The new Corona virus "Covid-19" continues to spread in the countries of the world, as the number of infected people exceeded 11 million and 453 thousand until Sunday afternoon, of whom more than 534 thousand died, and more than 6 million and 482 thousand recovered, according to the "World Meter" website.

On the Arab level, Morocco announced on Sunday 698 new cases of the Corona epidemic, its highest daily toll since the announcement of the first injury in early March, and a new focus appeared in a factory in Safi (south), which was quarantined.

The number of new cases raises the total to 14,132 cases officially registered, including 234 deaths and 9,410 injured, according to the Ministry of Health.

Most cases are due to the emergence of a virus epicenter at a fish canning factory in Safi, an industrial coastal city.

The newspapers quoted local authorities on Sunday as saying that the city has been quarantined, and its 300,000 residents are under strict closure from Saturday night.

And the Kingdom - which has a population of 35 million people - accelerated the process of dismantling the closure on June 25 last year with the reopening of cafes, restaurants, hotels and gyms, as well as the resumption of domestic tourism and transportation between cities.

In Saudi Arabia, the authorities announced the registration of the largest toll among the six countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council, as it monitored more than 4,100 new infections on Friday and Saturday, raising the total number to 205 thousand and 929, as well as 1,858 deaths.

Height after retreat

The daily toll had risen for the first time from 4 thousand cases in mid-June, but it declined after that.

The UAE recorded more than 600 cases on Friday, and more than 700 cases on Saturday, which brought the total number of injuries to 50,857, with 321 deaths recorded, and the daily infection rates in the country have recently declined to between 300 and 400 from the peak It reached about 900 cases in late May.

Dubai - the business and tourism center in the region - will resume receiving foreign visitors on July 7, although this is not applied at a federal level in the Emirates, which does not announce the number of cases registered in each of the seven emirates separately.

Qatar - the country with the second highest rate of HIV infection in the region - witnessed a decline in the number of new daily infections from a peak of more than two thousand cases in late May to about 600 Sunday, which raises the total number of infections to about 100 thousand cases.

In the Sultanate of Oman, the Minister of Health warned on Thursday that the Sultanate had seen a "frightening" increase in the number of Coronavirus infections during the past six weeks, and urged the population to adhere to health measures.

The unprecedented increases in the Corona virus were recorded in the first 4 days of this July in 15 US states (Reuters)

The Iraqi Ministry of Health announced the registration of 105 deaths, and 2125 cases of the virus during the past 24 hours. The Ministry added in a statement that the total number of infections reached 60,479, including 2,473 deaths, and 33,17 recoverers.

Corona in Lebanon

In Lebanon, the Ministry of Health monitored one death and 18 cases of corona, in addition to the recovery of 7 cases, and the Ministry clarified in a statement that the total number of injuries reached 1873, including 36 deaths, and 1311 cases of recovery.

For its part, the Jordanian Ministry of Health recorded 14 cases of HIV, which raises the death toll in the country to 1164, out of a total of 10 deaths and 902 recovered, according to Health Minister Saad Jaber during a press conference in the capital, Amman.

Regionally, Iran - a hotspot of the disease in the Middle East - registered 237,878 infections, 11,408 deaths as of Saturday, and imposed new restrictions to stop the spread of the virus.

On Sunday, India set a new record for new infections in the Corona virus, nearly the number of infections in Russia. The number of infections - according to the Ministry of Health - was just under 25,000 and 613 deaths in 24 hours, the largest daily increase since the first case was detected in late January. The second last.

The authorities gradually increased the strict closure measures in place since late March, allowing most activities to return as the economy slowed down during the closure.

A record high was recorded by India on Sunday, with the number of infections in Corona approaching 25,000 (Reuters)

In Spain, the Galicia region in the northwest of the country imposed restrictions on about 70,000 people on Sunday after the outbreak of the Coruna virus, and one day after the province of Catalonia also imposed local public isolation measures to limit the spread of the virus.

Spain recorded 205,545 cases of the emerging coronavirus, 28,385 deaths, according to data from the Ministry of Health, making it one of the countries most affected by the virus in Europe.

The Greek government said on Sunday that it will not allow visitors from Serbia from 6 to 15 July, as part of its efforts to contain the spread of the Coruna virus at the height of the tourism season.

Serbia declared a state of emergency in Belgrade on Friday, and reimposed some restrictions to slow the spread of the disease after the number of infections in the capital increased.

Greece, which relies heavily on tourism, lifted all travel restrictions on July 1, but said it would review the rules periodically.

Greek success

Greece has succeeded so far in containing the spread of the virus and recorded about 3,500 infections, which is much fewer than other European countries, mainly due to the government's announcement of imposing isolation measures early in all parts of the country.

The high number of HIV infections in 39 US states has cast a shadow over the July 4 independence anniversary celebrations, as health experts worry that the celebrations will lead to a new increase in the number of cases beyond the hospital's capacity to absorb.

After towns and cities across the country canceled annual fireworks displays to avoid gathering large crowds, many Americans fired guns and candles from the streets and back gardens of suburban homes to mark Independence Day.

In the first 4 days of this July alone, 15 states recorded unprecedented increases in the number of new infections, "Covid-19", which affected a total of about 3 million Americans, and claimed about 130,000 lives, according to a Reuters count.

And the Philippine Ministry of Health announced on Sunday that it recorded the highest jump in one day for the number of new cases of coronavirus, as it recorded 2434 new confirmed cases, which brought the total number of infections to 44,254.

The ministry added that it could attribute this increase to the increasing contact with the population in light of the start to reduce measures of public isolation in order to help reduce the economic damage caused by the pandemic.

She said that the Philippines also recorded 7 new deaths, which brought the total number to 1,297.