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Country, |
Total |
New |
Total |
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World |
52,422,155 |
+613,836 |
1,288,900 |
|
10,708,728 |
+142,906 |
247,398 |
|
|
8,684,039 |
+48,285 |
128,165 |
|
|
5,749,007 |
+47,724 |
163,406 |
|
|
1,865,538 |
+35,879 |
42,535 |
|
|
1,836,960 |
+19,851 |
31,593 |
|
|
1,463,093 |
+19,096 |
40,105 |
|
|
1,273,356 |
+10,880 |
34,531 |
|
|
1,256,725 |
+22,950 |
50,365 |
|
|
1,165,326 |
+8,651 |
33,312 |
|
|
1,028,424 |
+32,961 |
42,953 |
|
|
978,531 |
+5,746 |
95,842 |
|
|
928,006 |
+2,575 |
35,031 |
|
|
742,394 |
+2,140 |
20,011 |
|
|
726,176 |
+20,536 |
12,082 |
|
|
715,068 |
+11,780 |
39,664 |
|
|
618,813 |
+25,221 |
8,805 |
|
|
524,804 |
+897 |
14,633 |
|
|
508,508 |
+3,198 |
11,482 |
|
|
507,475 |
+4,293 |
13,561 |
|
|
489,808 |
+10,611 |
8,947 |
|
|
448,118 |
+3,770 |
14,836 |
|
|
438,805 |
+8,925 |
5,570 |
|
|
425,353 |
+1,733 |
6,127 |
|
|
424,819 |
+5,407 |
8,215 |
|
|
402,053 |
+2,693 |
11,145 |
|
|
401,413 |
+1,669 |
7,710 |
|
|
351,849 |
+394 |
5,590 |
|
|
348,184 |
+1,708 |
7,021 |
|
|
324,094 |
+9,799 |
8,389 |
|
|
321,326 |
+665 |
2,700 |
|
|
277,061 |
+4,024 |
10,685 |
|
|
270,626 |
+5,461 |
4,506 |
|
|
202,329 |
+2,569 |
1,174 |
|
|
192,172 |
+4,935 |
3,103 |
|
|
176,630 |
+919 |
12,920 |
|
|
172,380 |
+7,514 |
1,564 |
|
|
145,599 |
+1,214 |
520 |
|
|
142,664 |
+103 |
8,808 |
|
|
142,465 |
+1,163 |
2,823 |
|
|
134,887 |
+224 |
233 |
|
|
134,159 |
+778 |
826 |
|
|
Dominican |
131,265 |
+134 |
2,272 |
|
126,401 |
+5,419 |
1,467 |
|
|
122,863 |
+3,945 |
2,697 |
|
|
119,768 |
+1,202 |
1,513 |
|
|
119,186 |
+302 |
1,321 |
|
|
117,904 |
+568 |
1,899 |
|
|
112,811 |
+682 |
3,845 |
|
|
110,548 |
+1,861 |
1,636 |
|
|
110,156 |
+1,173 |
1,841 |
|
|
109,881 |
+227 |
6,405 |
|
|
109,357 |
+1,057 |
1,022 |
|
|
100,804 |
+231 |
2,780 |
|
|
100,727 |
+400 |
1,545 |
|
|
98,829 |
+1,922 |
763 |
|
|
95,750 |
+305 |
838 |
|
|
87,311 |
+3,945 |
1,898 |
|
|
86,284 |
+17 |
4,634 |
|
|
84,707 |
+1,115 |
1,950 |
|
|
84,042 |
+231 |
332 |
|
|
79,181 |
+2,058 |
414 |
|
|
74,522 |
+1,529 |
2,100 |
|
|
72,840 |
+2,597 |
893 |
|
|
70,885 |
+875 |
970 |
|
|
70,424 |
+3,536 |
936 |
|
|
69,330 |
+303 |
591 |
|
|
69,106 |
+609 |
1,532 |
|
|
68,594 |
+1,202 |
885 |
|
|
66,561 |
+2,911 |
566 |
|
|
66,247 |
+358 |
1,965 |
|
|
65,804 |
+1,216 |
1,180 |
|
|
64,516 |
+180 |
1,162 |
|
|
64,453 |
+1,212 |
1,480 |
|
|
64,360 |
+400 |
1,188 |
|
|
64,257 |
+811 |
2,093 |
|
|
63,321 |
+2,751 |
909 |
|
|
60,065 |
+643 |
538 |
|
|
58,091 |
+18 |
28 |
|
|
57,952 |
+994 |
753 |
|
|
48,939 |
+2,222 |
645 |
|
|
42,872 |
+822 |
302 |
|
|
42,540 |
+1,318 |
1,212 |
|
|
28,262 |
+1,421 |
235 |
|
|
27,799 |
+146 |
487 |
|
|
27,686 |
+8 |
907 |
|
|
26,511 |
+624 |
285 |
|
|
6,461 |
+165 |
33 |
|
|
5,254 |
+9 |
113 |
|
|
3,847 |
+3 |
60 |
|
|
1,252 |
+26 |
35 |
Retrieved from: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
From CNN’s Yoko Wakatsuki in Tokyo
People wait to cross a road as a taxi drives past on November 11 in Tokyo, Japan. Carl Court/Getty Images
Japan’s Doctor's Association Chairman, Toshio Nakagawa, warned the recent surge in Covid-19 infections "is considered to be the third wave" and urged the government to step up prevention measures to stop the spread of the coronavirus.
Japan's Health Ministry announced 1,546 new Covid-19 cases and 10 additional deaths for Wednesday -- the highest number of daily infections since August 7, which was the peak of the last wave.
Japan has now reported 112,423 infections, including 1,864 deaths.
Tokyo reported 317 new cases Wednesday -- the highest daily toll since August 20, while Japan’s second biggest prefecture, Osaka, reported its highest number of new daily infections ever at 256.
From CNN’s Shelby Lin Erdman
People line up outside a Covid-19 testing site in New York City, New York on November 11. Kena Betancur/AFP/Getty Images
As the coronavirus pandemic accelerates across the United States, conditions could worsen on the West Coast, in the Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic states over the next several weeks, according to a new forecast from the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) Policy Lab.
The CHOP Policy Lab will begin releasing weekly findings from its COVID-Lab county-level forecasts on the pandemic, the lab said Wednesday on its website. It noted that hospitalizations, ICU admissions and ventilator use are now rising in all 50 states.
Growing cases: The model is predicting “substantial growth” in Covid-19 cases over the next four weeks in the northeast and south through the mid-Atlantic region, “where dire trends previously seen in the Midwest have now set in,” the lab said. The forecast noted that mitigation efforts in and around New York City and Boston have “slowed but not abated” an increase in hospitalizations and ICU admissions in the cities.
The CHOP Policy Lab forecast is also projecting “significant case growth” along the West Coast in major cities in California, as well as in Portland and Seattle into mid-December.
Fast-filling ICU beds: “In every Midwestern state, COVID-19 patients are occupying more than 25% of ICU beds,” the lab reported.
In four states -- Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota and South Dakota -- coronavirus patients have filled up 50% or more of all available ICU beds. “We suspect that in many localities across these states, ICUs are near, at or over capacity,” the forecast said.
The forecast also noted that in Wisconsin, one of the earliest states to see an explosive growth in Covid-19 cases this fall, may be nearing a peak in transmissions, but hospitalizations and ICU admissions have not yet stabilized.
At least half of the 819 counties in the lab’s forecast are seeing a testing positivity rate of 9%, a measure of how prevalent positive coronavirus cases are compared to the number of tests administered.
From CNN’s Vedika Sud and Manveena Suri in New Delhi
India’s capital region Delhi recorded 8,593 new Covid-19 infections on Thursday, a record daily increase, according to a health bulletin issued by the local government.
This is the first time 8,000 cases have been reported in a single day in the capital region and brings the total number of active cases to 42,629. An additional 85 deaths were reported over the past 24 hours, bringing the city's death toll to 7,228.
Delhi has now recorded 459,975 cases.
Last week, Delhi’s chief minister Arvind Kejriwal said the capital was facing its third wave.
The spike in cases is a result of people defying social distancing rules, and a rise in air pollution in the past week or so, said Dr Arvind Kumar, chairman of Center for Chest Surgery and founder and managing trustee at non-profit Lung Care Foundation.
“There are two factors which I feel are responsible for the increase in Covid-19 cases in Delhi," he said. "About two to three weeks back we had a major festival, where people met each other, greeted each other, prayed in groups. So a lot of social distancing norms were violated in the last two weeks.”
“Also, there has been a massive, massive spike in pollution in Delhi and the National Capital region,” he added.
Experts are concerned that pollution may mean people spend more time indoors, and that poor air quality could aggravate respiratory conditions.
What's happening in India: Nationwide, India recorded at additional 47,905 cases on Thursday, bringing the country's total to 8,683,916 cases, according to the country’s health ministry. To date, 128,121 deaths have been recorded -- including 550 reported on Thursday.
Retrieved from: https://edition.cnn.com/world/live-news/coronavirus-pandemic-11-12-20-intl/index.html
A virus testing site in Haret Hreik, south of Beirut, in October
Lebanon is imposing a new lockdown that will shut many businesses and limit road traffic as the small Mediterranean country tries to limit a spike in coronavirus cases that has stretched hospital resources.
The new lockdown, which the government announced on Tuesday, will begin Saturday and last until Nov. 30. Many businesses and government offices will close, cars will be allowed on the road on alternate days based on the last number of their license plates and a nighttime curfew will be enforced, although its hours have yet to be decided.
While the measures have been billed as a “total lockdown,” the country’s sea, air and land borders will remain open, as will establishments deemed “essential,” such as pharmacies, bakeries, banks and electricity and communications facilities.
Lebanon, a small, beleaguered country of 5.4 million bordered by Syria and Israel, reported surprisingly low infection numbers early in the pandemic, mostly because of a strict early lockdown that included an airport closure.
But cases have risen steadily in recent months, as have virus-related deaths, a rise that medical workers have blamed on spotty mask-wearing and lax observance of social distancing guidelines.
The new lockdown comes amid an economic crisis that has seen unemployment spike and the currency lose about 80 percent of its value against the United States dollar since last year.
A huge explosion in the Beirut port in August killed nearly 200 people and caused billions of dollars in damages.
Since February, 96,907 people have contracted the virus and 749 people have died in connection to the virus, according to a Times database.
Brazil health regulator Anvisa on Wednesday allowed resumption of late-stage Brazilian clinical trials for China’s Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine, which had been suspended due to a study subject’s death that was registered in Sao Paulo as a suicide, Reuters reports.
Brazilian medical institute Butantan said in a statement it would restart trials later on Wednesday.
Brazil’s president, Jair Bolsonaro, a longtime China critic who has baselessly dismissed the Sinovac vaccine as lacking in credibility, had hailed Monday’s suspension as a personal victory.
Bolsonaro reiterated, however, on Wednesday evening that his government would purchase whatever vaccine is approved by Anvisa and the Health Ministry, which could ultimately include the Sinovac vaccine, if approved.
The decision to suspend the trial - one of Sinovac’s three large late-stage studies - was criticized by the trial organizers, who said the move had taken them by surprise and that there had been no need to stop the study as the death had no relation to the vaccine.
The suspension further inflamed tensions between Bolsonaro and Sao Paulo Governor Joao Doria, who has pinned his political ambitions on the Chinese vaccine that he aims to roll out in his state as early as January, with or without federal assistance.
Anvisa, in its statement on Wednesday, said the initial information it received about the case, which led to the suspension, had been incomplete and lacked the cause of the “severe adverse event.” It has strongly dismissed suggestions the decision could have been politically motivated.
“After evaluating the new data presented by the sponsor ... Anvisa understands that it has sufficient reasons to allow the resumption of vaccination,” the agency said.
“It is important to clarify that a suspension does not necessarily mean that the product under investigation does not offer quality, safety or efficacy,” Anvisa added.
Sinovac, in a statement said: “We are confident in the safety of the vaccine, fully understand and appreciate Anvisa’s strict supervision and timely resumption of the clinical studies.”
Shoppers crowd into a Delhi market ahead of the Hindu festival of Diwali in a picture taken on 10 November. Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters
A senior health department official in Delhi has said that Diwali, starting on 14 November, could be “a super spreader event [but] the public just doesn’t see the threat”, Reuters is reporting.
India has so far reported around 8.6 million coronavirus infections - the world’s second highest after the United States - and 127,571 deaths. But overall, it has been adding fewer cases daily since a mid-September peak, and its fatality figure of 92 per million people is well below the world’s tally of 160 and the United States’ 711.
Still, the state-run Indian Council of Medical Research says the recent fall in cases nationally could be undone if there is a resurgence in infections around Diwali.
Federal authorities have asked the local government in the capital to prepare resources to handle as many as 15,000 cases a day and test more aggressively.
Over half of the city’s 16,511 Covid hospital beds were occupied as of Wednesday, government data showed, with more than 24,000 other patients isolating at home. There is no separate data for ICU beds.
Here are the key developments from the last few hours:
· The US confirmed its highest 24-hour infection total to date – with a world record of 136,000 cases recorded in one day. The US also suffered its highest death toll since early May, with 1,984 coronavirus deaths.
· Texas passes 1m cases. Texas on Wednesday became the first state with more than 1 million confirmed Covid-19 cases, and California closed in on that mark as a surge of coronavirus infections engulfs the country.
· Auckland, New Zealand asks people to work from home tomorrow. The department of health has asked all New Zealanders who live or work in Auckland central city to stay home tomorrow after further details emerged of the mystery case of Covid-19, whose point of infection is as yet unknown.
· Athletes arriving at Tokyo Olympic Games will be exempt from isolation requirements. Athletes arriving in Tokyo for next year’s Olympic Games, postponed from 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic, will be exempt from the 14-day isolation period Japan has imposed on anyone arriving from overseas to help stop the virus spreading.
· Cyprus has announced partial lockdowns in the towns of Limassol and Paphos to curb a surge in Covid-19 cases. The local measures, which include a ban on travel into and out of the towns and a nightly curfew, will take effect from Thursday and last until the end of November.
· Sweden’s PM, Stefan Lofven, said his government plans to ban nationwide the sale of alcohol after 10pm in bars, restaurants and night clubs from 20 November in an effort to curb the spread of Covid-19. Sweden has witnessed record numbers of new coronavirus infections in past weeks, which is burdening the country’s health care system and intensive care wards.
· Spain’s coronavirus death toll surged to over 40,000 with infections passing the 1.4 million mark, while the rate of new cases continued to grow, health ministry data showed. A further 349 people died in the past 24 hours, bringing the death toll to 40,105 in Spain - the fourth-highest within the European Union after the United Kingdom, France and Italy.
· South Africa will open up travel to all countries and restore normal trading hours of alcohol, despite having the highest number of confirmed Covid-19 cases on the continent, in an effort to boost the tourism and hospitality sectors, the president Cyril Ramaphosa said.
· Officials and doctors in Pakistan urged people to stay at home as the air quality in Lahore deteriorated to hazardous levels, putting an additional burden on the fragile healthcare system amid a surge in coronavirus deaths and new infections.
· The New York governor Andrew Cuomo imposed a new round of restrictions aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus as the infection rate climbed and hospitalisations soared in the state. Taking effect on Friday, Cuomo ordered bars, restaurants and gyms in the state to shut down on-premises services at 10pm nightly, and capped the number of people who could attend private parties at 10.
· Turkey banned smoking in crowded public places to slow a recent surge in symptomatic patients with coronavirus, as the government warned citizens to abide by protective measures. It comes as daily cases surged to 2,693 on Wednesday.
· Greek authorities announced stricter restrictions on movement, extending a curfew nationwide after infections broke fresh records, reporting 2,752 new cases on Wednesday. Four days after the country went into a second lockdown to curb the surge in cases, the government said all circulation would be banned between 9pm and 5am.
· Spain will demand a negative Covid-19 test for all travellers arriving from countries with a high risk for coronavirus from 23 November. Visitors will need to show evidence of a negative PCR test result within the previous 72 hours to be granted entry and officials will be allowed to ask for proof of the test results.
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