Yesterday, Tuesday, the United States recorded 63,262 cases of the emerging coronavirus (Covid-19), to be - and with a wide difference from other countries of the world - the country most affected by this pandemic, this comes as the vaccine "Moderna" enters the final stage of clinical trials at the end of the month Ongoing.

Jones Hopkins data as of 00:30 GMT on Wednesday showed that the total number of people infected with Covid-19 in the country most affected by the epidemic rose to 3 million and 420 thousand people, of whom 136,432 have died, including 850 who died in the 24 hours. Past.

However, these figures - despite their large numbers - remain in the eyes of epidemiologists without the actual numbers, and the reason for this is the difficulties that faced the processes of undergoing laboratory tests during the past March and April last.

An alarming increase

For weeks, the United States has registered a worrying increase in the number of new infections, especially in the south and west of the country.

On Tuesday, Florida - one of the first US states to emerge from isolation - recorded a record daily death toll from the emerging corona virus.

Meanwhile, Kyodo News reported today, Wednesday, that the authorities confirmed the appearance of 36 new cases of coronavirus in Hansen camp on Okinawa island, bringing the total number of infections on US military bases there to 136.

The outbreak appeared over the weekend, angering the county governor who questioned the US military's measures to prevent the virus.

India records first casualty toll (Reuters)

Toll and injuries

And Brazil remains second in the world in the number of injuries, with a million and 931 thousand and 204 injuries, according to the website of Walter Miter, which specializes in monitoring Corona victims in the world, while the number of dead reached more than 74 thousand.

India jumped to the third position in the world, surpassing Russia, where the number of injured exceeded 937 thousand.

The Indian Ministry of Health announced today, Wednesday, 29,429 new cases of the virus were recorded in the past 24 hours, and this is the first time that India has recorded a daily infection count of more than 29,000 cases.

The Indian "NDTV" network reported that this brings the total number of coronavirus 937,487 cases.

The ministry added that 582 new deaths were recorded, taking the death toll from the virus to 24,309 cases.

In a related context, Australia's most populous states are preparing to impose stricter travel restrictions if the Covid-19 outbreak is not quickly controlled.

The number of infected people worldwide exceeded 13.5 million (Reuters)

Tighter restrictions

Australia was one of the leaders in the world in containing Covid-19, but last week saw an escalation in the number of injuries.

As part of its desperate endeavor to contain the outbreak, the state of Victoria imposed last week measures to isolate approximately 5 million people for a period of 6 weeks.

The state said it had discovered 238 new cases over the past 24 hours.

The prospect of new restrictions is a blow to Australia’s hopes of a rapid economic recovery, as the restrictions imposed to curb the spread of Covid-19 are pushing the country toward its first recession in nearly 3 decades.

Vaccine and trials

In a positive development, the American pharmaceutical company "Moderna" announced on Tuesday that the clinical trials of its vaccine against the Covid-19 epidemic will enter the final stage on July 27, making it the first company to reach this advanced stage.

This announcement puts the company at the forefront of the global race for a pandemic vaccine.

Clinical trials will be conducted in this third and final stage on 30,000 people in the United States, half of whom will receive doses of 100 micrograms of the vaccine, while the other half will receive a placebo.