#	Country, Other	Total Cases	New Cases	Total Deaths
	World	20,016,547	+219,598	733,610
1	USA	5,199,444	+47,849	165,617
2	Brazil	3,035,582	+22,213	101,136
3	India	2,214,137	+62,117	44,466
4	Russia	887,536	+5,189	14,931
5	South Africa	559,859	+6,671	10,408
6	Peru	478,024	+7,012	21,072
7	Mexico	475,902	+6,495	52,006
8	Colombia	387,481	+10,611	12,842
9	Chile	373,056	+2,033	10,077
10	Spain	361,442	4507	28,503
11	Iran	326,712	+2,020	18,427
12	UK	310,825	+1,062	46,574
13	Saudi Arabia	288,690	+1,428	3,167
14	Pakistan	284,121	+634	6,082
15	Bangladesh	257,600	+2,487	3,399
16	Italy	250,566	+463	35,205
17	Argentina	246,499	+4,688	4,606
18	Turkey	240,804	+1,182	5,844
19	Germany	217,281	+385	9,261
20	France	197,921	2288	30,324
21	Iraq	150,115	+2,726	5,392
22	Philippines	129,913	+3,028	2,270
23	Indonesia	125,396	+1,893	5,723
24	Canada	119,451	+230	8,981
25	Qatar	112,947	+297	184
26	Kazakhstan	98,701	+872	1,058
27	Egypt	95,492	+178	5,009
28	Ecuador	94,459	+887	5,922
29	Bolivia	89,055	+1,164	3,587
30	China	84,619	+23	4,634
31	Israel	83,002	+678	600
32	Sweden	82,323		5,763
33	Oman	81,580	+223	513
34	Ukraine	80,949	+1,199	1,897
35	Dominican Republic	79,732	+954	1,309
36	Panama	74,492	+841	1,639
37	Belgium	73,401	+617	9,870
38	Kuwait	71,713	+514	478
39	Belarus	68,850	+112	587
40	UAE	62,525	+225	357
41	Romania	61,768	+1,145	2,700
42	Netherlands	58,564	+577	6,157
43	Guatemala	56,605	+416	2,211
44	Singapore	55,104	+175	27
45	Portugal	52,668	+131	1,756
46	Poland	51,791	+624	1,807
47	Honduras	46,973	+608	1,476
48	Japan	46,783	+1,344	1,040
49	Nigeria	46,577	+437	945
50	Bahrain	44,011	+382	162
51	Ghana	41,003	+470	215
52	Armenia	40,410	+225	791
53	Kyrgyzstan	39,919	+332	1,468
54	Afghanistan	37,054		1,312
55	Switzerland	36,603	+152	1,986
56	Algeria	35,160	+467	1,302
57	Azerbaijan	33,568	+87	490
58	Morocco	33,237	+1,230	498
59	Uzbekistan	30,609	+957	194
60	Serbia	28,099	+236	641
61	Moldova	27,660	+217	845
62	Ireland	26,712	+68	1,772
63	Kenya	26,436	+599	420
64	Venezuela	25,805	+844	223
65	Costa Rica	23,286	+484	235
66	Nepal	22,972	+380	75
67	Ethiopia	22,818	+565	407
68	Austria	22,033	+114	721
69	Australia	21,084	+386	295
70	El Salvador	20,423	+445	549
71	Czechia	18,353	+118	390
72	Cameroon	18,042		395
73	Ivory Coast	16,715	+95	105
74	S. Korea	14,598	+36	305
75	Denmark	14,442	128	617
76	Palestine	14,208	+280	97
77	Bosnia and Herzegovina	13,687		394
78	Bulgaria	13,396	+53	447
79	Madagascar	13,086	+164	148
80	Sudan	11,956	+62	781

 

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

 

 

 

Actor Antonio Banderas tests positive for coronavirus 

From CNN's Hilary McGann in London

 

Antonio Banderas arrives for the 92nd Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California on February 9. Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images

 

Spanish actor and Oscar nominee Antonio Banderas revealed he has tested positive for coronavirus, in an Instagram post on Monday. 

Posting on his 60th birthday, Banderas said he is marking the occasion while in quarantine and is feeling "relatively well, just a bit more tired than normal."

Banderas added he will use this time of recovery to "read, write, rest" and continue making plans to mark his milestone birthday. 

 

How New Zealand went 100 days with no community coronavirus transmission

From CNN's Julia Hollingsworth

 

 

Director-General of Health Dr. Ashley Bloomfield speaks to media during a news conference at Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand on August 6. Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images

New Zealand has marked an enviable milestone -- more than 100 days since its last coronavirus case was acquired locally from an unknown source.

As of Monday, the country had reported 1,219 confirmed cases, including just 21 active infections, all in managed isolation facilities. No cases had emerged via community transmission in 100 days, authorities announced Sunday, with all new infections coming from abroad.

In total, the island nation of 5 million people has reported 22 coronavirus deaths. 

While other countries -- including Pacific neighbor Australia and the United States -- continue to battle outbreaks, New Zealand has been held up as an example of how to fight Covid-19. One key reason is that although the country appears to have the coronavirus under control, authorities are still testing thousands of people a day.

"We have seen overseas how quickly the virus can reemerge and spread in places where it was previously under control," Director-General of Health Dr. Ashley Bloomfield said Sunday.
"We need to be prepared to quickly stamp out any future cases in New Zealand. Don't let the team down -- none of us can afford to do that."

 

 

Indian regional health minister tests positive for Covid-19

From CNN’s Esha Mitra in New Delhi 

 

B. Sriramulu during the oath taking ceremony of the 23rd Chief Minister of Karnataka at Raj Bhawan on May 17, 2018 in Bengaluru, India. Arijit Sen/Hindustan Times/Getty Images

The Health Minister of southwest India's Karnataka state, B Sriramulu, tested positive for Covid-19 on Sunday after showing flu-like symptoms, he said in a tweet.

He added that he is now receiving treatment at a government hospital in Bangalore.

In the last few months, Sriramulu has visited 30 different districts in performing his duties. He has asked anyone who has been in contact with him to take precautionary measures.  

Other politicians testing positive: Sriramulu is only the latest politician to test positive for coronavirus in India. Last week, the Indian Minister of Home Affairs Amit Shah and the chief minister of Karnataka also tested positive for coronavirus. 

Kamal Rani Varun, the minister of technical education in Uttar Pradesh state, died earlier this month in the hospital where she was receiving treatment.

What's happening in India? Last week, India became only the third country in the world to report more than 2 million total coronavirus cases, only three weeks after announcing it had hit 1 million confirmed infections.

As of Monday, India has reported 2,215,074 cases of coronavirus, including 44,386 deaths and 1,535,743 recoveries. In India, not all patients require a test to be considered recovered.

 

 

MLB postpones Cardinals' series against Pirates after more test positive for Covid-19

From CNN's Kevin Dotson, Cesar Marin and Hollie Silverman

 

 

An empty Busch Stadium, home of the St. Louis Cardinals, as seen on August 7. Jeff Roberson/AP

Major League Baseball has postponed scheduled games between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Pirates after additional members of the Cardinals' team and staff tested positive for Covid-19.

The Cardinals organization told CNN Sunday that John Mozeliak, the team's president of baseball operations, confirmed one additional Cardinals player has tested positive.

A total of 17 members of the organization -- 10 players and seven staff -- have tested positive for the virus, resulting in the postponement of the three-game series between the teams scheduled for Monday through Wednesday at Busch Stadium in St. Louis. 

The Cardinals have now had 13 games postponed. The team has not played a game since July 29.

"In light of the most recent positive test results, MLB and the Club believe it is prudent to conduct additional testing while players and staff are quarantined before the team returns to play," the MLB said of the postponement in a statement Sunday.

At least three teams in the league have had games postponed since the start of the shortened season after members tested positive for the virus.

The Miami Marlins had an outbreak that put their season on hold after 21 members of the organization tested positive. The Phildelphia Phillies have had two staff members test positive for the virus.

 

 

Australian state of Victoria reports highest daily total of coronavirus deaths

From CNN's Angus Watson in Sydney and Isaac Yee in Hong Kong

 

 

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews speaks to the media in Melbourne, Australia, on August 10. Quinn Rooney/Getty Images

The Australian state of Victoria recorded 19 new coronavirus deaths on Sunday -- the highest single-day increase in fatalities since the outbreak of the pandemic, Victoria’s Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) said Monday morning. 

Victoria also reported 322 new cases of coronavirus from Sunday, the lowest daily increase in cases since July 29, according to the DHHS. 

“I want to start by expressing my sincere condolences to all the families of the 19 Australians in Victoria who have passed away because of the COVID infection,” said Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Monday.

He added that the news is "devastating.” 

The numbers: Victoria now has 14,981 confirmed cases of the coronavirus, while the death toll has increased to 229.

Australia has reported more than 21,000 coronavirus cases, including 313 deaths.

 

 

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro attacks lockdowns and the media

From journalist Rodrigo Pedroso in Sao Paulo

 

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has used an online post to criticize coronavirus lockdown measures and news coverage of the pandemic, in his first comments almost a full day after Brazil surpassed 100,000 coronavirus deaths.

In a series of tweets Sunday, Bolsonaro pointed to a story published by the UK’s Daily Mail that criticizes lockdown measures to address the spread of coronavirus.

It concludes that lockdown killed two people for every three with Covid in the UK. In Brazil, even without official data, the numbers would not be very different," Bolsonaro tweeted.

The Daily Mail article suggests “it is thought that as many as 16,000 people died because they didn't get medical care between March 23 and May 1.” The story claims -- without evidence -- that those people didn't go to hospital during lockdown because they feared catching the virus.

Bolsonaro went on to criticize Brazil’s biggest TV station without specifically naming it, saying the TV station “only spreads panic in the population and the discord among the powers” and “disdained, debauched and discouraged the use of hydroxychloroquine."

Brazil surpassed 100,000 coronavirus deaths on Saturday the country has reported more than 3 million cases, according to the Brazilian Health Ministry.

Bolsonaro's only mention of the 100,000 coronavirus deaths reached in his country on Saturday was to criticize the TV station's coverage of the topic.

“In a cowardly and disrespectful manner to the 100,000 dead Brazilians, this TV celebrated that date yesterday, as a true World Cup final, blaming the President of the Republic for all the deaths," he wrote.
He added that “misinformation kills even more than the virus itself. Time and science will show us that Covid's political use of this TV has brought us deaths that could have been avoided.”

 

Source：https://edition.cnn.com/world/live-news/coronavirus-pandemic-08-10-20-intl/index.html

 

 

 

UK’s new daily infections surpass 1,000 for first time since June

 

Britain’s confirmed coronavirus cases rose by 1,062 on Sunday, going over 1,000 for the first time since late June. As cases rise in the country, new local lockdowns are implemented in some areas and worries over a second wave of infections are rife.

Official data showed Sunday’s reported cases are 304 higher than the 758 new cases reported on Saturday.

In mid-June, the World Health Organization advised that England’s coronavirus lockdown should not be further lifted until the government’s contact-tracing system has proven to be “robust and effective”, after widespread criticism of the first results of the government’s new tracking operation.Non-essential shops began reopening in England and Northern Ireland in mid-June, and in Wales and Scotland later that month.

Hotels, pubs and restaurants in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland followed suit in July, though customers were only allowed back inside Welsh pubs and cafes in the first week of August.

 

 

French passengers sue Costa Cruises over virus ship ordeal and for manslaughter

 

Around 850 French passengers who were onboard a coronavirus-riddled cruise ship that was turned away from numerous ports in March have filed a collective suit in Paris with 180 complaints, including manslaughter, against Costa Cruises, their lawyer said on Sunday.

The class action, which includes complaints from the families of three passengers who died of Covid-19, accuses the Italy-based cruise giant of negligence and various faults during their trip on the Costa Magica.

From 6 to 13 March the ship was refused to dock in most of the Caribbean islands it visited, including Trinidad and Tobago, Grenada, Barbados and Saint Lucia.

In the absence of stopovers, the crew encouraged the passengers to use the ship’s shops, spas, restaurants and casino without sufficiently putting health measures in place, or informing them there were suspected infections onboard, the complainants said in their suit.

The staff members on the ship “were at fault, the passengers had almost no information and only found out from local media that there were cases on the ship,” lawyer Philippe Courtois, who represents the collective of some 850 French passengers, told AFP.Courtois also criticised the “extremely light” virus measures on the ship.

“It was meant to be a dream cruise, but it ended in an ordeal,” he said.Costa Cruises, which is part of the Carnival group, has suspended its trips worldwide until 15 August due to the pandemic.

 Costa Magica cruise ship docks in Italy amid the coronavirus pandemic on 28 April 2020. Photograph: Daniele Carotti/EPA

 

 

Greece sees highest daily case rise

 

Greek authorities have announced a record daily number of 203 new coronavirus cases, with one death.
The total number of cases is now 5,623, with 212 deaths.

Greece introduced an early lockdown in mid-March which buffered the country from the devastating effects of the pandemic seen in many other European countries.

Beginning Monday and ending August 31, everyone must wear a mask in all retail places, as well as all modes of transport, other than private cars, the government has decided. People attending church must also do so, though priests are not required to wear masks in church.

 

 

Summary

Hello and welcome to today’s live coverage of the coronavirus pandemic.

My name is Helen Sullivan and I’ll be bringing you the latest coronavirus news from around the world for the next few hours. Please do get in touch with news from your part of the world if we’ve missed it.

You can find me on Twitter @helenrsullivan or send an email to helen.sullivan@theguardian.com.

Global coronavirus cases are nearing 20 million, with 19,734,428 currently recorded on the Johns Hopkins University tracker.

The US accounts for a quarter of these cases, after passing the 5 million mark on Sunday.

The world passed 10 million cases just six weeks ago.

Meanwhile, Greece, which has in recent weeks opened up to tourists , recorded 203 new infections in the 24 hours to Sunday, the highest daily rise since the start of the outbreak in the country.

Greece introduced an early lockdown in mid-March which buffered the country from the devastating effects of the pandemic seen in many other European countries.

But the recent increase in infections prompted authorities to introduce measures like mandatory face masks in closed spaces.

· The US has passed 5 million confirmed cases of coronavirus, the highest in the world, as Donald Trump’s executive orders seeking to break a political impasse over further economic relief were denounced by a Republican as “unconstitutional slop” and Joe Biden accused the president of issuing little more than “excuses and lies”.

· Britain’s economy will be officially declared in recession this week for the first time since the 2008 financial crisis, as the coronavirus outbreak plunges the country into the deepest slump on record. The country recorded more than 1,000 new infections on Sunday, for the first time since late June.

· Greece recorded 203 new infections in the 24 hours to Sunday, the highest daily rise since the start of the outbreak in the country.

· Ten coronavirus patients have died in India in a fire that broke out early on Sunday at a hotel being used as a Covid-19 facility, officials said. This is the second such incident this month.

· UK Ministers have rejected a call from the children’s commissioner for England to bring in routine coronavirus testing in English schools. Nick Gibb, the schools minister, confirmed that teachers and pupils in England will not have access to routine testing when they reopen in September, and will instead be primarily reliant on hygiene and distancing measures to control any spread of the virus. Scotland, where schools start to reopen from Tuesday, plans to bring in an enhanced Covid-19 testing and surveillance regime, though it will not be ready in time for the start of term.

 

Source：https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2020/aug/10/coronavirus-live-news-us-infections-pass-500000-as-greece-sees-highest-ever-daily-cases?page=with:block-5f309c548f08fd092ae76aa3#liveblog-navigation