 testing capacity in the UK is to be more than doubled, with major new laboratories to open early next year in a sign the government is planning for the pandemic to persist despite hopes for a number of vaccine candidates.
· China’s retail sales continued a general recovery in October, official data showed Monday, on the back of a national holiday and policies aimed at boosting spending. Although China has largely brought the coronavirus under control, spending has been slower to recover as the world still grapples with the impact of the pandemic.Retail sales in the world’s second-largest economy rose 4.3% on-year last month, Beijing’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Monday.
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