Corona virus cases in India approached one million yesterday, with increasing numbers in rural areas, which prompted the authorities to re-impose measures of general isolation in several states, affecting about 125 million people, equivalent to about one tenth of its population. For its part, the United States recorded a daily record of the number of people infected with the new Coronavirus, especially in the south.
India recorded 32,696 new infections with Covid-19 caused by the emerging coronavirus, bringing the total to 968,876 cases, including 24,915 deaths, according to statistics from the Ministry of Health.
India, with a population of 1.3 billion, has become the third country in the world to have confirmed injuries, preceded only by the United States and Brazil, and there is no indication yet that the curve of injuries has entered the flat phase. India's test rate is also among the lowest in the world in terms of population.
While major cities, such as Delhi and Mumbai, were the hotspots at first, outbreaks are now emerging in rural areas with significantly weaker health infrastructure.
New isolation measures were imposed yesterday in the eastern state of Bihar, which is predominantly rural, and where cases are rising after the return of thousands of migrant workers from the cities, following strict restrictions to contain the outbreak.
"As the world's attention focuses on the crisis in the United States and South America, a (human) humanitarian tragedy is emerging quickly at the same time in South Asia," said John Fleming, chief of the Asia-Pacific Health Division at the International Federation of Red Crescent and Red Cross, in a statement.
"We now need to urgently divert attention to this region," Fleming added, based on risky speculation of thousands of new cases in India in the coming months.
However, the Indian authorities praised their efforts to contain the virus. "Although we are a country with a large population density, we may claim that the country is performing better than any other country," Health Minister Harsh Vardan said, noting that the death rate is 2.57%, and the cure rate is 63.25%.
India has reimposed isolation measures on about 125 million people, equivalent to about one tenth of its population, due to the high number of infections with the Coruna virus.
More than 13.4 million people have been infected with the virus worldwide, and nearly 580,000 deaths have been reported so far.
On all continents, the epidemic is causing a wave of reimposition of isolation measures, in addition to new measures, such as the mandatory application of a protective mask, especially in the United States, where it is receiving increasing acceptance, even though part of the population is still reluctant to use it.
And the United States recorded, on Wednesday evening, more than 67 thousand new infections with the new Corona virus within 24 hours, in a record daily toll in this country, according to data published by Johns Hopkins University, which is considered a reference in tracking injuries and deaths caused by «Coved-19».
Johns Hopkins data showed that the country most affected by the epidemic recorded within 24 hours 67 thousand and 632 new cases of the epidemic, in addition to 795 deaths, bringing the total number of people who killed the deadly virus to more than 137 thousand and 200 people.
The state of Texas reported the highest number of injuries in this toll, with a daily record of 10,000 790 new cases.
The number of deaths from the emerging coronavirus in Latin America and the Caribbean exceeded the threshold of 150,000 on Wednesday (151022), about half of which were in Brazil.
And in Venezuela, President Nicholas Maduro announced that he would allow the Polydro de Caracas Hall, which was used to host concerts, to be transformed into a field hospital.
In Argentina, the threshold of 2000 deaths linked to the "Covid-19" epidemic has been crossed.
Spain, one of the European countries most affected by the virus, has recorded more than 28,400 deaths.
Hong Kong authorities recorded 63 local cases of coronavirus yesterday, fueling fears of a third wave of infection in the city.
With the addition of incoming cases, the number of new cases in the past 24 hours reached 67, bringing the number of injuries in the city since the end of January to 1,656, of which 10 died.
For its part, the Indonesian Ministry of Health announced 1574 new cases of Coronavirus yesterday, raising the total number to 81,668 cases.
In Tehran, the Iranian Ministry of Health announced yesterday, that the total number of deaths due to infection with the Corona virus increased to 13 thousand and 608 cases, after recording 198 new deaths during the past 24 hours.
Russia exceeds the barrier of 750 thousand cases of "corona"
Yesterday, the death toll from the newly infected Corona virus in Russia exceeded the 750,000 mark, after 6,428 new infections were recorded during the past 24 hours, taking the total number of infections in the country since the beginning of the pandemic to 752 thousand and 797 cases.
In its daily report, the Anti-Corona Virus Operations Room announced 167 deaths, bringing the death toll in the country to 11,937 deaths, while the total number of people recovered reached 531,692. Moscow À wam
Tokyo records the largest number of daily injuries with "corona"
Yesterday, the Tokyo Metropolitan Administration announced that it recorded the largest number of new daily infections with the Corona virus since its onset.
During the past 24 hours, 286 new cases of infection have been recorded in the Japanese capital, according to the Japanese Radio and Television, which raised fears of a second wave.
It is noteworthy that the number of cases of infection has been increasing since the government lifted the state of emergency that was imposed, on May 25 last. Tokyo À d
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One death and 2,500 new cases of "Corona" in Iran ... Hong Kong records 63 local cases.