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Coronavirus: What’s happening around the world Monday | CBC News

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Jun 23, 2020
Coronavirus: What’s happening around the world Monday | CBC News

Here’s what’s happening with coronavirus around the world on Monday.

People hug through a plastic curtain at a nursing home in Barcelona on Monday. (Emilio Morenatti/The Associated Press)

The latest:

The record levels of new daily COVID-19 cases are due to the fact that the pandemic is peaking in a number of big countries at the same time and reflect a change in the virus’s global activity, the World Health Organization said.

At a media briefing on Monday, WHO’s emergencies chief, Dr. Michael Ryan, said that “the numbers are increasing because the epidemic is developing in a number of populous countries at the same time.”

Some countries have attributed their increased caseload to more testing, including India and the U.S. But Ryan dismissed that explanation.

“We do not believe this is a testing phenomenon,” he said, noting that numerous countries have also noted marked increases in hospital admissions and deaths — neither of which can be explained by increased testing.

Workers spray disinfectant at a public school in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Monday. (Eranga Jayawardena/The Associated Press)

“There definitely is a shift, in that the virus is now very well established,” Ryan said. “The epidemic is now peaking or moving towards a peak in a number of large countries.”

He added the situation was “definitely accelerating” in a number of countries, including the U.S. and others in South Asia, the Middle East and Africa.


What’s happening with COVID-19 in Canada

As of 3:45 p.m. ET on Monday, Canada had 101,573 confirmed and presumptive coronavirus cases, with the majority in Quebec and Ontario. Of those cases, 64,284 of the cases were listed as resolved or recovered. A CBC News tally of deaths based on provincial information, regional health data and CBC’s reporting stood at 8,472.

Ontario reported 161 new cases on Monday, bringing the total number of cases in that province to 33,637 with 2,647 deaths.

Quebec reported 69 new cases, bringing the total number of cases there to 54,835 with 5,417 deaths. The daily figure is the lowest Quebec has seen since March 21, and the first time Quebec has had no new deaths to report since March 17, when the province reported its first COVID-19-related death.

Workers wearing face shields wait for customers as restaurants in the greater Montreal area are allowed to reopen on Monday. (Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press)


What’s happening around the world

Saudi Arabia says this year’s hajj will not be cancelled, but due to the coronavirus, only “very limited numbers” of people will be allowed to perform the major Muslim pilgrimage.

The kingdom said Tuesday that only people of various nationalities already residing in the country would be allowed to perform the hajj. The government did not specify how many people would be permitted to take part.

The announcement came as Saudi Arabia ended its nationwide curfew over the weekend.

Moviegoers buy food from a vendor at a re-opened theatre in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Monday. (Fayez Nureldine/A

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