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Spain, Italy and France are facing the worst coronavirus hospitalization data since confinement ended. The outbreaks cloud the new normal and countries begin to shield themselves: Germany includes Madrid and the Basque Country as risk areas and advises against travel.

The data of the coronavirus in Spain

    * Source: Ministry of Health

    Total figures: 326,612 cases of coronavirus diagnosed by PCR; 28,581 dead with positive test on August 11

  • 89,015 in Catalonia (5,706 dead)
  • 83,606 in Madrid (8,464 dead)
  • 21,994 in Castilla y León (2,802 dead)
  • 19,445 in Castilla-La Mancha (3,035 dead)
  • 19,110 in the Basque Country (1,565 dead)
  • 17,758 in Andalusia (1,443 dead)
  • 15,663 in the Valencian Community (1,439 dead)
  • 18,849 in Aragon (991 dead)
  • 10,284 in Galicia (622 dead)
  • 7,564 in Navarra (531 dead)
  • 4,301 in La Rioja (366 dead)
  • 3,626 in Extremadura (521 dead)
  • 3,041 in the Canary Islands (164 dead)
  • 3,501 in the Balearic Islands (225 dead)
  • 2,715 in Asturias (334 dead)
  • 2,759 in Cantabria (219 dead)
  • 3,039 in Murcia (148 dead)
  • 168 in Ceuta (4 dead)
  • 174 in Melilla (2 dead)

8.16 Cathay Pacific announces losses of 1.27 billion dollars in the first half due to the coronavirus

The Hong Kong company Cathay Pacific , highly affected by the coronavirus , announced on Wednesday a historical net loss of 9.9 billion Hong Kong dollars (1.1 billion euros) in the first half.

Like all air carriers, Cathay Pacific has been severely depleted by the pandemic and the collapse of international traffic. But the border closures have been a huge blow to that particular company, which has no internal market to compensate.

7.55 New Zealand delays the dissolution of Parliament ahead of the presidential elections on September 19 due to new cases of coronavirus

The Prime Minister of New Zealand , Jacinda Ardern , announced this Wednesday the delay in the dissolution of Parliament , a necessary step for the holding of elections on September 19, given the confirmation of four new cases of coronavirus after more than 100 days without infections local.

The president has indicated that she plans to dissolve the Legislature this Monday, after decreeing the day before the confinement for two days for the 1.7 million inhabitants of Auckland , the most populated city in the country, as a result of the discovery of the new cases.

Although, for the moment, the scheduled date for the holding of the elections, where Ardern starts as the favorite for re-election, remains. Efe reports.

7.52 Australia registers 21 deaths from the outbreak of coronavirus in Melbourne

Australia has registered 21 deaths from coronavirus this Wednesday , a new national daily death record, as a result of the outbreak in the city of Melbourne , whose five million inhabitants are subjected to strict confinement until mid-September.

Of the deceased, 16 of 19 are linked to nursing homes, the head of the government of the state of Victoria , Daniel Andrews , reported at a press conference , who also reported a daily increase of 410 infections. Efe reports.

7.46 Mexico will test Chinese and US vaccines against coronavirus

Mexico has announced that it will carry out extensive clinical trials with the vaccines from China and the United States against the coronavirus , an offer that could allow the production of the vaccine in national territory, its Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard announced on Tuesday . Mexico has signed an agreement with Johnson & Johnson , but also with Chinese companies Cansino Biologics Inc and Walvax Biotechnology Co Ltd .

According to Ebrard, the vaccine trials will start between September and January, depending on the approval of the Mexican drug agency. Reuters reports.

2.55 Argentina exceeds 5,000 deaths from COVID and registers 241 in the last day

Argentina registered its maximum number of daily deaths from Covid-19 so far on Tuesday, with 241 deaths , and thus exceeded 5,000 fatalities due to the disease, health authorities reported.

The Ministry of Health also indicated in its evening report that 7,043 new cases of coronavirus were detected, so that the infections total 260,911 in the southern country.

The Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires (AMBA) , formed by the capital and its populous urban cordon, continues as the main focus of coronavirus in Argentina.

2.40 USA exceeds 164,400 deaths and 5.13 million infections of COVID-19

The United States reached the figure of 5,138,850 confirmed cases of Covid19 on Tuesday and 164,480 deaths, according to the independent count from Johns Hopkins University .

This balance at 8:00 p.m. local time (00:00 GMT on Wednesday) is 53,029 more infections than on Monday and 1,110 new deaths .

Despite the fact that New York is no longer the state with the highest number of infections, it is still the worst hit in terms of deaths in the United States with 32,787, more than in France or Spain.

2.15 Trump announces that the US is also "very close" to approving a vaccine

The president of the United States, Donald Trump , announced on Tuesday that his government is "very close" to approving a vaccine against the coronavirus, the same day that Russia registered the first in the world.

Without citing the Kremlin's achievement , Trump referred to the efforts to approve the vaccine as soon as the almost daily press conference began in which he reports on the status of the coronavirus in his country, which already exceeds 5.1 million cases and It is close to 165,000 deaths from Covid-19.

"We are investing in the development and manufacture of the top six candidates to ensure their rapid distribution, and the Armed Forces are ready, ready to deliver the vaccine to Americans as soon as the first one is fully approved," the president said. "And we are," he added, "very close to that approval . "

1.55 Brazil registers more than 52,000 new cases and almost 1,300 deaths in 24 hours

Brazil, the second most affected country in the world by the new coronavirus pandemic after the United States, registered 52,160 new confirmed cases and 1,271 deaths from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours , according to the Ministry of Health reported on Tuesday.

In its most recent epidemiological bulletin, the office disclosed that the total number of infected amounted to 3,109,630 people , while the number of deaths rose to 103,026.

Likewise, according to the report of the portfolio, the South American giant, which continues as the epicenter of the pandemic in Latin America, recorded a mortality rate of 49 deaths on Tuesday and an incidence of 1,479.7 infected people per 100,000 inhabitants.

1.33 Colombia passes the 400,000 cases of COVID-19 with a record of 12,830 infections

The coronavirus pandemic continues unstoppable in Colombia, a country that passed 400,000 infections this Tuesday by registering a record of 12,830 new positive cases, and added 321 deaths , bringing deaths to 13,475.

With these figures, Colombia today ranked fourth in new registered cases and fifth in deaths worldwide.

According to the daily bulletin of the Ministry of Health, the country has a total of 410,453 confirmed cases, of which 165,698 (40.36%) are still active.

0.50 The museums of Mexico City open slowly and with sanitary measures

Some of the nearly 200 museums in Mexico City , one of the cities with the most cultural venues in the world, opened their doors this Tuesday, although with limited capacity and sanitary measures, within the so-called new normal after the coronavirus pandemic.

In a staggered manner, the Mexican capital intends to recover in its museums the activity prior to the pandemic, which totals more than 465,000 cases and 53,000 deaths in the country, so this Tuesday, after the head of Government, Claudia Sheinbaum, announced it , some enclosures began to allow entry at 30% of their capacity and with strict disinfection measures.

Following the guidelines of the Basic Guide for the Reopening of Cultural Spaces published in June by the Secretary of Culture of Mexico, the museums belonging to this body will not be open, as the document establishes that the reactivation will only take place (in a restricted way) when the traffic light is yellow (it is currently orange).

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