Country, Other	Total Cases	New Cases	Total Deaths
World	31,476,206	+230,853	969,018
USA	7,046,216	+36,372	204,506
India	5,560,105	+74,493	88,965
Brazil	4,560,083	+15,454	137,350
Russia	1,109,595	+6,196	19,489
Peru	772,896	+4,001	31,474
Colombia	770,435	+5,359	24,397
Mexico	697,663	+3,542	73,493
Spain	671,468	+2,957	30,663
South Africa	661,936	+725	15,992
Argentina	640,147	+8,782	13,482
France	458,061	+5,298	31,338
Chile	447,468	+1,194	12,298
Iran	425,481	+3,341	24,478
UK	398,625	+4,368	41,788
Bangladesh	350,621	+1,705	4,979
Saudi Arabia	330,246	+492	4,512
Iraq	322,856	+3,821	8,625
Pakistan	306,304	+633	6,420
Turkey	304,610	+1,743	7,574
Italy	299,506	+1,350	35,724
Philippines	290,190	+3,475	4,999
Germany	275,551	+2,074	9,481
Indonesia	248,852	+4,176	9,677
Israel	190,929	+3,027	1,273
Ukraine	178,353	+2,675	3,583
Canada	145,415	+1,766	9,228
Bolivia	130,676	+206	7,617
Ecuador	126,711	+292	11,095
Qatar	123,604	+228	211
Romania	113,589	+808	4,458
Dominican	108,783	+494	2,054
Kazakhstan	107,307	+45	1,671
Panama	106,810	+607	2,272
Morocco	103,119	+1,376	1,855
Belgium	102,295	+1,547	9,948
Egypt	102,141	+126	5,787
Kuwait	99,964	+530	585
Netherlands	95,995	+2,217	6,281
Oman	94,051	+576	853
Guatemala	85,681	+237	3,124
UAE	85,595	+679	405
China	85,291	+12	4,634
Poland	79,988	+748	2,298
Japan	79,140	+483	1,500
Belarus	75,898	+224	785
Honduras	71,616	+473	2,184
Ethiopia	69,709	+889	1,108
Portugal	69,200	+623	1,920
Venezuela	67,443	+787	555
Bahrain	65,752	+713	224
Costa Rica	65,602	+703	745
Nepal	65,276	+1,154	427
Singapore	57,606	+30	27
Nigeria	57,437	+195	1,100
Uzbekistan	52,070	+430	437
Czechia	50,764	+1,474	522
Algeria	50,023	+197	1,679
Armenia	47,552	+121	936
Moldova	46,796	+200	1,211
Ghana	46,062	+58	297
Kyrgyzstan	45,471	+55	1,063
Azerbaijan	39,280	+92	576
Austria	38,658	+563	767
Kenya	37,079	+98	650
Palestine	36,151	+465	265
Paraguay	34,260	+740	676
Ireland	33,121	+188	1,792
Serbia	32,938	+30	743
Lebanon	29,987	+684	307
Libya	28,796	+847	450
El Salvador	27,798	+245	812
Australia	26,912	+14	851
Denmark	23,323	+418	640
S. Korea	23,045	+70	385
Cameroon	20,598	+167	416
Ivory Coast	19,327	+7	120
Bulgaria	19,014	+151	765
Hungary	18,866	+876	686
North Macedonia	16,780	+45	700
Madagascar	16,073	+20	225
Greece	15,595	+453	344
Croatia	14,992	+70	253
Senegal	14,738	+24	302
Zambia	14,175	+44	331
Sudan	13,555	+20	836
Norway	13,005	+108	267
Albania	12,535	+150	364
Tunisia	10,732	+996	159
Namibia	10,526	+149	113
DRC	10,519	+4	271
Malaysia	10,276	+57	130
Maldives	9,770	+46	34
French Guiana	9,712	+20	65
Tajikistan	9,388	+42	73
Finland	9,046	+66	341
Montenegro	8,842	+230	138
Luxembourg	7,916	+9	124
Zimbabwe	7,683	+11	225
Mozambique	6,912	+141	44
Slovakia	6,756	+79	39
Uganda	6,468	+181	63
Myanmar	6,151	+610	98
Malawi	5,733	+2	179
Eswatini	5,282	+13	104
Jamaica	5,143	+155	70
Cuba	5,141	+50	116
Jordan	5,045	+266	32
Hong Kong	5,039	+6	103
Suriname	4,740	+17	97
Rwanda	4,722	+11	27
Slovenia	4,470	+50	142
Angola	4,117	+126	154
Trinidad and Tobago	3,945	+44	65
Syria	3,833	+33	175
Lithuania	3,814	+70	87
Georgia	3,695	+193	20
Aruba	3,587	+36	24
Thailand	3,511	+5	59
Cyprus	1,603	+3	22

 

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

 

 

 

Covid-19 cases spike in Canada with authorities stepping up powers to police large gatherings

From CNN’s Paula Newton in Ottawa

 

People wait in line for a Covid-19 test center in Brampton, Ontario, Canada, on September 21. Rick Madonik/Toronto Star/Getty Images

Canadian health officials across the country have pleaded with the public to stay home, stick to your bubble and mask up, as daily positive cases continue to climb to levels not seen since May. 

Officials in the province of Quebec and in the country’s capital, Ottawa, have declared that a second wave has already taken hold in their cities and communities. 

Canada’s seven-day average is now just under 1,000 cases per day according to Johns Hopkins University and the Public Health Agency of Canada. 

“I’m telling you that right now the curve is not the way it was in the spring but it’s still pretty bad and I think that this is the beginning of a second wave. If we don’t do something it’s going to go up even more and I’m telling you that will not be fun,” said Dr. Horacio Arruda, Quebec director of public health, during a news conference in Quebec City Monday. 

What's behind the spike? Public health experts say Canadians are having too many close, social contacts between family and friends and young people are gathering in groups that are too large to contain the spread. The spike in cases comes two weeks after the Labor Day holiday and as a majority of Canadian children return to in-person learning in schools. 

Young are getting sick: Canadian government statistics show that about two thirds of new, positive cases of Covid-19 are detected in people under the age of 40. 

Restrictions to be enforced: In cities like Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa, city officials, bylaw officers and police say they are stepping up enforcement of strict protocols that limit indoor, private gatherings to six or 10. In Ontario the minimum fine for breaking the rules is $7,500. 

In British Columbia, the spike in cases is being described as a resurgence and public health officials say they would not yet depict the spike in cases as a second wave. 

Officials say hospitalizations have crept up but are stable and add they will wait for more data before deciding if or when to bring in more closures or restrictions. 

 

 

UK expected to announce new measures to curb coronavirus surge

From CNN’s Hilary McGann

 

People gather outside a pub in Soho, London on September 10. Jonathan Brady/PA Images/Getty Images/FILE

 

Pubs, bars, restaurants and other hospitality venues in England will have to close by 10 p.m. local time each night to tackle the surge in coronavirus cases in the country.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to make that announcement on Tuesday. The measures would go into effect on Thursday.

During an address to the nation, Johnson is also expected to say the hospitality sector will be restricted by law to table service only, according to a Downing Street statement ahead of the speech. 

Johnson is also expected to sign off on Monday’s recommendation to raise the Covid Alert Level from 3 back to 4 during a Covid strategy meeting on Tuesday. 

Level 4 means the virus is “in general circulation, transmission is high or rising exponentially." 

“No-one underestimates the challenges the new measures will pose to many individuals and businesses. We know this won’t be easy, but we must take further action to control the resurgence in cases of the virus and protect the NHS,” a No. 10 spokesperson said in the statement. 

Johnson is expected to address the nation with a pre-recorded speech at 3 p.m. ET Tuesday.

Prior to Johnson’s planned address to the nation, a meeting with his Cabinet and the First Ministers of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will take place Tuesday morning “to discuss the surge in cases."

 

 

How countries across Europe are handling surging coronavirus cases

 

People stand outside a metro station in Madrid early on September 21. Oscar Del Pozo/AFP/Getty Images

Last week, The World Health Organization warned that coronavirus cases are surging alarmingly in Europe, with infections spiking to new highs. Many European governments imposed strict local measures in response and began weighing further lockdowns in a bid to halt a second wave of the pandemic.

Here's what we know about where the pandemic and new restrictions stand this week:

· A new lockdown in Spain's capital: Parts of Madrid are under new lockdown measures, which will affect about 850,000 people in the city for the next two weeks. During a news conference today, Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said: "We are ready to look into other scenarios if needed."

· Spikes in France: French coronavirus cases are rising starkly, according to the French health authority website. A total of 453,763 cases so far have been reported in France, with 10,569 new cases in the last 24 hours as of Sunday evening. The test positivity stands at 5.7%, according to the Sante Publique France, the French health authority.

· Weekly doubling in the UK: The number of UK coronavirus cases is doubling about every seven days, chief scientific advisor Patrick Vallance said, emphasizing that the measure was approximate. That would result in about 50,000 new cases per day by the end of October and more than 200 deaths per day by November, he said.

· What Germany is doing to prepare for fall: The German Health Minister is aiming to introduce additional measures to fight Covid this fall. Jens Spahn, in an interview with the newspaper Rheinische Post, described those measures as introducing so-called “temperature ambulances,” locations where those with Covid symptoms can get on-the-spot Covid tests. 

 

Retrieved from: https://edition.cnn.com/world/live-news/coronavirus-pandemic-09-22-20-intl/index.html

 

 

 

Pubs, restaurants in England to close at 10 p.m. as part of new restrictions amid virus surge

 

A member of the public wearing a face mask walks past a pub in southwest London on Sept. 19, 2020. (Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty Images)

 

LONDON — Pubs, bars and restaurants in England will have their hours limited as part of a suite of new restrictions aimed at curbing a sharp rise in coronavirus cases.

Pubs and restaurants will have to close every night by 10 p.m. from Thursday, and venues will only be allowed to offer table service.

“No one actually wants to restrict people enjoying themselves,” Michael Gove, a senior government minister, told the BBC. But, he said, “social mixing can encourage the spread of the virus.” Gove also encouraged more people to work from home going forward.

“If you can work from home, you should,” he said.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to lay out further measures in a statement to Parliament around lunchtime, followed by an 8 p.m. televised address.

The new curfews are a blow to the hospitality industry, one of the sectors hardest-hit by the lockdown in the spring.

The restrictions come a day after the government’s top scientists warned that coronavirus cases could spike to 50,000 per day by mid October if the current rates — daily new cases doubling roughly every seven days — continue on the same trajectory.

On Monday evening, the coronavirus alert status in Britain was raised from 3 to 4, meaning the transmission is “high or rising exponentially.”

Like many countries in Europe that have seen a renewed rise in coronavirus cases, Britain wants to avoid a full-scale lockdown like the one in the spring.

At a press briefing on Monday, Chris Whitty, England’s chief medical officer, said Britons could expect disruptions for some time.

“We should see this as a six-month problem that we have to deal with collectively,” he said, adding “it’s not indefinite … science will in due course ride to our rescue.”

 

 

Trump says he, not Biden, will ‘end the pandemic’ if elected in November

 

In remarks at a rally in Swanton, Ohio, on Monday night, Trump declared that the course of the coronavirus pandemic will hinge on the results of the November election, arguing that he — not Biden — is the candidate best poised to protect the country.

The pandemic has claimed the lives of nearly 200,000 people in the United States since February, and Trump has come under blistering criticism for his handling of the crisis.

“On November 3rd, Ohio will decide whether we end the pandemic and return to record prosperity, or whether we allow sleepy Joe Biden and his group of incompetents to delay the vaccine [and] shut down the country,” Trump told supporters.

Biden has advocated that any vaccine be equitably distributed and that its development be free from political pressure. Contrary to Trump’s claim, he has not said the vaccine should be delayed.

The president also claimed, incorrectly, that the virus mainly affects older people with heart problems — contradicting what he told Washington Post associate editor Bob Woodward in an interview in March.

“Now we know it,” Trump said Monday night in Ohio. “It affects elderly people, elderly people with heart problems and other problems. That’s what it really affects.”

He added: “In some states, thousands of people — nobody young. Below the age of 18, like, nobody. They have a strong immune system, who knows? Take your hat off to the young, because they have a hell of an immune system. But it affects virtually nobody. It’s an amazing thing.”

In a March 19 call with Woodward, Trump acknowledged that he had publicly played down the risk posed by the virus and said it affects “plenty of young people” as well as the elderly.

“Now it’s turning out it’s not just old people, Bob,” Trump told Woodward. “But just today, and yesterday, some startling facts came out. It’s not just old, older.”

 

Retrieved from: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/09/22/coronavirus-covid-live-updates-us/

 

 

Global report: Trump wrongly claims Covid affects 'virtually' no young people

Helen Sullivan

@helenrsullivan

 

Donald Trump supporters await the arrival of the president at a rally in Ohio, where he claimed the US had one of the lowest coronavirus case-fatality rates in the world. Photograph: Matthew Hatcher/Getty Images

 

As the United States’ coronavirus death toll edged closer to 200,000, US president Donald Trump claimed falsely at a rally in Ohio that the country’s fatality rate was “among the lowest in the world” and that the virus has “virtually” no effect on young people.

Speaking in the town of Swanton, Trump said: “It affects elderly people. Elderly people with heart problems and other problems. If they have other problems that’s what it really affects, that’s it,” he claimed. “You know in some states, thousands of people – nobody young.”

“Take your hat off to the young, because they have a hell of an immune system. But it affects virtually nobody. It’s an amazing thing. By the way, open your schools.”Trump also claimed that the United States had “among the lowest case-fatality rates of any country in the world.” The US ranks 53rd highest out of 195 countries in the world with a case-fatality rate of 2.9%, according to Johns Hopkins University. It is the 11th worst on deaths per 100,000 people, at 60.98.

At least 199,815 Americans are known to have died since the start of the pandemic, according to Johns Hopkins, which relies on official government data. With the worst death toll in the world, the US accounts for one in five coronavirus-related fatalities worldwide. Just under one in every 1,600 Americans has died in the pandemic.

In August, the World Health Organization warned that young people were becoming the primary drivers of the spread of coronavirus in many countries.

Meanwhile, in Europe, stocks posted their worst fall in three months on Monday as fears of a second wave hit travel and leisure shares, while banks tumbled on reports of about $2tn-worth of potentially suspect transfers by leading lenders.

Pubs, bars and restaurants in England will have to shut by 10pm from Thursday under new nationwide restrictions to halt an “exponential” rise in coronavirus cases.

Boris Johnson is expected to make an address to the nation on Tuesday setting out the new measures. With cases doubling every week across the UK and a second wave expected to last up to six months, health officials are said to have advised the government over the weekend to “move hard and fast”. There could be up to 50,000 new coronavirus cases a day in Britain by the middle of October if the pandemic continues at its current pace, the country’s chief scientific adviser warned.

Scotland is also expected to announce new restrictions on Tuesday.

The Czech Republic prime minister, Andrej Babis, admitted on Monday that his government had made a mistake when it eased restrictions over the summer. “Even I got carried away by the coming summer and the general mood. That was a mistake I don’t want to make again,” the billionaire populist said in a televised speech.

After fending off much of the pandemic earlier in the year with timely steps, including mandatory face masks outdoors, the government lifted most measures before the summer holidays.

The Czech Republic registered a record high of 3,130 coronavirus cases on Thursday last week, almost matching the total for the whole of March, although testing capacity was low at the start of the pandemic.

In other developments:

There are 31.2m coronavirus cases worldwide, according to Johns Hopkins, and 963,068 people have died over the course of the pandemic so far.

New Zealand recorded no new cases of Covid-19 on Tuesday, as restrictions on much of the country were entirely removed, and measures imposed on Auckland, the largest city, were due to ease further. There was no recorded community spread of the virus in the rest of New Zealand, where the government has now lifted all physical distancing restrictions and limits on gatherings.

Mexico surpassed 700,000 confirmed cases on Monday after the health ministry reported 2,917 new confirmed cases in the Latin American country, bringing the total to 700,580 as well as a cumulative death toll of 73,697.

 

Retrieved from: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/22/global-report-trump-wrongly-claims-covid-affects-virtually-no-young-people