- Coronavirus: the map of Covid-19 outbreaks in Spain
Today the confinement of the A Mariña region, in Lugo, concludes, although the term may be extended. Galicia holds elections next Sunday. The outbreaks of coronavirus that most concern health authorities in Spain are this and those of Catalonia. In the Lleida region of Segrià there is a "small community transmission" of Covid-19, although 70% of the cases detected there are asymptomatic.
Coronavirus data in Spain
- * Source: Ministry of Health
- 72,469 in Madrid (8,442 dead)
- 63,307 in Catalonia (5,675 dead)
- 19,782 in Castilla y León (2,791 dead)
- 18,330 in Castilla-La Mancha (3,029 dead)
- 13,903 in the Basque Country (1,562 dead)
- 13,338 in Andalusia (1,435 dead)
- 11,718 in the Valencian Community (1,432 dead)
- 9,403 in Galicia (619 dead)
- 6,637 in Aragon (913 dead)
- 5,496 in Navarra (528 dead)
- 4,079 in La Rioja (366 dead)
- 3,082 in Extremadura (519 dead)
- 2,436 in Asturias (334 dead)
- 2,451 in the Canary Islands (162 dead)
- 2,369 in Cantabria (216 dead)
- 2,240 in the Balearic Islands (224 dead)
- 1,721 in Murcia (148 dead)
- 163 in Ceuta (4 dead)
- 126 in Melilla (2 dead)
Total figures: 253,056 cases of coronavirus diagnosed by PCR; 28,401 dead with positive test
8:00: Brazilian doctors do not have to administer chloroquine
The Brazilian Ministry of Health has had to leave this Thursday to clarify that despite having made chloroquine available to medical services, its protocol does not oblige doctors to supply this drug or patients to take it if they do not consider it. timely, after its use was formally questioned by the Supreme Court.
The use of chloroquine to treat Covid-19 has become a matter of state in Brazil, after President Jair Bolsonaro has been so supportive of its use - he himself is taking it after testing positive - that its previous Health Ministers, Luiz Henrique Mandetta and Nelson Teich, chose to leave office due to the great differences regarding the advisability of administering the drug to patients due to the pandemic.
On the other hand, one more day, Brazil has again registered more than a thousand deaths a day due to the new coronavirus. On this occasion, 1,220 people have died and there are 69,184 in total. The new balance of accumulated cases has risen to 1,755,779, after the last 42,619 registered. While the number of people who have managed to overcome the disease is 1,054,043. For its part, the media alliance that emerged to counter the lack of government information and the makeup of the figures has accounted for a total of 1,759,103 accumulated cases and 69,254 deaths, after consulting data from the state health secretariats.
7: 55 Outbreaks threaten Spain with the start of a possible second wave
The greatest concern in our country is in the Lleida region and in A Mariña, in Lugo. Gone is the downward trend in cases. Now, after 15 days, the curve turns into a valley and begins to rise again, since the accumulated incidence of the last 14 days has gone from 7.7 to 10.32. Read the analysis on the subject of our colleagues in the Health section.
7:50 am: First cases of Palestinian refugees in Syria
The United Nations Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Middle East (UNRWA) has confirmed on Thursday the first five cases of Covid-19 among Palestinian refugees in Syria. This has been announced by Sthéphane Dujarric, the spokesman for the United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, who has highlighted the vulnerability of these people to the health crisis, due to the fragile health system that exists throughout the country, in addition to "the serious shortage of qualified medical personnel. "
7:35: 550,000 dead worldwide
This Friday we have dawned with the balance of deaths worldwide by Covid-19. According to data collected by the AFP news agency, since December 550,000 people have died from this disease, 133,195 in the United States, the leading country. It is followed by Brazil (69,184), the United Kingdom (44,602) and Italy (34,926). Infected cases exceed 12 million .
7:20: Trump will wear a mask
The US president has assured that he will wear a mask on his next visit to a military hospital outside Washington. Trump, who has refused for weeks to be photographed with a face mask on, has confirmed to Fox that he considers it "appropriate" and that he has "no problem with the mask."
Of course, we will not know when this visit will occur, although CNN said it will be this Saturday.
2:30 US adds another 1,011 deaths and breaks record with 61,790 infections by COVID-19
The United States reached Thursday the number of 3,108,141 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 133,106 deaths, according to the independent count of Johns Hopkins University.
This balance, at 20:00 local time, is 61,790 more infections than on Wednesday and 1,011 new deaths.
The number of new infections was a new record, exceeding the 60,000 caused by the outbreaks for the third time in a few days in southern and western states such as Florida, Texas, California, Arizona and Georgia.
New York, however, still remains the state hardest hit in the United States by the pandemic with 399,513 confirmed cases and 32,283 deaths, a figure just below Brazil, the United Kingdom, Italy and Mexico.
2:05 Guatemala adds 1,247 new cases of COVID-19 and breaks daily record
Guatemala added 39 deaths on Thursday due to COVID-19 and 1,247 new cases, the highest number of infections in a single day since the authorities detected the first positive on March 13.
The Ministry of Health detailed in a press release that the country accumulates a total of 26,658 cases of coronavirus and 1,092 deaths due to the disease, which according to official reports originated in Wuhan, China.
The health portfolio indicated that the 39 deceased, 26 men and 13 women, were between 32 and 87 years old.
1:50 Bolsonaro, isolated by Covid-19, asks mayors to reopen trade
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, even isolated in the Palacio de la Alvorada after having contracted COVID-19, on Thursday asked governors and mayors to reopen trade and normalize activities to avoid a tragedy worse than that caused by the pandemic.
"I hope that mayors and governors, responsible as they are, begin to open trade as quickly as possible, because otherwise the problems are going to get worse, and much more so in Brazil," said the far-right leader in his traditional live broadcast. on social networks on Thursdays.
The head of state, in an unusual broadcast because he did not have companions or the traditional translator for the language of deaf-mutes always present in his live shows, again minimized the severity of the new coronavirus and appeared without a mask in the transmission.
1:51 The pandemic overflows Colombia with 5,335 infected and 187 deaths in one day
The coronavirus pandemic worsened this Thursday in Colombia, which had its worst day since the first case was detected in the country, four months ago, registering 5,335 new infections and 187 deaths, the Ministry of Health reported.
The double daily record brought the total number of infected to 133,973, while the deceased now total 4,714, with a special worsening of the situation in Bogotá and the Caribbean departments of Córdoba and Sucre.
Of the total infected, 56,272 people (42%) have recovered and 72,716 cases remain active, which is equivalent to 54.2% and place Colombia among the top ten countries worldwide in this indicator.
As for the newly infected, the figures continue to grow in Bogotá and in the Atlántico department, the main outbreaks of the disease, which exceeded a thousand cases today.
1:20 Brazil adds 1220 dead and approaches 70,000 died by COVID-19
Brazil, currently the second country most affected in the world by the new coronavirus pandemic after the United States, added 1,220 deaths from COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, bringing the total death toll to 69,184, according to The Government reported on Monday.
The number of infections is 1,755,779, after registering 42,619 new confirmed cases, reports the daily bulletin released by the Ministry of Health.
The mortality rate in the country is 32.9 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants.
In addition, Brazilian health authorities are investigating another 4,077 deaths that could have been caused by the pathogen.
1:13 More than 3,500 new infections in Peru
The covid-19 pandemic has reached 316,448 people in Peru, with 3,537 infections in the last few hours, among them the Minister of Production, Rocío Barrios, the second member of the cabinet to become ill with the new coronavirus since the outbreak of the health crisis .
In more than four months, the number of deaths from the pandemic in Peru has risen to 11,314, with 181 deaths recorded since Wednesday, according to the Ministry of Health.
During that period, 1,863,278 people have been sampled nationwide, with 20,962 tests applied in the last 24 hours, a daily average that the authorities maintain since last May.
1:07 Doctors Without Borders warns of an increase in deaths from Covid-19 in San Salvador
The organization Médicos Sin Fronteras (MSF) alerted this Thursday to the increase in deaths from the covid-19 pandemic in the capital of El Salvador, and warned of the possible collapse of the health system.
"We are already in a critical phase. From MSF we are registering an increase in the number of deaths in homes before our ambulance service can arrive," said the group's coordinator for El Salvador, Luis Romero, in a statement.
Given this, coordination for the admission of patients to hospitals "is increasingly difficult," he explained.
With 6.6 million inhabitants in a territory of 20,742 km2, El Salvador accumulates 8,844 cases of covid-19, with 243 deaths.
0:40 The President of Bolivia, positive for coronavirus
The provisional president of Bolivia, Jeanine Áñez, reported on Thursday that she tested positive for a coronavirus and that she is well and in isolation.
"I have tested positive for Covid19, I am fine, I will work from my isolation. Together, we will get ahead," wrote Áñez on his Twitter account. "I'm going to be in quarantine for about forty days until I get another test. I feel good," said the 53-year-old right-wing president in a video posted on the same account.
0:36 New York suspends all large-scale events until late summer
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Thursday the suspension of all large-scale events that require a permit from city authorities until September 30 at a time when the Big Apple is trying to prioritize open public spaces.
"With the start of the New York reopening process, accessible open space is more important than ever," De Blasio said in a statement to the press.
"Although it pains me to cancel some of the most beloved events, we must now focus on prioritizing the city's space for public use and thus continue with social distancing," added the mayor.
0:30 Diosdado Cabello, president of the Venezuelan Constituent Assembly, positive for coronavirus
The Chavista leader Diosdado Cabello, president of the National Constituent Assembly (ANC) of Venezuela, has tested positive for coronavirus, according to himself reported through social networks.
"Dear colleagues, I comply with informing that after having undergone the corresponding tests, I have tested positive on covid 19, since now I am isolated, complying with the indicated treatment, thanks for your good wishes, with high morale. We will win," he said. on his Twitter account
0:20 Florida requests 1,500 nurses from the Trump government in the face of the pandemic
The state of Florida, one of the outbreaks of COVID-19 contagion in the United States, has asked the Government of President Donald Trump for 1,500 nurses to strengthen hospitals, as well as accelerate the supply of the drug Remdesivir as treatment.
"Nurses to the rescue!" (Nurses to the rescue), Florida government spokeswoman Helen Aguirre Ferré wrote via Twitter, indicating the request for health personnel to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
Last Tuesday, Governor Ron DeSantis confirmed the dispatch of 100 healthcare professionals to reinforce the Jackson healthcare system, the largest public hospital conglomerate in South Florida.
This Thursday, Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami had just 11.97% availability of beds in intensive care (ICU), 28 beds out of a total of 234, according to the Agency for Health Care Administration ( AHCA) of Florida.
In the past 24 hours, Florida accounted for 120 deaths as a result of the new coronavirus, the record for deaths to date.
0:06 Argentine theater director Agustín Alezzo dies of coronavirus
The Argentine theater director and teacher of actors Agustín Alezzo died this Thursday at the age of 84, victim of coronavirus, reported the sanatorium where he remained hospitalized for a month with a picture of pneumonia.
"We deeply regret the death of Agustín Alezzo, who entered our sanatorium on June 1 with a picture of severe covid-19 pneumonia," said the statement from the Trinidad sanatorium.
He specified that death occurred due to cardiac arrest despite the fact that the patient had a "long stay in intensive care, with mechanical respiratory assistance, the use of convalescent plasma," among other treatments.
23:00 Lleida City Councils receive 2.5 million to isolate temporary workers
The Generalitat, through the Ministry of the Presidency and the General Directorate of Local Administrations and Relations with the Aran, will allocate 2.5 million euros to the additional expenses derived from the management of the different spaces set up in the municipalities of Baix Segrià ( Lleida) to house workers from the fruit campaign who have been in contact with Covid-19 patients and who do not have a family network in the territory.
"So that the councils do not have to divert resources to these facilities that were originally intended to meet other needs, we will set up a contingency fund," said the secretary of Local Administrations and Relations with the Aran del Govern, Miguel Ángel Escobar in Alcarràs (Lleida), the City Council reported this Thursday in a statement.
The mayor of Alcarràs, Manel Ezquerra, was also present at the meeting, who announced that this week the seven municipalities of Baix Segrià will transfer to the Ministry of Health a series of requests to make available to the autonomous administration the facilities authorized by the municipalities to isolate people who have been in contact with coronavirus sufferers.
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