The worldwide coronavirus pandemic has contaminated more than 11.1 million individuals and declared over 528,000 lives. Here are updates for July 4:
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Saturday, July 4
WHO reports record single-day increase in cases
The World Health Organization reported a record increase in international coronavirus cases on Saturday, with the total rising by 212,326 in 24 hours.
The biggest boosts were from the United States, Brazil and India, according to a daily report The previous WHO record for brand-new cases was 189,077 on June28
Deaths remained steady at about 5,000 a day.
Global coronavirus cases exceeded 11 million on Friday, according to a Reuters tally, marking another milestone in the spread of the illness that has actually killed over half a million individuals in 7 months.
Over 1,200 recuperate in Turkey
More than 1,200 individuals recuperated from the unique coronavirus in Turkey over the past 24 hours, the country’s health minister has said.
Fahrettin Koca said on Twitter that general recoveries from the infection now reached 179,492 out of 204,610 total cases, suggesting there are fewer than 20,000 active cases in Turkey.
The nation’s death toll from the coronavirus also increased to 5,206, with 20 new fatalities reported over the last 24 hours.
Florida sees another record spike
Florida’s validated coronavirus cases increased by a record 11,458, the state’s health department stated, the 2nd time in three days that its caseload increased by more than 10,000
The new record came a day after seven other states likewise reported record rises in cases of Covid-19, the illness triggered by the coronavirus that has actually killed nearly 130,000 Americans.
The current surge, many noticable in southern and western states, has alarmed public health officials, who prompted care ahead of a July fourth holiday weekend to commemorate the Declaration of the United States in1776
Florida’s record rise in cases was more than any European country’s day-to-day peak at the height of the break out there.
UK’s death toll rises
The United Kingdom’s death toll from verified cases of the unique coronavirus has actually risen by 67 to 44,198 in the last day, the government stated on Saturday.
Iran enforces new curbs
Iranians who do not use masks will be rejected state services and workplaces that stop working to abide by health procedures will be shut for a week, President Hassan Rouhani has said as he released new measures to try to curb the coronavirus.
Wearing masks becomes obligatory from Sunday in covered public places, he said.
Iran has been fighting the spread of the coronavirus, with the total variety of cases striking 237,878 on Saturday and a further 148 deaths bringing the country’s toll to 11,408, Health Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari stated on state tv.
Jordan slaps wristbands on arriving visitors
Jordan started putting electronic bracelets on travellers who have just recently gotten here in the kingdom to ensure that they observe home-quarantine versus the spread of coronavirus, an official said.
People arriving in Jordan should isolate for 14 days at hotels designated by the authorities on the shores of the Dead Sea, west of the capital Amman. After that duration, they must self-isolate for an additional 14 days in your home.
The kingdom has so far signed up 1,147 coronavirus infections, consisting of only 10 deaths.
Spain’s Catalonia places 200,000 people under lockdown
Spain’s northeastern Catalonia region locked down an area with around 200,000 homeowners near the town of Lerida following a surge in cases of the new coronavirus.
” We have decided to confine the del Segria zone following data validating a sharp rise in Covid-19 infections,” Catalonia’s regional president Quim Torra told reporters, including that nobody would be allowed to go into or leave the location.
India coronavirus cases struck record high
India tape-recorded its highest single-day spike of coronavirus cases, with over 22,000 new cases and 442 deaths, as infections increased in the western and southern parts of the nation in the middle of heavy monsoon rains.
The western state of Maharashtra, house to the largely jam-packed financial capital Mumbai, has the country’s greatest total, recording 6,364 fresh cases of the virus on Saturday and 198 deaths from Covid-19, the illness triggered by the infection.
India has actually the fourth-most confirmed cases in the world, going beyond 640,000, according to health ministry data.
Russia’s cases near 675,000
Russia on Saturday reported 6,632 brand-new cases of the coronavirus, raising the across the country tally of infections to 674,515
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