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Country, |
Total |
New |
Total |
|
Other |
Cases |
Cases |
Deaths |
|
World |
23,577,908 |
206,768 |
812,194 |
|
5,874,146 |
32,718 |
180,604 |
|
|
3,605,783 |
23,085 |
114,772 |
|
|
3,105,185 |
61,749 |
57,692 |
|
|
956,749 |
4,852 |
16,383 |
|
|
609,773 |
2,728 |
13,059 |
|
|
594,326 |
9,090 |
27,663 |
|
|
556,216 |
6,482 |
60,254 |
|
|
541,147 |
8,044 |
17,316 |
|
|
407,879 |
3,650 |
28,838 |
|
|
397,665 |
1,957 |
10,852 |
|
|
358,905 |
2,113 |
20,643 |
|
|
342,154 |
5,352 |
6,985 |
|
|
325,642 |
1,041 |
41,429 |
|
|
307,479 |
1,109 |
3,649 |
|
|
294,598 |
1,973 |
3,941 |
|
|
292,765 |
591 |
6,235 |
|
|
259,345 |
1,209 |
35,437 |
|
|
258,249 |
1,217 |
6,121 |
|
|
242,899 |
4,897 |
30,513 |
|
|
234,489 |
632 |
9,332 |
|
|
204,341 |
3,291 |
6,428 |
|
|
189,601 |
2,352 |
2,998 |
|
|
153,535 |
2,037 |
6,680 |
|
|
124,896 |
267 |
9,073 |
|
|
117,008 |
243 |
193 |
|
|
108,427 |
992 |
4,442 |
|
|
107,769 |
680 |
6,310 |
|
|
104,958 |
1,987 |
2,271 |
|
|
104,543 |
230 |
1,415 |
|
|
102,663 |
730 |
834 |
|
|
97,340 |
103 |
5,262 |
|
|
91,161 |
600 |
1,567 |
|
|
86,900 |
1,420 |
1,892 |
|
|
86,068 |
0 |
5,810 |
|
|
84,951 |
12 |
4,634 |
|
|
83,769 |
0 |
609 |
|
|
81,468 |
574 |
9,988 |
|
|
80,528 |
571 |
515 |
|
|
78,505 |
961 |
3,272 |
|
|
70,468 |
183 |
642 |
|
|
68,188 |
332 |
2,594 |
|
|
67,007 |
390 |
375 |
|
|
66,554 |
457 |
6,200 |
|
|
61,762 |
581 |
1,955 |
|
|
61,747 |
1,014 |
1,176 |
|
|
56,353 |
87 |
27 |
|
|
55,597 |
145 |
1,796 |
|
|
53,983 |
602 |
1,643 |
|
|
52,349 |
1,537 |
888 |
|
|
52,227 |
322 |
1,002 |
|
|
49,330 |
292 |
184 |
|
|
43,505 |
180 |
261 |
|
|
43,023 |
134 |
1,056 |
|
|
42,792 |
176 |
852 |
|
|
41,460 |
392 |
1,435 |
|
|
40,671 |
1,638 |
678 |
|
|
39,564 |
607 |
329 |
|
|
38,946 |
534 |
273 |
|
|
35,274 |
169 |
518 |
|
|
33,820 |
736 |
355 |
|
|
33,478 |
406 |
940 |
|
|
32,364 |
246 |
548 |
|
|
31,935 |
818 |
149 |
|
|
30,657 |
109 |
698 |
|
|
27,969 |
61 |
1,777 |
|
|
25,253 |
191 |
732 |
|
|
24,812 |
210 |
502 |
|
|
24,622 |
202 |
661 |
|
|
21,923 |
133 |
412 |
|
|
18,802 |
326 |
128 |
|
|
17,471 |
97 |
113 |
|
|
17,399 |
397 |
309 |
|
|
16,317 |
78 |
622 |
|
|
15,287 |
60 |
545 |
|
|
14,327 |
50 |
178 |
|
|
13,595 |
137 |
564 |
|
|
13,233 |
259 |
205 |
|
|
12,949 |
99 |
269 |
|
|
12,836 |
154 |
815 |
|
|
12,698 |
507 |
123 |
|
|
11,082 |
251 |
280 |
|
|
10,437 |
316 |
188 |
|
|
10,323 |
24 |
264 |
|
|
9,830 |
19 |
251 |
|
|
9,267 |
10 |
125 |
|
|
8,664 |
283 |
242 |
|
|
8,427 |
152 |
250 |
|
|
8,311 |
34 |
66 |
|
|
8,175 |
275 |
171 |
|
|
7,920 |
14 |
334 |
|
|
7,775 |
13 |
124 |
|
|
6,779 |
119 |
26 |
|
|
5,930 |
37 |
155 |
|
|
5,854 |
316 |
52 |
|
|
5,414 |
32 |
168 |
|
|
5,155 |
22 |
613 |
|
|
4,683 |
25 |
77 |
|
|
4,343 |
30 |
84 |
|
|
4,225 |
36 |
85 |
|
|
3,682 |
65 |
91 |
|
|
3,607 |
38 |
58 |
|
|
3,395 |
5 |
58 |
|
|
3,356 |
40 |
33 |
|
|
2,651 |
34 |
131 |
|
|
1,674 |
3 |
22 |
|
|
1,612 |
35 |
10 |
|
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1,568 |
34 |
7 |
|
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1,421 |
4 |
20 |
|
|
1,016 |
2 |
27 |
Retrieved from: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
From CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta and Jamie Gumbrecht
US President Donald Trump announces that the Food and Drug Administration is issuing an emergency authorization for blood plasma as a coronavirus treatment during a news conference at the White House in Washington, DC on August 23. Pete Marovich/Getty Images
The US Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization for the use of convalescent plasma to treat Covid-19 on Sunday, saying the "known and potential benefits of the product outweigh the known and potential risks of the product."
The FDA said more than 70,000 patients had been treated with convalescent plasma, made using the blood of people who have recovered from coronavirus infections.
"Today I am pleased to make a truly historic announcement in our battle against the China virus that will save countless lives," President Donald Trump said at a White House briefing. "Today's action will dramatically increase access to this treatment."
Last week, Trump accused some health officials of playing politics regarding an EUA for convalescent plasma. When asked about the FDA not having granted an EUA, Trump said the reason was political.
On Sunday, a source who is close to the White House coronavirus task force told CNN the FDA had reviewed additional data to inform its impending EUA decision. This official has not personally reviewed the data. They added the FDA is under no obligation to consult anyone outside the agency about its decision.
Convalescent plasma is taken from the blood of people who have recovered from Covid-19. At the end of March, the FDA set up a pathway for scientists to try convalescent plasma with patients and study its impact. It has already been used to treat more than 60,000 Covid-19 patients.
A security guard who was infected with Covid-19 while working at an Australian quarantine hotel told an inquiry today there was a shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) for staff at one of the facilities.
The guard, identified as Security 16 for legal reasons, was engaged by a private security company to work at a series of different hotels, the inquiry into Victoria state's hotel quarantine system heard.
At one hotel, the guard alleged his supervisor told him there was a shortage of masks and gloves, so he should put his mask in his pocket when he went for a break and wear the same face covering on his return to work. The guard also alleged he was told to put the mask in his pocket out of the view of security cameras.
The guard told the inquiry he wasn't given extensive training on how to use his PPE, or initially warned that there were coronavirus patients staying at the hotel.
The guard said he eventually contracted the virus while working at the hotel.
"I thought it was just a normal common cold because it was a cold night ... In the break room there was some security guards who were sniffing," he said.
Eventually he went to hospital when his symptoms worsened. "I couldn't bear the shortness of breath ... I couldn't breathe properly," he added.
The inquiry is ongoing.
Retrieved from: https://edition.cnn.com/world/live-news/coronavirus-pandemic-08-24-20-intl/index.html
At least 13 people died in a crush in Peru after trying to escape police who raided a nightclub violating coronavirus restrictions, police say.
The crush happened as revellers tried to leave the Thomas Restobar Club in Lima's Los Olivos district. Some eyewitnesses said tear gas was used.
President Martín Vizcarra said 15 of 23 revellers arrested had tested positive for the coronavirus.
Peru has been among the Latin American countries hardest hit by Covid-19. It has recorded more than 576,000 cases of coronavirus cases and more than 27,000 fatalities.
A night-time curfew has been in place since March, and a ban on large gatherings was reimposed earlier this month.
Peru's interior minister said around 120 people had attended the illegal birthday gathering on Saturday. After police raided the club, the partygoers "tried to escape through the single exit, trampling each other and getting trapped in the stairway". Eleven men and two women aged in their 20s and 30s died.
The ministry says police "did not use any type of weapon or tear gas" during the operation but this was disputed by at least one local resident who told RPP radio: "It appears that police entered and threw tear gas canisters at them, and boxed them in."
The club's owners, a married couple, were among those detained. Six people were injured, including three police officers.
President Vizcarra said such large gatherings were common and were posing a serious threat to public health.
"I have sorrow and I have sadness for the people and relatives of the people who have died, but I also have anger and indignation for those who were irresponsible by organising this," he said, adding: "Please reflect, let's not lose more lives due to negligence."
He said all 60 police officers involved in the raid would be tested for Covid-19.
§ How Peru locked down early but still got badly hit
Peru imposed one of the earliest and strictest lockdowns in Latin America to stop the spread of coronavirus - but has still seen cases rise rapidly.
Retrieved from: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-53880996
Peter Beaumont and Kim Willsher in Paris
Sat 22 Aug 2020 11.00 BST
Students arrive for class at a primary school in west Berlin earlier this month. At least 41 schools have reported coronavirus cases since reopening. Photograph: Tobias Schwarz/AFP/Getty Images
Coronavirus cases have been reported by at least 41 schools in Berlin, barely two weeks after the German capital’s 825 schools reopened.
Cases are rising across Europe, including in Spain, which registered 66,905 in the past two weeks, resulting in the continent’s highest 14-day infection rate and warnings over the risk of a new wave of deaths.
The disclosure by Berlin city education authorities that hundreds of students and teachers have had to quarantine has underlined once more how little is known about the risk of infection in school settings, despite the insistence of governments and experts, including in the UK, that reopening schools is safe given the right precautions.
The Berlin experience echoes that in some states in the US, including Georgia, and in Israel, which have recorded clusters tied to schools. According to reports in Berlin, all age groups have been affected, including in elementary schools, high schools and trade schools.
Berlin was one of the first places in Germany to reopen its schools after the summer holidays. Children are obliged to wear face coverings in the hallways, during breaks and when they enter the classroom, but they can take them off once they sit in their places and classes begin. Some critics say the measures in Berlin are too relaxed and both students and teachers should be wearing face coverings during lessons.
A teacher wears a mask at a school in Berlin as she explains new coronavirus rules to pupils. Photograph: Maja Hitij/Getty Images
The situation in Spain has drawn a grim warning from the country’s health emergency chief, Fernando Simón, who told reporters: “There should be no confusion: things are not going well. If we continue to allow transmission to rise, even if most cases are mild, we will end up with many in hospital, many in intensive care and many deaths.”
More than a quarter of these new infections have been in Madrid, which was at the centre of the country’s crisis in March and April. “We can’t say that the epidemic is out of control at a national level, but there are some specific places where it is,” Simón added, without giving further details.
Deaths have also increased across Spain, with 131 dead in the last seven days compared with 12 one month ago. About 1,400 Covid-19 patients were admitted to hospital in the last week, nearly double the figure a week earlier.
The rise in cases has prompted officials across Spain to roll out a series of measures, including asking regions to order the closure of brothels, a week after the government shut most nightlife establishments and imposed various other restrictions.
Retrieved from: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/21/coronavirus-iurope-dozens-schools-report-infections-berlin-germany-spain
By Zaheena Rasheed, Hamza Mohamed & Farah Najjar
23 Aug 2020
n India confirms 69,878 new infections - the fourth straight day above 60,000.
n Joe Biden, the Democratic presidential nominee, said he would shut down the United States to contain its coronavirus outbreak if experts recommended such a measure.
n Brazil's COVID-19 outbreak is stabilising and any reversal of the virus's rampant spread in the vast country would be "a success for the world", the World Health Organization said.
n More than 23 million people have been diagnosed with COVID-19 around the world, and more than 14.7 million have recovered. At least 800,000 people have died, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
Retrieved from: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/08/200822013536155.html
Aug 23, 2020
'Children are more likely to be harmed by not returning to school next month than if they catch coronavirus,' the UK's chief medical adviser Prof Chris Whitty said to the BBC on August 23, 2020. "The chances of children dying from COVID-19 are incredibly small... but missing lessons damage children in the long run."
Of the more than 1 million children who attended pre-school and primary schools in England during June 2020, only 70 children and 128 staff were infected in outbreaks of the coronavirus, according to a new Public Health England study. Overall, SARS-CoV-2 infections and outbreaks were uncommon across all educational settings. And staff members had an increased risk of SARS-CoV-2 infections compared to students in any educational setting.
Millions of pupils in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland are scheduled to return to UK schools in September, while Scotland schools have already opened.
Retrieved from: https://www.coronavirustoday.com/2020/08/23/uk-schools-are-safe-places-avoid-coronavirus-outbreaks
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