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COVID-19 news update Sep/17
source:WTMF 2020-09-17 [Medicine]

 

 

 

 

Country,
Other

Total
Cases

New
Cases

Total
Deaths

World

30,026,460

+308,318

944,719

USA

6,828,301

+40,154

201,348

India

5,115,893

+97,859

83,230

Brazil

4,421,686

+37,387

134,174

Russia

1,079,519

+5,670

18,917

Peru

744,400

+6,380

31,051

Colombia

736,377

+7,787

23,478

Mexico

676,487

+4,771

71,678

South Africa

653,444

+1,923

15,705

Spain

614,360

+11,193

30,243

Argentina

589,012

+11,674

12,116

Chile

439,287

+1,304

12,058

Iran

410,334

+2,981

23,632

France

404,888

+9,784

31,045

UK

378,219

+3,991

41,684

Bangladesh

342,671

+1,615

4,823

Saudi Arabia

327,551

+621

4,369

Pakistan

303,089

+665

6,393

Iraq

303,059

+4,357

8,248

Turkey

296,391

+1,771

7,249

Italy

291,442

+1,452

35,645

Philippines

272,934

+3,550

4,732

Germany

266,865

+2,021

9,449

Indonesia

228,993

+3,963

9,100

Israel

170,465

+6,063

1,165

Ukraine

162,660

+2,958

3,340

Canada

139,747

+944

9,193

Bolivia

128,286

+667

7,447

Qatar

122,449

+235

208

Ecuador

121,525

+1,972

10,996

Romania

107,011

+1,713

4,285

Kazakhstan

106,984

+64

1,671

Dominican

105,521

+718

2,009

Panama

103,466

+634

2,198

Egypt

101,500

+160

5,696

Kuwait

96,999

+698

571

Belgium

94,795

+489

9,930

Morocco

92,016

+1,692

1,686

Oman

91,196

+536

805

Sweden

87,575

+230

5,860

Netherlands

86,320

+1,542

6,260

China

85,214

+12

4,634

Guatemala

82,924

+240

3,009

UAE

81,782

+842

402

Japan

76,448

+490

1,461

Poland

75,734

+600

2,237

Belarus

74,763

+211

767

Honduras

68,620

+1040

2,087

Ethiopia

66,224

+738

1,045

Portugal

65,626

+605

1,878

Venezuela

63,416

+761

511

Bahrain

62,484

+841

216

Costa Rica

59,516

+1,379

649

Nepal

58,327

+1,539

379

Singapore

57,514

+26

27

Nigeria

56,604

+126

1,091

Uzbekistan

49,015

+586

407

Algeria

48,966

+232

1,645

Armenia

46,376

+257

923

Ghana

45,655

+54

294

Kyrgyzstan

45,072

+73

1,063

Moldova

44,361

+627

1,159

Czechia

41,032

+2,136

482

Azerbaijan

38,658

+141

569

Kenya

36,393

+92

637

Austria

35,073

+768

758

Palestine

33,006

+756

243

Serbia

32,613

+102

736

Ireland

31,799

+250

1,788

Paraguay

30,419

+1,121

566

El Salvador

27,163

+75

796

Australia

26,779

+40

824

Lebanon

26,083

+634

259

Libya

24,936

+792

394

S. Korea

22,504

+113

367

Denmark

20,571

+5

633

Cameroon

20,303

+32

415

Ivory Coast

19,132

+32

120

Bulgaria

18,390

+174

739

North Macedonia

16,088

+163

668

Madagascar

15,871

+68

215

Senegal

14,568

+39

299

Hungary

14,460

+581

654

Greece

14,041

+311

316

Croatia

14,029

+280

236

Zambia

13,887

+68

326

Sudan

13,535

+0

836

Norway

12,498

+105

265

Albania

11,816

+144

343

DRC

10,414

+13

267

Malaysia

10,031

+62

128

Namibia

9,964

+63

108

French Guiana

9,595

+17

65

Maldives

9,427

+99

33

Tajikistan

9,171

+42

73

Finland

8,750

+25

339

Tunisia

8,100

+477

129

Zimbabwe

7,598

+22

224

Luxembourg

7,394

+110

124

Montenegro

7,291

+230

126

Slovakia

5,860

+92

38

Malawi

5,704

+3

178

Uganda

5,266

+143

60

Eswatini

5,155

+27

101

Hong Kong

4,985

+9

102

Cuba

4,876

+73

109

CAR

4,782

+7

62

Suriname

4,645

+20

95

Rwanda

4,634

+10

22

Jamaica

4,164

+122

46

Slovenia

3,954

+123

135

Jordan

3,852

+175

26

Myanmar

3,821

+319

40

Angola

3,675

+106

143

Syria

3,654

+40

163

Thailand

3,490

+10

58

Aruba

3,328

+176

22

New Zealand

1,802

+1

25

Cyprus

1,548

+8

22

 

Retrieved from:  https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

 

 

 

Trump disputes CDC head's vaccine timeline and mask claims

From CNN's Maegan Vazquez

 

US President Donald Trump again contradicted his own health officials' coronavirus statements -- this time on the importance of mask wearing and the timing for a vaccine.

And he demeaned Dr. Robert Redfield, the director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, saying the doctor was "confused" in his congressional testimony.

Redfield said Wednesday that masks may be a more effective protection against coronavirus than any potential vaccine that the President can't stop hyping. And he laid out a timeline for when the general US public could expect to start seeing results from widespread coronavirus vaccination in the second or third quarter of 2021. Those statements both seemed to contradict what Trump has been saying.

Redfield told the Senate Appropriations Committee Wednesday: "If you're asking me when is it going to be generally available to the American public, so we can begin to take advantage of vaccine to get back to our regular life, I think we're probably looking at third, late second quarter, third quarter 2021."

The President told reporters Redfield was "confused" when he said that.

"I think he made a mistake when he said that. It's just incorrect information," Trump said.

The President also said Redfield's comments to Congress about masks possibly being more effective than a vaccine were incorrect and that Redfield may have misunderstood the question.

"Maybe he misunderstood it," Trump said, later adding, "As far as the masks are concerned, I hope that the vaccine is going to be a lot more beneficial than the masks."

 

Retrieved from: https://edition.cnn.com/world/live-news/coronavirus-pandemic-09-17-20-intl/index.html

 

 

 

 

 

Coronavirus: South Africa eases strict lockdown as cases drop

 

South Africa, which had one of the world's earliest and strictest lockdowns, has announced a further easing of anti-coronavirus measures.

From 20 September an overnight curfew will be reduced, gatherings will be allowed at 50% of a venue's capacity, and alcohol will again be on sale.

"We have withstood the coronavirus storm," said President Cyril Ramaphosa in a televised address to the nation.

But rules on social distancing and mask-wearing will remain in place.

South Africa - which went into a national lockdown on 27 March - has so far reported more than 650,000 confirmed infections, with over 15,000 deaths.

However, the number of new cases has dropped from about 12,000 per day in July to fewer than 2,000.

 

Retrieved from: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-54186040

 

 

 

Czech Republic cases surge to record 2,139 a day

 

The Czech Republic has reported more than 2,000 new Covid cases in a single day for the first time as it battles a surge in infections that is among the fastest in Europe.

The health ministry recorded 2,139 cases of the new coronavirus on Wednesday, up from a previous record of 1,675 reported the previous day, Reuters reports.

The country of 10.7m has seen a spike in cases this month that has easily surpassed peaks seen during the first wave of the outbreak in March.

Due to the rise, the government has tightened mask wearing rules and restricted bars’ opening hours. On Wednesday, the health ministry said it would ban stand-up indoor events from Friday evening, also affecting bars and restaurants where customers cannot exceed seating capacity.

 

Retrieved from: https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2020/sep/17/coronavirus-live-news-who-warns-latin-america-opening-up-too-early?page=with:block-5f6317008f080a32d0c93118#block-5f6317008f080a32d0c93118

 

 

 

Telangana, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh Coronavirus Live Updates: Telangana toll tops 1000; Tirupati MP passes away

Telangana, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh Coronavirus News Live Updates: While Andhra Pradesh has nearly 6 lakh confirmed cases, Telangana's tally is over 1.65 lakh.

By: Express Web Desk | Hyderabad, New Delhi

 

Telangana, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh Coronavirus Live Updates: Telangana reported 2,159 new COVID-19 cases and 9 related fatalities, pushing the tally of infections to 1.65 lakh in the state. The toll has risen to 1005. The ongoing Telangana Assembly session was cut short and the House adjourned sine die on Wednesday, nearly two weeks ahead of its planned end in view of coronavirus concerns after two MLAs and others tested positive for the pathogen.

Tirupati Lok Sabha MP Balli Durga Prasad Rao, who was battling COVID-19 for over a month, died at a hospital in Chennai on Wednesday, family members and the hospital said. Chennai-based Apollo Hospitals, where the 65-year old YSRCP MP was admitted on August 14, said doctors treated him in the intensive care unit “for severe COVID Pneumonia.” Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy were among those who condoled the death of the first-time MP from the Tirupati (SC) reserved constituency.

In Andhra Pradesh, meanwhile, the two Godavari districts, East and West, continued to witness a virulent spread of coronavirus while most other districts seemed to be gradually lowering their numbers as the state reported 8,835fresh cases on Wednesday. The state’s COVID-19 table now showed a total of 5,92,760 positive cases, 4,97,376 recoveries, and 5,105 deaths.

 

Retrieved from: https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/hyderabad/telangana-hyderabad-andhra-pradesh-coronavirus-live-updates-godavari-unlock-amravati-6599148/

 

 

 

India surpasses 5 million Covid-19 infections

 

Girls wearing protective face masks wait to pray inside temple premises on the occasion of the annual harvest festival of Onam, amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), on the outskirts of Kochi, India, August 31, 2020.

India has become only the second country worldwide to record more than 5 million cases of the coronavirus.

India’s Health Ministry reported a single-day increase of 90,123 Covid-19 infections in the last 24 hours, taking the country’s total number of cases to 5,020,359.

The world’s second-most populous country has recorded 82,066 deaths related to the virus, after reporting an additional 1,290 fatalities in the last 24 hours.

Only the U.S. has recorded more cases of the coronavirus, with 6.6 million infections and 195,942 related deaths, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. — Sam Meredith

 

Retrieved from: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/15/coronavirus-live-updates.html

 

 

 

WHO warns Latin America opening too soon: Coronavirus live news

Regional WHO director expresses concern about rising death rates in countries including Mexico, Costa Rica and Ecuador.

by Kate Mayberry & Usaid Siddiqui

 

Latin America has started to open too soon, the WHO's Regional Director Carissa Etienne has warned.

India has now reported more than five million cases of the coronavirus, the second country after the United States to report so many cases.

Melbourne looks to be on course to ease out of a strict lockdown and curfew from September 28, as the average number of cases drops in the Australian city.

Nearly 29.7 million people around the world have been diagnosed with COVID-19 and 937,543 have died, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. More than 20 million people have recovered from the disease.

 

 

Here are the latest updates:

 

Wednesday, September 16

 

20:23 GMT - Canada aims to triple daily coronavirus testing capacity to 200,000

Canada aims to more than triple its nationwide daily capacity of novel coronavirus tests to 200,000 and the federal government is providing $4.28 billion Canadian dollars ($3.25bn) to provinces to reach the goal, the government said.

The funds are part of the $19 billion Canadian dollars ($14.42bn) that the government allocated for Canada's Safe Restart Agreement reached with the provinces in July to help them restart their economies and contain the pandemic.

The money for testing can also be used towards contact tracing and sharing public health data.

Canada tested 56,695 people daily as of Tuesday, according to government data. Canada has the capacity to run more than 60,000 tests per day, chief public health officer Theresa Tam said on Tuesday.

 

19:10 GMT - WHO director warns Latin America is opening too early

Latin America has started to resume normal social and public life at a time when the COVID-19 pandemic still requires major control interventions, World Health Organization Regional Director Carissa Etienne said.

Speaking during a virtual briefing from Washington with other Pan American Health Organization directors, Etienne said coronavirus cases in Colombia's border area with Venezuela have increased tenfold in the last two weeks.

Death rates are climbing in areas of Mexico, and similar trends are seen in Ecuador, Costa Rica and Bolivia, she said. 

 

18:50 GMT - French COVID-19 cases spike again, ICU figure at three-month high

The number of French people being treated in intensive care units for COVID-19 rose for the 20th straight day to a three-month high of 803, while the number of new daily cases was the third-highest on record.

French health authorities reported 9,784 new infections, just below the 10,561 daily all-time high reached on Saturday, bringing the cumulative number of cases to 404,888, the second-highest in Western Europe behind Spain.

 

France had reinforced mask-wearing to curb a resurgence of the coronavirus disease [Charles Platiau/Reuters]

 

The number of people in ICUs is still almost nine times lower than the April 8 peak of 7,148, but the upward trend is putting a renewed strain on the hospital system in certain parts of the country, such as Marseille.

The total figure for COVID-19 hospitalisations increased by 140, at 5,819, rising by more than a hundred for the third day in a row, a sequence unseen since April 14, when that number reached its record of 32,292.

The number of people in France who have died from COVID-19 infections rose by 46 to 31,045. That figure is higher than the seven-day moving average of 36, which itself is at its highest since the beginning of the month.

 

18:15 GMT - Irish COVID-19 modeling group warns of exponential increase in cases

The head of the Republic of Ireland's COVID-19 modelling group said he was more concerned about the rise in cases of the disease in the country than at any time since its first peak in April and warned of "exponential growth".

"Case numbers appear to be growing exponentially and are likely to double every 10 to 14 days if every one of us does not immediately act to break chains of transmission of the virus," Professor Philip Nolan, Chair of the Irish Epidemiological Modelling Advisory Group, told journalists.

Ireland's health service on Wednesday reported 254 new cases and three new COVID-19 related deaths, bringing the total death toll since the start of the pandemic to 1,788. 

 

12:46 GMT - Palestinian refugee agency warns of instability amid crisis

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) is experiencing a financial crisis that could force it to halt some services to an already impoverished population of more than five million people, the head of the agency said.

Philippe Lazzarini also warned in an interview with The Associated Press news agency in Beirut that the spread of the novel coronavirus, an economic meltdown in Lebanon and a huge deficit in UNRWA's budget are deepening the hopelessness among Palestinian refugees, some of whom are trying to flee the Mediterranean nation on migrant boats.

 

UNRWA has registered 6,876 confirmed coronavirus cases among Palestinian refugees [File: Adel Hana/AP]

 

Retrieved from: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/09/melbourne-track-easing-coronavirus-lockdown-live-news-200916004405503.html