Country,	Total	New	Total
Other	Cases	Cases	Deaths
World	191,697,798	420,263	4,112,632
USA	35,018,600	24,266	624,983
India	31,173,019	29,424	414,513
Brazil	19,391,845	15,271	542,877
Russia	5,982,766	24,633	149,138
France	5,871,881	4,151	111,492
Turkey	5,537,386	7,667	50,604
UK	5,473,477	39,950	128,727
Argentina	4,769,142	12,764	101,955
Colombia	4,655,921	16,455	116,753
Italy	4,289,528	2,072	127,874
Spain	4,161,850	20,542	81,119
Germany	3,753,202	983	91,908
Iran	3,548,704	25,441	87,374
Indonesia	2,911,733	34,257	74,920
Poland	2,881,490	66	75,215
Mexico	2,659,137	4,438	236,331
South Africa	2,302,304	7,209	67,080
Ukraine	2,244,677	182	52,731
Peru	2,094,445	691	195,243
Netherlands	1,807,444	8,874	17,778
Czechia	1,671,156	116	30,341
Chile	1,600,883	1,004	34,539
Philippines	1,513,387	5,642	26,786
Iraq	1,501,595	9,883	17,892
Canada	1,423,878	701	26,504
Bangladesh	1,117,310	13,321	18,125
Belgium	1,105,878	1,330	25,211
Sweden	1,094,287		14,609
Romania	1,081,678	46	34,254
Pakistan	991,727	2,452	22,811
Portugal	932,540	1,855	17,215
Malaysia	927,533	10,972	7,148
Israel	852,943	1,220	6,450
Japan	841,537	3,103	15,048
Hungary	808,864	139	30,017
Jordan	762,028	803	9,910
Serbia	718,817	227	7,084
Switzerland	709,536	1,560	10,903
Nepal	668,751	1,642	9,582
UAE	662,486	1,508	1,900
Austria	653,998	263	10,729
Morocco	558,785	1,153	9,466
Lebanon	551,157	215	7,886
Tunisia	548,753	2,520	17,644
Saudi Arabia	510,869	1,293	8,089
Kazakhstan	494,222	5,317	4,997
Ecuador	476,312	247	21,958
Bolivia	462,154	440	17,458
Greece	459,146	1,834	12,834
Paraguay	445,565	573	14,340
Belarus	435,020	658	3,334
Panama	423,366	688	6,710
Bulgaria	423,078	113	18,177
Thailand	415,170	11,784	3,422
Costa Rica	392,781	742	4,906
Slovakia	392,104	4	12,527
Georgia	388,329	848	5,566
Kuwait	386,869	1,107	2,238
Uruguay	379,072	197	5,889
Croatia	361,613	18	8,240
Azerbaijan	338,586	148	4,994
Dominican Republic	337,738	163	3,916
Guatemala	334,375	548	9,927
Palestine	315,761	71	3,589
Denmark	306,944	844	2,542
Venezuela	293,866	1,087	3,392
Oman	289,042		3,498
Cuba	288,392	6,505	1,966
Sri Lanka	286,419	1,487	3,827
Ireland	285,581	1,071	5,018
Egypt	283,762	59	16,452
Honduras	280,710	658	7,461
Lithuania	279,813	60	4,404
Ethiopia	277,780	84	4,357
Bahrain	267,949	67	1,380
Slovenia	258,199	9	4,425
Moldova	258,007	61	6,227
Myanmar	234,710	5,189	5,281
Armenia	227,522	92	4,569
Libya	224,920	3,425	3,299
Qatar	224,402	124	599
Bosnia and Herzegovina	205,313	28	9,669
Kenya	193,189	431	3,783
Zambia	186,279	630	3,113
S. Korea	179,203	1,252	2,058
Nigeria	169,678	146	2,128
North Macedonia	155,931	9	5,487
Algeria	154,486	1,177	3,956
Kyrgyzstan	150,316	1,287	2,186
Mongolia	148,424	1,171	740
Afghanistan	142,414	915	6,266
Latvia	138,184	25	2,544
Norway	134,534	195	796
Albania	132,697	11	2,456
Estonia	131,882	34	1,271
Uzbekistan	119,973	585	801
Namibia	112,824	664	2,532
Mozambique	100,785	1,373	1,138
Montenegro	100,690	28	1,623
Finland	100,312	156	978
Vietnam	58,025	4,195	334
Suriname	24,312	40	614
Aruba	11,244	9	108

 

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

 

 

 

Canada to admit vaccinated U.S. tourists after more than 16 months

By David LjunggrenSteve Scherer

 

A U.S. Customs and Protection vehicle stands beside a sign reading that the border is closed to non-essential traffic at the Canada-United States border crossing at the Thousand Islands Bridge, to combat the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Lansdowne, Ontario, Canada September 28, 2020. REUTERS/Lars Hagberg/File Photo

Canada on Monday said it would allow fully vaccinated U.S. tourists into the country starting from Aug. 9 after the COVID-19 pandemic forced an unprecedented 16-month ban that many businesses complained was crippling them.

Inoculated visitors from countries other than the United States will be permitted to enter beginning on Sept. 7. The relaxation depends on Canada's COVID-19 rates remaining favorable, officials said.

"Thanks to the rising vaccination rates and declining COVID-19 cases, we are able to move forward with adjusted border measures," Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said at a news conference in Brampton, Ontario.

Some 50% of Canadian residents are fully vaccinated, and 75% have had one shot, government officials said.

Businesses in Canada and the United States, particularly the travel and airline industries, pushed for an end to restrictions on non-essential travel between the two countries, which were imposed in March 2020 at the beginning of the pandemic.

Since then, the land border has been closed to all non-essential travel. However, the United States has allowed Canadians to fly in, while Canada has not allowed Americans to do the same.

"As Canada moves from recovery into growth, having workable border measures for fully vaccinated travelers is critical for Canadian businesses," said Perrin Beatty, president of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce.

Until now, the United States and Canada had extended the border restrictions month-by-month.

Canadian Public Safety Minister Bill Blair said U.S. officials told him it was likely Washington would extend its land border restrictions, which expire on Thursday, for an additional month.

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki declined to say whether the United States would follow Canada's lead.

"We are continuing to review our travel decisions and we'll be guided by our public health and medical experts ... I wouldn't look at it through a reciprocal intention," she told a briefing when asked about Canada's decision.

People eligible to enter Canada must have been fully vaccinated at least 14 days beforehand. Children under 12 who are not vaccinated will not be required to quarantine if traveling with their fully inoculated parents.

The government repeated that Canadians should still avoid non-essential travel abroad.

The news should be a boost for Canada's hard-hit airlines which have recovered more slowly from the pandemic than their U.S. counterparts. Ottawa is also lifting the requirement that all travelers arriving by air must spend three nights in a hotel.

Canada's second-largest carrier, WestJet Airlines, said it was operating at 40% capacity in July compared with pre-pandemic levels in 2019.

Calgary-based WestJet said the move was "significant and positive step forward". Shares in Air Canada - the nation's largest airline - were trading down more than 3% in Toronto on Monday amid a broader decline.

Mike McNaney, President and CEO of the National Airlines Council of Canada, whose members include Air Canada (AC.TO) and WestJet, welcomed the announcement but said, "we have almost lost the summer travel season."

In a statement, Air Canada said the loosening of the border restrictions was "an important step" and added that it had announced a new summer schedule with up to 220 daily flights between the U.S. and Canada.

(Corrects WestJet Airlines capacity in paragraph 15 to 40% from 60% after spokesperson amends figure)

 

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/canada-ease-border-measures-welcome-vaccinated-us-tourists-next-month-2021-07-19/

 

 

 

Europe becomes first region to cross 50 million COVID-19 cases - Reuters tally

By Anurag MaanLasya M

 

Europe became the first region worldwide to cross 50 million coronavirus cases on Monday, according to a Reuters tally, as the more contagious Delta variant spurred a record surge in daily new infections.

The region is seeing a million new infections about every eight days and has reported nearly 1.3 million deaths since the pandemic began.

The Delta variant, which is significantly more contagious than the original version of COVID-19, has been detected in about 100 countries and is now the dominant variant worldwide. (Graphic on global cases and deaths)

European markets faced a jolt on Monday as shares sank more than 2%, their worst session in nine months, on worries that the fast-spreading Delta variant could slow the global economic recovery.

"Investors are extremely worried that... another lockdown could be a month or two round the corner," said Russ Mould, investment director at AJ Bell. "COVID is spreading fast again and the airlines, restaurants and leisure companies may not get the strong summer trading they've long hoped for."

Europe remains one of the worst-affected regions worldwide and has reported 27% of global cases and 31% of global deaths.

It took 194 days for Europe to go from 25 million to 50 million cases while the first 25 million cases were reported in 350 days, according to a Reuters tally.

Russia, the worst-affected European country, is on the verge of crossing 6 million cases.

The United Kingdom ended over a year of COVID-19 lockdown restrictions on Monday but the so-called "Freedom Day" was ruined by surging infections and grim forecasts.

COVID-19 restrictions are being implemented again in European countries after recent spikes.

 

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/europe-becomes-first-region-cross-50-million-covid-19-cases-reuters-tally-2021-07-19/

 

 

 

England to demand vaccination proof for clubs, mass events

By Andrew Macaskill

 

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson walks on Downing Street in London, Britain, July 14, 2021. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday that English nightclubs and other venues with large crowds will require patrons to present proof of full vaccination from the end of September.

Clubbers flocked on Monday to the first live music events without restrictions since the COVID-19 pandemic began. The government reopened nightclubs and dropped almost all coronavirus measures in England in a bet that mass vaccinations will prevent another deadly wave of COVID-19.

But hours later, Johnson announced that people who were not fully vaccinated, including those who had not had both doses of two-shot immunizations, would be barred from nightclubs.

The decision follows large outbreaks linked to nightclubs in other countries such as the Netherlands and Israel, where authorities were forced to close them again.

"I can serve notice now that by the end of September when all over 18s will have had their chance to be double jabbed, we're planning to make full vaccination the condition of entry to nightclubs and other venues where large crowds gather," Johnson told a press conference.

"Proof of a negative test will no longer be enough."

Kate Nicholls, chief executive of the trade association UKHospitality, called the announcement "a hammer blow" for a struggling industry. She said the decision risked creating flashpoints between staff and customers.

"As recently as last week the government asked us to work with them on a voluntary scheme, so this new policy is devastating," she said.

Britain's chief scientific adviser, Patrick Vallance, said nightclubs and other closed venues could be "potential super spreading events" because of crowds in close contact.

"I would expect that with opening of nightclubs, we'll continue to see an increase in cases, and we will see outbreaks related to specific nightclubs as well," he said.

Johnson said that the government was not planning similar requirements for pubs. "I certainly don't want to see passports for pubs," he said.

 

https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/uk-demand-vaccination-proof-clubs-big-crowd-events-johnson-says-2021-07-19/

 

 

 

India’s excess deaths during Covid ‘could be 10 times official toll’

 

People register to give swab samples for a Covid test in Bangalore, India, on Monday. Photograph: Jagadeesh Nv/EPA

Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi

The number of excess deaths in India during the Covid-19 pandemic could be 10 times higher than the official death toll, according to a study that estimates that between 3 million and 4.7 million more people died than would be expected between January 2020 and June 2021.

The study, carried out by the US-based Center for Global Development, examined three different sources of data to piece together one of the most comprehensive pictures yet of the pandemic in India.

“India’s official Covid death count as of end-June 2021 is 400,000,” the report says. “The reality is, of course, catastrophically worse … What is tragically clear is that too many people, in the millions rather than hundreds of thousands, may have died.”

Excess deaths are a calculation of how many more people are dying across a defined period of time than usual. While not all excess deaths that occurred during the pandemic would be due to Covid, it is likely that a significant proportion were.

The report acknowledges that establishing an accurate Covid-19 death toll may “prove elusive” but that such a toll “is likely to be an order of magnitude greater than the official count”.

India’s second wave, which hit in March, was the most devastating. People died in the streets and outside hospital gates unable to get a bed or oxygen, and the healthcare system was brought to the brink of collapse.

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However, using the data, the researchers concluded that the first wave “was also more lethal than is widely believed” and that about 2 million people may have died in the first wave alone.

Arvind Subramanian, one of the authors of the report, said: “After the first wave, which was more spread out, there was a sense that India had escaped the worst because there was this undercounting of deaths, and that led to a culture of complacency. But in the second wave, with all the horrendous images that we saw, that really galvanised Indian society to get to the bottom of the numbers.

“Much of this is thanks to the heroic efforts of Indian journalists and civil society who tirelessly and furiously recorded deaths and forced state governments to release accurate data and revise their figures.”

State governments and local administrations across India have been accused of purposefully undercounting Covid-19 deaths, while the stigma attached to the virus also prevented many people getting tested, so many deaths also went unrecorded as Covid-19 fatalities.

Following public pressure and calls for accountability, several Indian states have recently revised their Covid-19 mortality figures, leading to a sharp increase in the official death toll.

In order to draw together a more accurate picture than that reflected in official figures, the researchers used three data sources: data from the civil registration system that records births and deaths across seven states, blood tests showing the prevalence of the virus in India alongside global Covid-19 fatality rates, and an economic survey of nearly 900,000 people done three times a year.

The conclusions drawn from comparing the data undermine India’s claim to have one of the world’s lowest deaths per capita. Using official statistics, India’s per capita death rate is 0.3, compared with 2 for countries such as the UK, US and Brazil, where infection rates are lower. “This shows that India was not an outlier when it came to Covid mortality,” Subramanian said.

He emphasised that all three data sources used in the report had “merits and shortcomings” but said they all depicted a relatively similar pattern for excess deaths. He also emphasised that the data sources only went up to May, so the full impact of the second wave that has continued into June and July would not be reflected.

“Knowing the true death toll of the pandemic is important for so many reasons,” Subramanian said. “How can we have a basic understanding of the impact of Covid without knowing how many people died and where they died? Accurate data is the only way we can prepare a fully fledged response to the pandemic in the future.”

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/20/india-excess-deaths-during-covid-could-be-10-times-official-toll

 

 

 

Rising Covid cases spark fears of resurgent pandemic in US

Biden implores Americans to get vaccinated and stocks fall amid outbreaks in areas with low inoculation rates

 

Joe Biden delivers remarks on the administration’s coronavirus response and vaccination program on Monday. Photograph: Sarah Silbiger/EPA

 

A rapid increase in coronavirus cases in the US and abroad is fueling fears of a pandemic resurgence and on Monday sent shockwaves through the stock market as the highly contagious Delta variant takes hold – and Joe Biden urged Americans to “please, please get vaccinated”.

The number of new cases, hospitalizations and deaths due to Covid-19 have been rising worryingly in recent days, largely driven by outbreaks in parts of the country with low vaccination rates, as officials have been warning of a “pandemic of the unvaccinated”.

US stock indexes plunged as investors worried about the impact of the coronavirus on the economic recovery, and the president begged more people to get the shot even as he gave a speech on the economy that more broadly dismissed predictions of “doom and gloom” that electing him to office would bring about depression and the death of capitalism.

Biden said capitalism was alive and “very well”.

He noted that: “Six months into my administration, the US economy has experienced the highest economic growth rate in almost 40 years … Forecasters have doubled their projections for growth to 7% or higher … The US is the only developed country where growth projections today are stronger than they were before the pandemic hit.”

But Monday’s stock market selloff came as the Delta variant of the coronavirus continued to spread across the US and around the world.

Covid cases are now rising in all 50 US states and some cities are once again considering or already imposing mask mandates.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 725 points, or 2.1%, after losing 946 points earlier in the day. The S&P 500 index lost 1.6% and the technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite declined 1.1%.

The available vaccines work against the Delta variant, but lab tests have shown them to be less effective than they were against the original form of coronavirus.

And Biden warned that the US recovery hinged on getting the pandemic under control, noting that four states with low vaccination rates accounted for 40% of all new coronavirus infections last week.

“So please, please get vaccinated,” Biden said. “Get vaccinated now.“

The average number of new Covid-19 cases per day has tripled in the past 30 days in the United States, according to an analysis of Reuters data. In the month from June 18 to Sunday, it climbed from 12,004 to 32,136.

And the average number of people hospitalized with Covid-19 has gone up 21% over the past 30 days to over 19,000, up from 16,000.

Deaths, which can lag weeks behind a rise in cases, rose 25% last week from the previous seven days with an average of 250 people dying a day.

Meanwhile, with the situation in the UK deteriorating, US citizens were warned against travel there.

The UK was placed on the highest level of the United States travel guidance – “Level 4: Very High” – on Monday, warning that even fully vaccinated travelers could be at risk.

The US federal agency the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued the update on the day British prime minster Boris Johnson ended mask-wearing and social distancing laws, while reopening nightclubs.

The move will be a blow to Johnson after he sought to broker a way to reopen UK-US travel with Biden.

Americans were told to “avoid travel to the United Kingdom” but advised to make sure they are fully vaccinated if travel was essential.

“Because of the current situation in the United Kingdom, even fully vaccinated travelers may be at risk for getting and spreading Covid-19 variants,” the US guidance added.

The UK joins countries including Brazil, South Africa and the Netherlands on Level 4.
India, Iran and Italy are among countries that have been badly hit by coronavirus but are a level lower on the US’s rating.

In Canada, officials announced that the US-Canadian border will begin reopening from 9 August to fully vaccinated American citizens and permanent residents, for the first time since the pandemic hit.

There was no word on when the US might admit Canadians for nonessential travel.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/19/us-coronavirus-cases-pandemic-vaccines-biden

 

 

 

Summary

 

The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide has surpassed 190 million, with more than 4 million deaths, according to the latest data from Johns Hopkins University.

Here is the latest:

.The Chinese mainland recorded 65 new confirmed cases on Sunday, including eight domestically transmitted infections in southwestern Yunnan Province.

.France has entered a fourth wave of the COVID-19 epidemic which is spreading at "lightning" speed, said government spokesperson Gabriel Attal on Monday.

.The British government on Monday lifted pandemic restrictions on daily life in England. 

.A total of 247 sailors from South Korea's 301-member Cheonghae Unit on an anti-piracy mission in waters off Africa have tested positive for the coronavirus, Yonhap reported on Monday.

.The Tokyo Olympics saw more positive COVID-19 cases among athletes, but a health advisor for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on COVID-19 countermeasures reassured that the Olympic Village is safe. 

 

https://www.cgtn.com/special/Latest-updates-on-COVID-19-pandemic.html