The death toll of the new Corona virus "Covid-19" continues to rise, with Brazil setting a new record number of deaths, becoming the third highest in the world, surpassing the number of deaths in Italy, comes as Algeria announced its plan to start raising the stone gradually.
The latest figures of the Brazilian Ministry of Health indicate that the number of deaths reached during the past 24 hours, 1473, bringing the total number of deaths in the country to 34021 out of 614,941 injuries, while Italy recorded 33,689 deaths out of 234,013 injuries.
The scientific community in Brazil considers these figures far less than the reality, and this is due to the lack of sufficient laboratory tests by the authorities to reveal the true number of the injured.
In a country of 212 million people, the health system in the two states most affected by the epidemic - Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro - is on the verge of collapse, as is the case in a number of states in the north and northeast.
In Latin America as well, the Ministry of Health in Mexico announced that 4442 new cases of coronavirus were registered on Thursday and 816 new deaths, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 105,680 and the number of deaths to 12545.
Data and damages
In the United States, on Thursday evening, the authorities recorded 1021 deaths from the new Corona virus during the past 24 hours, bringing the total deaths from the epidemic in this country to more than 108 thousand deaths, according to a toll prepared by Johns Hopkins University.
Data published at 20:30 local time, "Friday 00:30 GMT", the university that is a reference in tracking new infections and deaths caused by the Corona virus, showed that the number of people infected with the virus in the United States exceeded one million and 870 thousand, and a recovery of 485 thousand people was announced.
And the United States is vastly different from the rest of the world, the country most affected by the "Covid 19" pandemic, whether in terms of injuries or deaths.
Health experts in the United States fear a new outbreak of the epidemic in the coming weeks due to the massive demonstrations that are currently registered in more than 140 American cities.
Meanwhile, the National Health Commission of China said today, Friday, that the country recorded five new infections with the emerging coronavirus yesterday, all from abroad and three cases where no symptoms of the disease appeared.
China does not count patients who do not show symptoms of the disease as confirmed cases, bringing the total number of Corona injuries in China to 83027, and the number of deaths remains stable at 4,634.
In Turkey, the Ministry of Interior announced the imposition of curfews on Saturday and Sunday, in 16 states, as part of efforts to limit the spread of the emerging Corona Virus pandemic.
Numbers and procedures
On the Arab level, the Egyptian Ministry of Health said that it had recorded 39 new deaths from the virus, 1152 infections and 406 cases recovering from the disease.
In a statement, the ministry added that the total number of injuries reached 29,767 cases, including 1,126 deaths and 7,756 cases of recovery.
This comes while Egyptian hotels have applied governmental safety controls and standards that include the presence of a clinic and resident doctor, regular examination of inmates' temperature, and the provision of quarantine space in an attempt to attract local tourists.
As of June this year, hotels classified as meeting the requirements and conditions will be allowed to operate at a maximum of 50% of their capacity.
In Yemen, the High National Committee to Combat the Corona Epidemic announced the registration of 5 deaths, and 29 new cases of corona.
The committee added in a statement, that the total injuries rose to 453 cases, including 103 deaths and 17 recovery cases.
This does not include the Houthi-controlled areas, which, as of May 18, had announced 4 cases of HIV infection, including one death, amid official and popular accusations by the group withholding real statistics for the victims.
In Mauritania, the Mauritanian Ministry of Health announced the registration of three deaths, 39 new injuries and eight recovery cases.
road map
For its part, the Algerian government announced, on Thursday, a road map to lift the quarantine and gradually resume economic activities starting next Sunday.
This comes in an effort to end measures adopted by the Algerian authorities in mid-March to confront the Corona epidemic.
To date, the outcome of the Corona epidemic in Algeria has reached 9,831, of which 681 deaths, and 6,297 recoverers.
For its part, Sudan announced on Thursday that it recorded 19 deaths and 215 cases of coronavirus, in addition to recovering 144 cases.
The Ministry of Health stated that the total number of injuries rose to 5, 714, including 333 deaths, and 1,825 recoveries.
This comes as the number of Coronavirus infections on the African continent exceeds the 170,000 mark, while the number of deaths has reached 4,755.
According to the numbers of "World Meter", the number of injured people across the continent increased by 6 thousand and 492 injuries, bringing the total to 171,477.
As of Thursday evening, the number of Coronas infected in the world exceeded 6 million and 664 thousand, of whom more than 391 thousand died, and more than 3 million and 219 recovered, according to the same website.