The new Corona virus has killed at least 633,711 people in the world since the WHO office in China reported its appearance in late December, according to a census drawn up by Agence France-Presse yesterday afternoon, according to official sources, while more than 15 million and 535 thousand and 790 injuries confirmed in 196 countries and regions, including 8 million injuries in the Americas, including 8 million and 718 thousand and 700 recovered.
The statistics based on data collected by the Agence France Press offices of the local authorities in the countries of the world and the World Health Organization only reflect part of the actual number of injuries, as many countries do not conduct tests to detect the infection except for the most serious cases, and some countries use checks to track my contacts. The injured, while many poor countries have limited capabilities to detect injuries.
And 6696 deaths, 396 thousand and 285 new injuries were recorded, the day before yesterday, in the world. Countries with the largest number of daily deaths are Brazil with 1,311 new deaths, followed by the United States with 1,225 deaths, then India with 740.
The United States recorded the world's highest death toll of 144,305 out of 4,038,864 injuries. At least 123,269 people have recovered.
Brazil is the country most affected by the virus after the United States, with 84,082 deaths out of two million, 287 thousand and 475 infections, followed by Britain with 45,554 deaths out of 297 thousand and 146 infections, then Mexico with 41,908 deaths out of 370 thousand and 712 cases, And Italy with 35,092 deaths out of 245 thousand and 338 injuries.
Belgium is the country most affected by the number of deaths in relation to its population, with 85 deaths per 100,000 people, followed by the United Kingdom 67, then Spain 61, Italy 58 and Sweden 56.
China (excluding Macao and Hong Kong) reported 83,750 injuries (21 new cases between Thursday and Friday), including 4,634 deaths (no new deaths) while 78,873 people recovered.
As of yesterday noon, Europe recorded 207 thousand and 118 deaths out of 3 million, 26 thousand and 149 injuries, Latin America and the Caribbean 176 thousand and 862 deaths out of 4 million and 155 thousand and 166 injuries, and the United States and Canada 153 thousand and 209 deaths out of 4 million and 151 thousand and 349 injuries, and Asia 55,123 deaths out of two million, 334 thousand and 358 injuries, and the Middle East 24,528 deaths out of a million, 63 thousand and 196 injuries, and Africa 16,702 deaths out of 790 thousand and 344 injuries, and Oceania 169 deaths out of 15,228 injuries.
US President Donald Trump, who has been accused of denying the seriousness of the situation for a long time, recently acknowledged a "worrying increase in casualties" in the south of the country, and canceled the Republican Conference that was scheduled in Florida at the end of August to formally announce his party's candidate for the November presidential election.
Nicholas Rich, from the University of Massachusetts, said that epidemiological accounts at the national level indicate that he will peak in the next four weeks. With more than 144,000 deaths, the United States ranked first with the absolute number of deaths, followed by Brazil and then Britain.
In one day, which was the day before yesterday, Thursday, more than 76 thousand and 500 new cases were recorded with Cofid-19 and 1,225 deaths, according to figures published by the university itself.
In Latin America and the Caribbean, the number of infections has crossed the four million mark. In Brazil alone, the number of injuries reached more than 2.2 million.
Because of the spread of the epidemic, Bolivia announced the postponement of the general elections scheduled for the sixth of September to October 18, and the number of deaths in this country, yesterday, it reached 315, the largest in one day. The situation is very bad, especially in Ecuador, where the health system in Araquipa, the second city of the country, has reached its full potential. Local media reported that 19-year-old sufferers slept under tents set up near hospitals, while others spent their nights in parked cars nearby in the hope of getting a bed and receiving treatment. In Europe, the number of people officially infected with the disease reached three million, seven thousand and 88 people, while the number of deaths reached 206 thousand and 714.
In France, the number of injuries continued to rise and recorded "more than a thousand" the day before yesterday, and "not less than ten foci" of injuries, according to the General Directorate of Health.
In the face of a high number of casualties, the installation of masks has become mandatory in some areas.
In Australia, which has so far managed to contain the epidemic, 422 new cases were recorded in Victoria (South), with its capital, Melbourne. Melbourne residents have been forced to wear masks since Thursday.
The same applies to Hong Kong and Austria, where the suppuration of masks became mandatory again in the supermarket, banks and others.
In Belgium, wearing a muzzle will be obligatory from Saturday in the markets, commercial streets, hotels, cafes and restaurants, except when sitting at the table.
Britain has also decided to impose gags in stores starting Friday.
Several countries chose to reimpose a partial quarantine procedure.
Tokyo's population of about ten million has been invited to stay indoors as of Thursday, the first day of a long weekend in Japan.
3-year-old girl dies as a result of corona
Yesterday, officials announced the death of a three-year-old girl from infection with the Corona virus, in Belgium, as the country faces a worrying increase in new infections.
Three people die every day in Belgium as a result of "Covid-19," including the child and a 18-year-old who recently died, health ministry spokesman Bodwin Catherry said.
The girl had "severe" health problems before her injury, but Catherry cautioned against the inaction of healthy people in adhering to preventive measures, and reported that 85% of infections diagnosed last week were for people under 60 years of age.
"It is true that a young man rarely dies because of Covid-19, but it is clear that no one is immune," he warned, noting that the number of new infections recorded weekly in Belgium jumped by 89%. Brussels ■ AFP