#	Country, Other	Total Cases	New Cases	Total Deaths
	World	12,379,259	+223,230	556,609
1	USA	3,219,999	+61,067	135,822
2	Brazil	1,759,103	+42,907	69,254
3	India	794,842	+25,790	21,623
4	Russia	707,301	+6,509	10,843
5	Peru	316,448	+3,537	11,314
6	Chile	306,216	+3,133	6,682
7	Spain	300,136	+543	28,401
8	UK	287,621	+642	44,602
9	Mexico	275,003	+6,995	32,796
10	Iran	250,458	+2,079	12,305
11	Italy	242,363	+214	34,926
12	Pakistan	240,848	+3,359	4,983
13	South Africa	238,339	+13,674	3,720
14	Saudi Arabia	223,327	+3,183	2,100
15	Turkey	209,962	+1,024	5,300
16	Germany	199,198	+433	9,125
17	Bangladesh	175,494	+3,360	2,238
18	France	170,094	+621	29,979
19	Colombia	133,973	+5,335	4,714
20	Canada	106,805	+371	8,749
21	Qatar	102,110	+557	142
22	Argentina	90,693	+3,663	1,720
23	China	83,581	+9	4,634
24	Egypt	79,254	+950	3,617
25	Sweden	74,333	+48	5,500
26	Indonesia	70,736	+2,657	3,417
27	Iraq	69,612	+2,170	2,882
28	Belarus	64,411	+187	449
29	Ecuador	64,221	+976	4,900
30	Belgium	62,210	+87	9,778
31	UAE	53,577	+532	328
32	Kazakhstan	53,021	+1,962	264
33	Kuwait	52,840	+833	382
34	Philippines	51,754	+1,395	1,314
35	Oman	51,725	+1,518	236
36	Ukraine	51,224	+810	1,327
37	Netherlands	50,798	+52	6,137
38	Singapore	45,423	+125	26
39	Portugal	45,277	+418	1,644
40	Bolivia	42,984	+1,439	1,577
41	Panama	42,216	+965	839
42	Dominican Republic	40,790	+1,202	842
43	Poland	36,951	+262	1,551
44	Israel	34,825	+1,268	348
45	Afghanistan	33,908	+314	957
46	Switzerland	32,586	+88	1,966
47	Bahrain	31,528	+597	103
48	Romania	30,789	+614	1,834
49	Nigeria	30,748	+499	689
50	Armenia	30,346	+526	535
51	Guatemala	26,658	+1,247	1,092
52	Honduras	25,978	+550	694
53	Ireland	25,565	+23	1,743
54	Ghana	23,463	+641	129
55	Azerbaijan	22,464	+548	284
56	Japan	20,371	+197	981
57	Moldova	18,666	+195	624
58	Austria	18,615	+102	706
59	Algeria	17,808	+460	988
60	Serbia	17,342	+266	352

 

Source：https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

 

 

 

Hong Kong to suspend all schools following a surge in locally transmitted cases

From CNN's Vanessa Chan

 

Hong Kong announced Friday the suspension of all schools in the city, following a surge in locally transmitted coronavirus cases.

“Due to the growth of confirmed COVID-19 cases, some parents are concerned about the hygiene of [schools]," said Secretary of Education Kevin Yeung.
"After consideration and listening to expert’s advice, we decided that all kindergarten, primary school, secondary school can start the summer holiday [early] from next Monday,” he said.

Summer holiday for public school students was originally scheduled to begin in late July.

The announcement comes after Hong Kong reported 42 coronavirus cases on Thursday, including 34 locally transmitted infections.

The Hong Kong government has tightened social distancing measures in a bid to contain the fresh outbreak.

Ben Cowling, a professor of epidemiology at the University of Hong Kong, said on Twitter that the "effective reproductive number" -- the average number of people each coronavirus carrier goes on to infect -- for local infections is now close to 3, which will take "a lot of effort to bring down."

That number was estimated to be around 2 during the previous wave of outbreak in late March, Cowling said.

 

 

India continues to see record single-day jump in new coronavirus cases

From CNN's Manveena Suri in New Delhi

 

Migrant laborers wait to board a train in Kolkata on July 9. Arun Sankar/AFP/Getty Images

India recorded 26,506 new coronavirus cases Thursday -- its largest single-day total to date, its health ministry announced Friday.

The total number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in India now stands at 793,802, with 21,604 deaths, according to the ministry.

So far, a total of 495,512 people have recovered from the virus.

Despite soaring cases, the health ministry insisted Thursday that there was no evidence of sustained community transmission of coronavirus across the country.

At a press briefing on Thursday, Rajesh Bhushan, a senior health ministry official, said that the spread of coronavirus cases is currently under control, with the number of recovered cases exceeding the number of active cases.

 

 

Victoria records 288 new Covid-19 cases, highest single day rise in any Australian state

From CNN's Angus Watson in Sydney

 

 

Premier of Victoria Daniel Andrews speaks to the media during the daily briefing on July 10, in Melbourne. Darrian Traynor/Getty Images

The Australian state of Victoria registered a record 288 new coronavirus cases on Thursday -- the highest any Australian state has reported in a single day since the pandemic began, the state's Premier Daniel Andrews announced on Friday.

The vast majority of the new cases have not yet been traced, Andrews said at a press briefing.

Speaking at the same event, Victoria’s Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton said the latest rise is a “very ugly number” and warned that “we will get worse numbers to follow.”

"Our numbers are the numbers that the US gets every ten minutes, so we are still in a fortunate position and we have gone into this lockdown in order to prevent us from those sorts of pressures," Sutton added.

Premier Daniel Andrews also advised Victorians, particularly those in Melbourne, to wear masks whenever they are outside and maintain social distance.

“It is our request, it is not compulsory,” Andrews said. “If you can wear a mask when you can’t distance, that's what you should do”.

 

 

Mexico records more than 7,000 new Covid-19 cases, its highest jump since the outbreak

From CNN's Karol Suarez and Tim Lister

 

People queue to receive free food from a Motorcycle Organization in Mexico City on July 9. Pedro Pardo/AFP/Getty Images

Mexico saw its third day of record highs in coronavirus cases over the past week, recording more than 7,000 cases in a single day.

The Mexican Health Ministry recorded 7,280 newly confirmed Covid-19 cases Thursday, bringing the country's total confirmed cases to 282,283.

The ministry also recorded 730 new deaths from the virus, bringing the nationwide death toll to 33,526.

A CNN analysis of figures from individual states and from World Health Organization shows that Mexico, among other Latin American countries, is at or close to its peak infection rate, as daily numbers are averaged over a week. 

In Mexico, the daily average of new cases in the week to July 8 was 6,176 -- the highest yet. A week ago, that average was 4,989, according to CNN's analysis of official data.

Deaths in Mexico from the coronavirus have fallen back from a daily average of 759 in the week to June 25 to 612 on July 8, but in recent days that daily average has begun to creep up again.

 

 

Japan sees 357 new coronavirus cases as Tokyo hits record daily high 

From CNN's Yoko Wakatsuki in Tokyo

 

People wearing face masks gather at the Tokyo railway station on July 2. Philip Fong/AFP/Getty Images

Japan recorded 357 new coronavirus cases Thursday, its health ministry said Friday. 

This is the first time the country has recorded more than 300 daily new infections since April 25, when it was still under a state of emergency over the pandemic. 

The majority of the new infections came from Tokyo, which reported 224 new cases on Thursday -- the largest single-day climb in the Japanese capital since the outbreak began. 

Tokyo's governor Yuriko Koike said Thursday the jump was due to increased testing. 

Koike said he expects the trend to continue and urged the public and businesses to stick to guidelines for infection prevention.

Japan also recorded a coronavirus-related death Thursday, the health ministry said. 

So far, the coronavirus has infected 21,431 people and claimed 995 lives in Japan.

 

 

CDC director says he stands by guidance on how schools can reopen this year

 

 

Dr. Robert Redfield CNN

Dr. Robert Redfield, the director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, discussed tonight guidelines schools around the country should consider before reopening during the pandemic.

These guidelines received added attention recently after President Trump, against the advice of some of the nation's top health officials, called for schools to reopen as coronavirus cases surge across the country.

Redfield said the guidelines "are to provide a variety of different strategies for schools to use to help facilitate the reopening of schools," he said tonight during CNN's global coronavirus town hall.

The CDC guidelines for schools to reopen contain steps to keep children safe, including keeping desks to be placed six feet apart and for children to use cloth face coverings. The CDC suggests the closing of communal areas like dining rooms and playgrounds and the installation of physical barriers like sneeze guards where necessary.

Redfield said that each school district should read the guidelines and see "how they can incorporate those guidances to make their school in a situation where they can reopen safely."

"We do continue to provide additional material and actually had planned for some time some resources or consideration documents to help better understand the guidance, particularly for communities that are opening K-12. We have another document for parents and caregivers how to plan for kids to go back to school," Redfield said.

Earlier today: Redfield said schools must reopen because if they were to stay closed, it would be a “greater public health threat."

“I cannot overstate how important I think it is now to get our schools in this nation reopened,” Redfield said during a virtual summit hosted by the Hill. “The reason I push it is because I truly believe it’s the public health benefit of these kids."

"Having the schools actually close is a greater public health threat to children than having the schools reopen," he said.

The virus is not much of a threat to most children, Redfield said.

 

 

US sees another record daily rise in COVID-19 cases

 

 

Healthcare workers move a patient in the Covid-19 Unit at United Memorial Medical Center in Houston, Texas, on July 2. Mark Felix/AFP/Getty Images

The US saw a record number of new coronavirus cases in a single day Thursday, with 60,646 new cases reported, according to Johns Hopkins University.

There are at least 3,115,345 cases of coronavirus in the US and more than 133,000 people have died from the virus, according to JHU’s tally. 

Thursday's total eclipses the previous high of new US cases reached on July 7, when 60,021 new coronavirus cases were reported across the country, according to Johns Hopkins data.

 

Source :https://edition.cnn.com/world/live-news/coronavirus-pandemic-07-10-20-intl/index.html

 

 

Bolivia's president and Venezuela's Socialist party leader test positive for Covid-19

 

Tom Phillips

Here is the fill story on two top politicians in Latin America testing positive for coronavirus:

Two more leading Latin American politicians – from Bolivia and Venezuela – have said they have tested positive for Covid-19 in the same week Brazil’s president announced he had contracted coronavirus.

Diosdado Cabello, Venezuela’s number two official and the leader of the Socialist party, announced his diagnosis on social media on Thursday evening and said he was in self-isolation. “We will prevail!!” tweeted the influential Chavista.

Jeanine Añez, Bolivia’s rightwing interim president, said she had received the same diagnosis. “I’ve tested positive for Covid-19,” tweeted Añez, who controversially took power after Evo Morales was forced into exile last year.

“I’m OK, I will work in isolation. Together, we will get through this.”

The announcements came two days after Brazil’s president, Jair Bolsonaro, said he had tested positive and underline the extent to which Covid-19 is sweeping across the region.

Latin America is home to 8% of the global population but nearly half of recent Covid-19 deaths. The region has suffered more than 120,000 of the world’s 550,000 coronavirus fatalities since its first official case was recorded in Brazil in March. More than 3 million confirmed cases have been recorded. Brazil is the worst-hit country with a confirmed death toll of more than 69,000 and 1.7 million infections.

 

Summary

 

So, welcome to our coronavirus live coverage. For those of you wanting your news straight, here’s a summary of the top lines of the day, with link to key pieces for you to investigate further at your leisure:

The UK has rejected the chance to join the European Union’s coronavirus vaccine programme due to ministers’ concerns over “costly delays”, according to sources.

The WHO warned that the pandemic was accelerating and noted that infections have doubled in the last six weeks to more than 12 million. It is also setting up an independent panel to review its response to the outbreak.

The latest high-profile coronavirus cases include the Bolivian president and the influential leader of Venezuela’s Socialist party as the outbreak gathers pace in South America.

It is also on the march in Africa where cases have risen 24% in the past week.

Helen Sullivan reported earlier on the number of confirmed coronavirus infections worldwide passing 12m on Thursday, as cases continue to grow by roughly 1m a week. Thursday’s milestone was spurred by the US recording the highest one-day increase in cases anywhere in the world since the pandemic began, with just over 60,000 cases reported in 24 hours, according to the Johns Hopkins University tracker.

Nightclubs and hostess bars in Tokyo are to be paid to close after the Japanese capital recorded 224 coronavirus cases on Thursday, the highest daily tally since the pandemic began.

Authorities had previously refused to give nightlife businesses economic support during the pandemic, but have changed tack after 80% of Thursday’s infections were among people in their 20s and 30s. Many of them were identified after more than 3,000 tests were carried out in Tokyo entertainment districts, including Shinjuku and Ikebukuro.

· There are 12,265,370 confirmed coronavirus cases worldwide, according to the Johns Hopkins University tracker, which relies on official government data, and 554,924 deaths.

· Singaporeans voted in a general election Friday as the city-state struggles to recover from a coronavirus outbreak. The country has 45,423 active cases. At least 26 people have died.

· Venezuela’s number two official and the leader of the Socialist party, announced his positive Covid-19 diagnosis on social media on Thursday evening and said he was in self-isolation. “We will prevail!!” tweeted the influential Chavista.

· Jeanine Añez, Bolivia’s rightwing interim president, said she has also been diagnosed with the virus. “I’ve tested positive for Covid-19,” tweeted Añez, who controversially took power after Evo Morales was forced into exile last year. The announcements came two days after Brazil’s president, Jair Bolsonaro, said he had tested positive and underline the extent to which Covid-19 is sweeping across the region.

· South Africa recorded its highest one-day case increase since the outbreak began, as the health minister warned people to change their behaviour in the face of a coming coronavirus ‘storm’. The country announced an increase of 13,674 new cases on Thursday night.

· Australia’s state of Victoria, which is battling to contain a coronavirus outbreak, recorded 288 new cases – the highest one-day total for an Australian state since the outbreak began. The Australian government decided to cut incoming international passengers, including citizens, by half as well as charging them for their mandatory 14-day quarantine.

· New Zealand’s government has revealed that a third person has absconded from a managed isolation facility, saying a man cut through a fence so that he could go to buy some alcohol.

 

Source :https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2020/jul/10/coronavirus-live-news-global-update-cases-bolivia-president-covid-19-positive-south-africa-brazil-president-jair-bolsonaro-latest-updatescoronavirus-live-news-bolivia-president-tests-positive-as-south-africa-sees-record-case-rise?page=with:block-5f07c45c8f08c7c20e568e92#liveblog-navigation