#	Country, Other	Total Cases	New Cases	Total Deaths
	World	15,365,793	+280,236	629,358
1	USA	4,100,875	+71,967	146,183
2	Brazil	2,231,871	+65,339	82,890
3	India	1,239,684	+45,599	29,890
4	Russia	789,190	+5,862	12,745
5	South Africa	394,948	+13,150	5,940
6	Peru	366,550	+4,463	17,455
7	Mexico	356,255	+6,859	40,400
8	Chile	336,402	+1,719	8,722
9	Spain	314,631	+1,357	28,426
10	UK	296,377	+560	45,501
11	Iran	281,413	+2,586	14,853
12	Pakistan	267,428	+1,332	5,677
13	Saudi Arabia	258,156	+2,331	2,601
14	Italy	245,032	+280	35,082
15	Turkey	222,402	+902	5,545
16	Colombia	218,428	+7,390	7,373
17	Bangladesh	213,254	+2,744	2,751
18	Germany	204,470	+580	9,182
19	France	178,336	+998	30,172
20	Argentina	141,900	+5,782	2,588
21	Canada	112,240	+543	8,870
22	Qatar	107,871	+441	163
23	Iraq	99,865	+2,706	4,042
24	Indonesia	91,751	+1,882	4,459
25	Egypt	89,745	+667	4,440
26	China	83,707	+14	4,634
27	Sweden	78,504	+132	5,667
28	Ecuador	77,257	+1,040	5,418
29	Kazakhstan	75,153	+1,685	585
30	Philippines	72,269	+1,594	1,843
31	Oman	71,547	+1,660	349
32	Belarus	66,521	+173	513
33	Belgium	64,258	+164	9,805
34	Bolivia	62,357	+1,366	2,273
35	Kuwait	61,185	+751	417
36	Ukraine	60,995	+829	1,534
37	UAE	57,734	+236	342
38	Israel	56,085	+2,043	430
39	Dominican Republic	56,043	+1,246	1,005
40	Panama	55,906	+753	1,180
41	Netherlands	52,242	+169	6,139
42	Portugal	49,150	+252	1,702
43	Singapore	48,744	+310	27
44	Poland	41,162	+380	1,642
45	Guatemala	41,135	+906	1,573
46	Romania	40,163	+1,030	2,101
47	Nigeria	38,344	+543	813
48	Bahrain	37,637	+321	130
49	Afghanistan	35,727	+112	1,190
50	Armenia	35,693	+439	678
51	Honduras	35,345	+734	988
52	Switzerland	33,883	+141	1,972
53	Ghana	29,672	+683	153
54	Kyrgyzstan	29,359	+1,108	1,123
55	Azerbaijan	28,633	+391	385
56	Japan	26,303	+567	989
57	Ireland	25,819	+17	1,754
58	Algeria	24,872	+594	1,111
59	Serbia	22,031	+426	499
60	Moldova	21,798	+356	712

 

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

 

 

 

South Korea falls into recession amid coronavirus fallout

From CNN Business's Jill Disis

 

 

A man walks past a commercial sign at a shopping district in Seoul on July 23. Jung Yeon-je/AFP/Getty Images

South Korea has fallen into recession as the coronavirus pandemic takes a toll on all of the world’s major economies. 

The Asian economy shrank 3.3% in the April-to-June period compared to a quarter prior, the Bank of Korea announced Thursday. It marked a second straight quarter of declines. 

“While the recovery is already underway, it is likely to be slow going in the months ahead as the external environment only improves gradually,” wrote Alex Holmes, Asia economist for Capital Economics, in a research note. He noted that the drop in exports was the largest since 1963.
“We don’t think it will be until next year that output regains its pre-crisis level.”

Major world economies are struggling as the pandemic cripples industry and forces people to stay in their homes. Japan entered recession earlier this year — that country was already struggling before the outbreak because of a sales tax hike and the aftermath of a powerful typhoon.

China’s economy, meanwhile, averted recession by growing last quarter. But the data still suggested that the recovery is slow, and that people are still nervous about leaving their homes.

 

 

The US reported more Covid-19 cases in the last two weeks than it did for all of June

From CNN's Christina Maxouris

 

A nurse seals a specimen bag containing a Covid-19 test swab at a mobile clinic set up in South Los Angeles on July 15. Mario Tama/Getty Images

n the past two weeks, the US recorded more than 915,000 new cases of coronavirus -- that's more than the cases reported across the country for the whole month of June.

The staggering number signals the US is still far from containing the virus, which is running rampant across American communities, overwhelming hospitals and testing labs. The spread has promised a bleak outlook for the months ahead, according to both health officials and the President. And experts have highlighted the actual number of infections is likely much higher than the reported cases.

That comes as some US leaders have now admitted parts of the country reopened too soon. And as they did, residents were too quick to jump back to old habits: crowding bars, packing beaches on hot summer days, holding barbeques and spending holidays with friends.

The surge in new cases across the South and Southwest has now been linked back to Americans' travel around Memorial Day and reopenings, White House coronavirus response coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx said Wednesday.

 

 

Trump could learn from Europe's leaders, who've begun charting a recovery from Covid-19

Opinion by David A. Andelman

 

Netherlands' Prime Minister Mark Rutte (left) looks on next to Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel (2nd from left), President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen (2nd from right) and France's President Emmanuel Macron (right) prior the start of the European Council building in Brussels, on July 18. Francisco Seco/Pool/AFP/Getty Images

Editor's note: The views expressed in this commentary are the author's own. View more opinion on CNN.

It was the first time Europe's leaders had seen each other face to face since the pandemic swept across the continent, shredding the European Union and causing untold pain and economic suffering, followed in most quarters by a recovery unlike anything experienced in the United States.

With 27 different agendas, it was a model of how to deal with a critical issue of money.

Late on Monday, there was unanimity on the largest financial project ever attempted on the continent -- a total recovery package of $858 billion.

Many of the rifts, between rich and poor nations, those with true democracies and others verging on autocracies, were papered over.

But in the end, in a model that should be examined closely as Washington strives desperately to work toward similar compromises, this one worked.

 

 

Don't be fooled: There is no 'new' Trump on coronavirus

Analysis by CNN's Chris Cilizza

 

On Tuesday night, President Donald Trump, in his first coronavirus briefing in several months, delivered a sober assessment of the fight against Covid-19 -- acknowledging that "it will probably unfortunately get worse before it gets better" and even offering a sort-of endorsement for mask-wearing.

At just over 30 minutes, the briefing was far shorter than the rollicking (and rambling) updates Trump was providing on the virus earlier in the year. And Trump himself was significantly more disciplined, largely sticking to prepared remarks and avoiding long asides in which he cast blame on everyone but himself for the current coronavirus state of affairs.

"Trump's press conference today marks a change in tone and a more disciplined and realistic approach," tweeted Republican strategist Matt Mackowiak. "It will be a good message for the public and he will benefit from it politically. Welcome news."

Um, no.

If there is anything we have learned -- or should have learned -- about Donald Trump over these past five-ish years, it's that that there is no "new" Trump, no version 2.0, no new leaf to turn over. There is just Trump. He has been this same person -- bullying, blaming, convinced of his own brilliance, willing to bend and break facts for his own purposes -- his entire adult life. He may be able to subsume those natural characteristics for a day or even a week. But they will come back out -- sooner rather than later. They always, always do.

We've been down this road before. Like, a lot of times.

 

 

Coronavirus shrinks Australian economy by close to 5% of GDP

By Angus Watson in Sydney

 

 

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg during a press conference in the Main Committee Room at Parliament House on July 23, in Canberra, Australia. Sam Mooy/Getty Images

The coronavirus pandemic will cause Australia’s GDP to fall by 4.75% in the fiscal year 2020-1, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said today.

Inflated welfare programs and plummeting tax receipts are the cause of the dip in the country’s GDP, according to Treasury, with the country’s official unemployment rate forecast to rise to 9.25%, Frydenberg said.

The Australian government says it has spent $117 billion (AUD $164 billion) on welfare, wage support, and economic stimulus measures since the pandemic began. Frydenberg on Thursday said that spending has prevented the loss of around 700,000 jobs.

Australia’s gross debt will rise to $608 billion (AUD $851.9 billion), over a third of the country's GDP, according to Treasury. The 2020-1 budget will fall $131 billion (AUD$184.5 billion) into deficit, despite a pre-Covid projection of a AUD $5 billion budget surplus for the fiscal year. 

“These are harsh numbers,” Frydenberg said on Thursday. This year’s budget deficit as a portion of GDP is the highest since World War II.

 

 

Trump administration sends another $5 billion to nursing homes to fight coronavirus

From CNN’s Tami Luhby

 

The Trump administration announced Wednesday that it is sending $5 billion to nursing homes and state veterans’ homes to fight the growing coronavirus epidemic.

The money can be used to hire additional staff, implement infection control, increase testing and provide additional services, such as technology to allow residents to connect with their families.

The infusion comes from the provider relief fund contained in the $2 trillion coronavirus relief package that the US Congress passed in late March. It’s in addition to the $4.9 billion nursing homes are receiving to offset revenue losses and to respond to the pandemic.

Nursing home staff must complete an online training program for a facility to receive the new funds.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will also start requiring nursing homes in states with a 5% or greater coronavirus positivity rate to test all staff each week. This was previously a recommendation.

The administration announced last week that it is distributing rapid testing devices to nursing homes, which had complained that they don’t have the money to conduct so many tests. More than 15,000 devices will be deployed in coming months, with more than 600 shipping this week.

The American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) said Wednesday that the increased funds are “a significant step forward,” but more is needed, especially in light of the surge of cases around the country. 

“It is equally important for Congress to provide an additional $100 billion for the HHS Provider Relief Fund, which is accessible to all health care providers impacted by COVID-19,” said CEO Mark Parkinson.

 

 

Argentina reports record number of new coronavirus cases for the second day in a row

From CNN's Stefano Pozzebon in Bogota, Colombia

 

 

Dr. Adriana Coronel attends to a Covid-19 patient at the Eurnekian Ezeiza Hospital on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Tuesday, July 14. Natacha Pisarenko/AP

Argentina saw another record daily increase of new coronavirus cases Wednesday, according to its Health Ministry.

The ministry reported 5,782 newly confirmed cases, topping Tuesday's record of 5,344 new cases. Argentina's total confirmed cases stands at 141,900.

The ministry also reported 98 new deaths from the virus in the past 24 hours, bringing its death toll to 2,588.

 

 

Brazilian Health Ministry says the coronavirus situation seems "under control" 

From journalist Marcia Reverdosa in Sao Paulo and Fernanda Wenzel in Porto Alegre

 

Brazil's interim health minister said Wednesday the coronavirus situation seems "under control," despite the country reporting a record number of new cases Wednesday.

In a press conference before the country's official daily Covid-19 numbers were released, interim Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello said, "The scenario seems to me to be under control," but recognized there are still "increasing cases" and claimed the increase was because of the weather.

"It is partly due to winter, of the social change in winter, and this causes the contamination to increase," he said.

There has previously been speculation that warmer weather would lessen the spread, specifically from US President Donald Trump early in the pandemic. However, health experts have said warmer weather is unlikely to stop the spread of Covid-19.

“Climate only would become an important seasonal factor in controlling COVID-19 once a large proportion of people within a given community are immune or resistant to infection,” Francis Collins, the director of the National Institutes of Health, said in a blog post in early June, citing experts in infectious disease transmission and climate modeling.

Pazuello also said he was hopeful about the health system's capacity now that they have learned more from the outbreak.

"We have a real learning curve, we understand how to do it. Collapse situations have already occurred in the north and northeast, and today, the south and southeast of the country have an organized medical structure. We are in a position to give a more effective response and to not let the system collapse," he said.

The Health Ministry released Brazil's daily coronavirus numbers shortly after the press conference, reporting 67,860 newly confirmed cases, the country's highest daily toll since the outbreak began. The ministry also added 1,284 new deaths. 

Brazil's total number of Covid-19 cases is 2,227,514 and 82,771 total deaths.

 

 

Mexico reports another 6,000 new coronavirus cases, nearly 800 new deaths

From journalist Karol Suarez in Mexico City

 

A laboratory worker takes a sample of a person at a Covid-19 drive-thru test center in Tijuana, Baja California State, Mexico, on July 21. Guillermo Arias/AFP/Getty Images

Mexico's Health Ministry reported 6,019 new Covid-19 cases Wednesday, bringing the country's total to 362,274.

Mexico has consistently reported 5,000 cases or more every day for the past eight days. 

The ministry also reported 790 new deaths from the virus, bringing its death toll to 41,190.

Mexico holds the fourth highest death toll from the virus worldwide, trailing the UK where the death toll is 45,586, according to Johns Hopkins University.

 

Source：https://edition.cnn.com/world/live-news/coronavirus-pandemic-07-23-20-intl/index.html

 

 

 

South Africa records 60% more excess deaths than expected

South Africa has recorded a jump of nearly 60% in overall numbers of natural deaths in recent weeks, suggesting a much higher toll of coronavirus-related fatalities than officially reported.

The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) said in a report released late on Wednesday:

In the past weeks, the numbers have shown a relentless increase – by the second week of July, there were 59% more deaths from natural causes than would have been expected based on historical data.

The report by the council, which is government-funded but an independent unit, came as the health ministry announced a record increase of 572 coronavirus deaths over the previous 24 hours.

The author of the report, Prof Debbie Bradshaw, said “the weekly death reports have revealed a huge discrepancy between the country’s confirmed Covid-19 deaths and number of excess natural deaths”.

South Africa is the worst-affected country in Africa and among the top five in the world in terms of confirmed cases, with 394,948 infections reported to date, including 5,940 deaths.

The mortality rate has remained low, however, at about 1.5% on Wednesday, according to the health ministry’s daily updates.

The SAMRC is charged with conducting research on disease trends and identifying the main causes of deaths in the country.

The council’s chief executive, Prof Glenda Gray, said:

The SAMRC has been tracking mortality for decades in South Africa, and this system has identified excess deaths associated with the Covid-19 epidemic.

These may be attributed to both Covid-19 deaths as well non-Covid-19 due to other diseases such as TB, HIV and non-communicable diseases, as health services are re-orientated to support this health crisis.

 

 

Summary

Here are the key developments from the last few hours:

· Global cases passed 15.2m. The number of coronavirus cases worldwide passed 15.2m on Thursday, according to the Johns Hopkins University tracker, which relies on official government data. Known coronavirus deaths number 623,443.

· Trump tied climbing Covid-19 cases to Black Lives Matter protests. Donald Trump has cited Black Lives Matter protests against the police killing of George Floyd as among the likely causes of the recent surge in coronavirus cases.The US president did not blame the anti-racism demonstrations directly but suggested that they “presumably” led Americans to lower their guard against the pandemic.

· Dr Deborah Birx said the current US crisis is ‘very different’ to March and April. Dr Deborah Birx, the chief medical officer on the White House’s coronavirus task force, has called the surge in infections across the United States, “a very different epidemic than we had in March and April”.Speaking on Fox news, Birx said that the the virus event across the South and West of the US really started after 10 June: “This was an event that we think can be traced to Memorial Day, opening up and people travelling again.”

· South Korea has fallen into recession. South Korea’s economy recorded its worst performance in more than 20 years in the second quarter, the central bank said Thursday, as as the coronavirus pandemic hammered its exports.Asia’s fourth-largest economy contracted 2.9% year-on-year in the April-June period, the Bank of Korea said. It was the fastest decline since a 3.8% drop in the fourth quarter of 1998, in the aftermath of the Asian financial crisis. Quarter-on-quarter, it shrank 3.3%, also the worst showing in more than 20 years.

· South Africa reported a record number of daily virus deaths. South Africa on Wednesday announced a record 24-hour increase of 572 coronavirus deaths, bringing its total number of fatalities to 5,940, AFP reports.The country is the worst-affected in Africa and among the top five in the world in terms of confirmed cases, with 394,948 infections reported to date.

· The Australian state of Victoria recorded 403 new cases, down from the day before. Victorian state premier Daniel Andrews says the state has recorded 403 new cases overnight, and five new deaths. The cases figure is down from yesterday’s record increase of 484.Four of the people who died were in aged care, Andrews said.

· Hong Kong records 113 new cases. Hong Kong has reported a record 113 new cases for Wednesday, in a continuing third wave of Covid-19 infections, including a large proportion of which are unsourced. The government said the risk of large scale community outbreak was now the highest since the pandemic began.

· Indian-administered Kashmir imposed a strict lockdown for a week, as authorities warned of rising coronavirus cases, one day after cancelling a major annual Hindu pilgrimage. Authorities said the Muslim-majority Himalayan valley, apart from one district, would go into lockdown until 29 July, when the restrictions would be reviewed.

· The US state of California recorded its highest number of new cases in a single day, as the state surpasses New York for the greatest total of cases in the country. The state saw 12,807 confirmed cases on Tuesday, the governor, Gavin Newsom, announced on Wednesday. That figure brings the state’s total to more than 413,576 since the pandemic began, Newsom announced.

· Australia to post biggest budget deficit since second world war.The government that went to the last federal election declaring it was “back in black” will on Thursday unveil the largest budget deficit since the second world war, reflecting the substantial fiscal support rolled out during the pandemic and a decline in revenue because of a contraction in activity.

 

Source：https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2020/jul/23/coronavirus-live-news-california-sees-record-daily-cases-as-global-infections-top-15m