According to the latest figures, the new Corona virus infected 10 million and 731 thousand worldwide, of whom 515 thousand and 893 died, while more than 5 million and 485 thousand people recovered, which represents 51% of the total infections.

The virus has continued to spread spectacularly in the United States of America. While Japan has witnessed a jump in the past two days, China has detected new cases, and Qatar has announced that it has passed the peak of the epidemic.

During the last 24 hours, the United States recorded 52,898 new infections with the Coruna virus, a record since the start of the epidemic, according to a Johns Hopkins University census, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the United States to nearly 2,700,000.

The country also recorded 706 HIV deaths in the last 24 hours, bringing the total "Covid-19" deaths in the United States to 128,28 dead.

The number of newly discovered cases in the United States is higher than ever since the outbreak of the epidemic.

More than half of the new daily infections come from Arizona, California, Florida and Texas.

On Wednesday, Texas hit a record high, counting 8,000 and 76 new infections.

The president of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Anthony Fuchi had told a Senate committee that the daily increase in the number of new cases could reach 100,000, unless efforts were made across the country to curb the rapidly spreading virus.

"We cannot focus solely on the states with the most cases," he said. "This puts the entire country at risk."

The President and the muzzle
For his part, US President Donald Trump said that masking would not be a "problem" for him, while reaffirming his belief that the new Corona virus "would" disappear "at a" certain moment ".

Trump has never been seen wearing a muzzle, unlike many other world leaders, but the US president said, "It will not be a problem with masks for me ... If I am close to people, I will do so."

"I am with masks, I think it is a good thing," he said, but he seemed skeptical of the idea of ​​making it mandatory at the national level.

"I think we are dealing well with the virus and I think that it will disappear sometime in some way." "I think we will get a vaccine soon," he added.

Exceeded the peak
of its part, the Qatari Health Minister Hanan Al - Kuwari confirmed that her country now exceeded the peak phase of pandemic Corona.

Al-Kuwari said Wednesday that despite exceeding the climax, the Corona virus epidemic still poses a threat to the health and safety of society, and called for continued commitment to precautionary measures, chiefly the physical distance.

To date, the death toll from the Corona virus in Qatar has reached 97 thousand and 3 infections, including 115 deaths, 83 thousand and 965 recovery cases.

On Wednesday, Qatar began implementing the second phase of the lifting of restrictions on the Corona Virus measures, after skipping the peak and lower curve stages, according to official data.

The second stage includes continuing the limited opening of mosques to perform the five assumptions with a limited capacity, and also allows other measures, including the opening of all gardens and beaches, and the opening of restaurants with a limited capacity.

A jump
in Tokyo In Japan, a government official announced today, Thursday, that the capital Tokyo recorded 107 new infections, the highest daily increase in the number of infections in two months in the city that was the epicenter of the virus outbreak in the country.

This number represents a significant jump compared to yesterday, with Tokyo reporting only 67 new cases.

To date, Japan has recorded nearly 19,000 cases and 976 deaths.

In Germany, data from the Robert Koch Institute for Infectious Diseases showed today, Thursday, that 503 new infections with the Coruna virus were recorded, bringing the total to 195,228.

The data added that the number of deaths caused by the virus in the country rose by nine cases to 8,994 deaths.

Cases in China
and China, the National Health Commission announced today, Thursday, the registration of three new cases of coronavirus yesterday, the same number recorded in the previous day.

The committee added in a statement that two of the three new cases of two people from abroad, while the capital Beijing monitored one new case, and no new deaths were recorded.

China also reported two cases without symptoms after three undiagnosed cases were recorded the day before.

The committee pointed out that the total number of confirmed cases of "Covid-19" disease in the Chinese mainland reached 83,537 cases, while the number of deaths due to the disease caused by the virus remained at 4,634 deaths.

It is noteworthy that a virus first appeared in the Chinese city of Wuhan late last year, and spread to various parts of the world.