The WHO confirms a new world record for daily infections, noting that none of the dozens of coronavirus vaccines being investigated or the 17 undergoing clinical trials is advanced enough to say when an effective vaccine could be produced. and safe. Meanwhile, on Friday it left a notable increase in the number of deaths from coronavirus in Spain with 17 deaths from Covid-19 in 24 hours.
Coronavirus data in Spain
- * Source: Ministry of Health
- 72,168 in Madrid (8,439 dead)
- 62,057 in Catalonia (5,673 dead)
- 19,753 in Castilla y León (2,787 dead)
- 18,209 in Castilla-La Mancha (3,026 dead)
- 13,809 in the Basque Country (1,561 dead)
- 13,205 in Andalusia (1,433 deaths)
- 11,630 in the Valencian Community (1,432 dead)
- 9,251 in Galicia (619 dead)
- 6,412 in Aragon (912 dead)
- 5,477 in Navarra (528 dead)
- 4,078 in La Rioja (366 dead)
- 3,047 in Extremadura (519 dead)
- 2,435 in Asturias (334 dead)
- 2,436 in the Canary Islands (162 dead)
- 2,364 in Cantabria (216 dead)
- 2,228 in the Balearic Islands (224 dead)
- 1,697 in Murcia (148 dead)
- 163 in Ceuta (4 dead)
- 126 in Melilla (2 dead)
Total figures: 250,545 cases of coronavirus diagnosed by PCR; 28,385 deaths with positive test
8.55: UK moves token
The United Kingdom is about to close an agreement with the pharmaceutical companies Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline of 500 million pounds (more than 600 million euros) for the supply of the future vaccine against Covid-19, as published by 'The Sunday Times'.
The newspaper notes that this decision would depend on the results of human trials of this vaccine, which are scheduled to start in September.
8.50: Confinement in the Lerida region
The Lleida region of Segri à, where the capital is located, lives its first hours confined. Our colleague Noa de la Torre was there this Saturday and this is her chronicle .
Last night, the Minister of Health of the Generalitat, Alba Vergés , defended on TV3 that a measure such as the confinement of the Segrià region, in which some 210,000 people reside, cannot be taken until "everything is not organized" , otherwise it may trigger an "added problem".
The mayor of Lérida, Miquel Pueyo, from ERC like her, was also on the program , regretting that he had not had more time to learn about a decision that has generated "much concern" and "much nervousness" in his city.
Vergés traveled to Lérida hours before, after the number of people with Covid-19 admitted to the Arnau Hospital in Vilanova tripled and asked the people of Lleida to lower the pace of "socialization". On television, he acknowledged that the Catalan government had been assessing confinement for a few days, but "it is not a decision that you can take five minutes before announcing it."
He said he understood "very well" the concern of the mayor of Lleida, with whom he has been in contact in recent weeks, but "an announcement at a few hours, we have already seen what happened in Italy, where they announced a confinement with two days of margin and we saw the exodus of people and everything that triggered that was an added problem. "
8.30: Colombia exceeds 113,000 infections
The Colombian Ministry of Health has reported that almost 4,000 cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in the last 24 hours, so that the global balance of the Latin American country already exceeds 113,000 infections. The figures offered by the health authorities show 3,884 additional infections, so 113,389 people are infected with COVID-19 in Colombia. Of these, 62,632 remain active. In addition, with the 165 new deceased, the Latin American country has reached 3,942 dead.
7.50: Elections in Croatia
Some 3.85 million Croats are called this Sunday to choose the 151 deputies of Parliament in a legislative election that is held amid the worst data of infections of the Covid-19. The polling stations have opened at 7 this morning and will close 12 hours later, when the first projections at the ballot box are expected.
Surveys forecast very tight results between Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic's conservative Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) and the center-left platform 'Restart', led by Social Democratic leader Davor Bernardic.
5.25: An atypical 4th of July
The United States celebrated a high-risk national holiday in the midst of a pandemic this Saturday, which is rapidly advancing throughout the country, as well as its neighboring Mexico and the rest of Latin America.
Celebrations of American Independence Day declined in the country, which registered 43,742 new infections and 252 deaths in the past 24 hours, according to Johns Hopkins University. The previous three days had been marked by records of new cases, including more than 57,000 on Friday.
The coronavirus infected more than 2.8 million people and killed 129,657 in the United States, by far the country hardest hit by the pandemic ahead of Brazil (64,265 deaths), the United Kingdom (44,198) and Italy (34,854).
US health authorities acknowledged in late June that they had lost control of the epidemic. But that did not stop President Donald Trump from minimizing the danger again this Saturday, during his speech in the White House gardens.
"We have made a lot of progress. Our strategy works," he said, reiterating his belief that a covid-19 treatment or vaccine will likely be available "well before the end of the year." The president has again pointed to China, where the coronavirus arose, as responsible for the pandemic and has insisted that he must "be held accountable".
2.40. The United States registers 43,091 new cases of COVID-19
The United States added 43,091 new COVID-19 infections this Saturday, a lower figure than yesterday, Friday, when there were 60,383 new cases, although although the count usually slows down on weekends, as there are states and counties that take longer in submitting your statistics.
According to an independent count by Johns Hopkins University, the country reached a total of 2,836,113 of coronavirus infections and 129,654 deaths at 20:00 local time (00:00 GMT).
Daily figures in the US have soared in the past month as a result of the outbreak of infections in southern and western states such as Florida, Texas, California, Arizona, Georgia and the Carolinas.
2.30 Mexico surpasses France with 30,366 deaths from COVID-19
Mexico added 523 new deaths this Saturday due to COVID-19, reaching 30,366 deaths, which is why it has already exceeded 29,893 in France and climbed to fifth place in the world for deaths from the pandemic.
In addition, it set a new record of infections by accounting for 6,914 confirmed cases in a single day, and it has accumulated 252,165 patients since the arrival of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus in late February.
Mexico started a reopening plan in June with different speeds for each of its 32 states, although the pandemic continues to advance at a high rate
2.05. Panama, in phase 4 of the pandemic, accumulates 720 deaths and 36,983 cases of COVID-19
The health authorities of Panama recorded 988 cases and 22 new deaths from COVID-19 this Saturday, which now total 36,983 confirmed infections and 720 deaths from the pandemic, which is in its phase 4, the most advanced according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
There are 979 hospitalized patients in the country, 154 in intensive care units (ICU) and 825 in the ward, while 17,523 people are in home isolation, of them 645 in hospital hotels.
2.00. Guatemala adds 1,208 cases of COVID-19 in 24 hours and reaches 22,501 in total
Guatemala added 1,208 new positive cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours this Saturday, 13 fewer than those registered the previous day and which meant the highest number of infections in a single day.
In the new update of data on the coronavirus, the Guatemalan Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance indicated that in the last 24 hours, and until the informative cut, it carried out 2,864 tests, 234 more than those carried out the day before.
He also reported that Guatemala reached 22,501 total positive cases in 113 days, since on March 13 (two days before the first death) the Government published the first case of an infected patient from Europe.
1.40. Argentina adds 2,590 new positives from COVID and deaths are already 1,481
Argentina reported on Saturday 2,590 new cases of coronavirus, which brought the total number of infections to 75,376, while in the last 24 hours there were another 44 deaths that brought the number of deaths from the pandemic to 1,481.
The Ministry of Health specified in its report that 637 people are hospitalized in intensive care, and the percentage of bed occupancy in intensive care units (ICU) rose to 51.5% nationally and 57.7% in the Buenos Aires metropolitan area (AMBA), which brings together the Argentine capital and the populous towns of the urban cordon that surrounds it and belong to the province of Buenos Aires.
93% of the patients hospitalized in the ICU belong to the AMBA region, according to the health authorities.
1.00. Brazil exceeds 1,000 deaths per day for the fifth consecutive day
Brazil, the second country in the world most affected by the pandemic, recorded 1,091 deaths from the coronavirus in the last 24 hours, the fifth consecutive day above 1,000, bringing the total balance of deaths to 64,265 people, reported this Saturday the Government.
Since June 30, the country has reported more than 1,000 deaths per day, a level in which, with some ups and downs, it has been maintained since it was first exceeded on May 19.
The Ministry of Health reported in its daily bulletin on the disease that the confirmed cases are 1,577,004, after adding 37,923 infections in the last 24 hours.
23.28 The fourth repatriation flight with 376 passengers departs from Venezuela to Spain
A total of 376 passengers, almost all European, left this Friday for Caracas to Madrid on the fourth repatriation flight organized by the Spanish embassy in Venezuela.
"We have already 1,400 people evacuated in three months (...) in total there are more than 30 nationalities. In this flight, specifically, 23 nationalities are going," Jesús Silva, Spanish ambassador to Venezuela, told Efe from Simón International Airport. Bolívar, who serves Caracas.
Of that total, he explained, approximately 800 are Spanish, several are Venezuelans residing in Spain and there are also officials from "international organizations and from different countries."
22.32 Ceuta maintains the best figure in the country, reaching 31 days today without any case
The Autonomous City of Ceuta maintains the best figure in Spain in terms of the number of positive cases of COVID-19, having reached today a full month (31 days) without any positive.
Since June 2, no admission has been registered for COVID-19 at the University Hospital of Ceuta, since the rest have been kept at home, as reported in a statement by the Health Department of the Ceuta Government and the National Institute of Health Management (Ingesa).
This Saturday afternoon was closed with zero active cases of coronavirus, after the counter was reset on June 11, when the last person who had COVID-19 in the city was cured.
22.24 Costa Rica reports a new record of cases in one day with 310 positives
Costa Rica this Saturday registered a new record of positive cases of COVID-19 with 310 people in a single day and the authorities stressed that the coming weeks will be decisive for the country.
The Minister of Health, Daniel Salas, affirmed in a virtual press conference that the country counts until this Saturday 4,621 positive cases of COVID-19, as well as 18 deceased with ages between 26 to 89 years for a fatality rate of 0, 4 %.
22.18 An independent observatory reports 2,087 deaths from COVID-19 in Nicaragua
The Independent Observatory COVID-19 reported this Saturday that some 2,087 people have died with symptoms related to the new SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus in Nicaragua since the pandemic reached the country last March. For its part, the Government reports that 83 deaths have occurred due to the pathogen.
"2,087 deaths have been verified, of which 133 (6%) are categorized as deaths from pneumonia, and 1,954 (94%) as suspected of COVID-19," said the Citizen Observatory, made up of a network of doctors and volunteers, who record suspected cases of coronavirus that authorities apparently do not take into account.
Until last day 1, the Observatory recorded "7,402 verified suspected cases (of COVID-19)", an amount higher than the 2,519 confirmed cases reported by the Government in its most recent report, issued on June 30 last.
22.02. A July 4 with a record of COVID-19 in Florida although Trump sees recovery
The United States celebrates this Saturday, July 4, its Independence Day, amid protests and a rebound in coronavirus cases, with the record number of 11,458 new infections in Florida, although President Donald Trump affirmed that the country is will recover soon from the pandemic.
The state that is shaping up to be the new epicenter of the pandemic in the US, Florida, set a daily record in the last 24 hours this Saturday, with 11,458 new cases.
The figure released by the Florida Department of Health is the highest since the state government began accounting for the infections on March 1.
The only state that has so far experienced a higher increase in daily cases is New York, so far the main focus of the disease in the country, with 11,571 infections on April 15.
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