India announced yesterday that it has recorded a total of about 700,000 infections with the emerging coronavirus (Covid-19), becoming the third country in terms of the number of infections in the world, after its confirmed cases exceeded those recorded in Russia of 681,000 cases. The United States is still ranked first, and Brazil is second.
The Indian Ministry of Health announced that 24,000 injuries were registered within 24 hours, but India's death toll has not reached its peak, and experts expect it to cross the threshold of a million injuries this month.
In total, India recorded 19,963 deaths, which is much lower than the number recorded in many other countries most affected by the epidemic.
New Delhi has opened a makeshift hospital with 10,000 beds, while other cities are tightening movement restrictions to avoid a new increase in the number of injuries.
Kerala, the capital of the state, imposed new closings as of yesterday, as it suspended public transport and allowed the opening of pharmacies only. The move came after hundreds of new infections were recorded across the state.
And data collected for cases of Corona virus showed that the number of infections around the world exceeded 11 million and 450 thousand cases as of yesterday. The Johns Hopkins University reported that the number of people recovering approached 6.2 million, while the number of deaths exceeded 534,000.
The outbreak of the new Corona virus continued in the United States, as hospitals were close to filling, while officials sounded the alarm in Latin American countries.
A week ago, the United States, which celebrated its national holiday this weekend, recorded record casualties, while President Donald Trump continues to underestimate the crisis he has confirmed is "about to end."
The United States has counted nearly 40,000 injuries and 234 additional deaths in the past 24 hours, and Austin, Texas mayor, Steve Adler has made no secret of his annoyance, and has stressed that recovery departments are nearly full.
"If we don't change course, our hospitals may be overcrowded within two weeks," Adler told CNN.
In Bolivia, the new Minister of Health, Edi Roca, was confirmed to have contracted the new Corona virus, while the Bolivian Minister of Presidential Affairs Yerco Nunez was transferred to the hospital after he developed a fever due to complications from Covid-19.
In Brazil, the Ministry of Health announced the registration of over 26,000 new cases of coronavirus within 24 hours, in addition to 602 deaths.
The ministry added that Brazil has recorded more than 1.6 million cases of the virus since the start of the pandemic, with the death of 64,867 people in total.
11.4 million infections worldwide ... and the total death toll from the virus exceeds 534,000.