The World Health Organization recorded, yesterday, a new record increase, and for the second day in a row, the number of new infections of the Corona virus (Covid-19) globally, amounted to 259 thousand and 848 cases within 24 hours. The organization's daily report showed that the largest increases occurred in the United States, Brazil, India and South Africa.
Last Friday, the organization recorded 237,743 new infections. Deaths increased 7,360 cases, the biggest daily increase since May 10. The average death toll was 4,800 a day during the month of July, a slight increase from an average of 4,600 deaths a day last June.
The new Corona virus has claimed the lives of more than 600,000 people in the world since it appeared in China last December, including more than 200,000 people in Europe, according to a census prepared by Agence France-Presse according to official sources.
The epidemic is accelerating in Latin America, which is the second continent in terms of the number of registered deaths, which exceeded 160 thousand, including more than 17 thousand during the past seven days.
The latest data available on the Johns Hopkins University website showed that the number of corona virus infections around the world reached 14.3 million as of yesterday, and that the number of people recovered exceeded eight million.
The United States leads the world in the number of cases, followed by Brazil, India, Russia, South Africa, Peru, Mexico, Chile, the United Kingdom, Iran, Pakistan and Spain. The United States is also the country with the highest number of deaths, followed by Brazil, the United Kingdom, Mexico, Italy, France and Spain.
Yesterday, the Indian Ministry of Health announced that it has set a new record in the number of daily infections with the Corona virus. And according to what the website «NTV» reported from the Ministry, 38,902 new infections were recorded during the past 24 hours.
The ministry added that 543 deaths were recorded, bringing the total deaths in the country to 26,816.
• 4800 average daily deaths due to «Covid-19» globally during July.
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