Coronavirus, 1,147 new cases in Germany, a record since May. More than 19 million infections worldwide

2020-08-07T07:34:31.332Z

For the second consecutive day, infections in Germany are still rising, reaching 1,147 new infections in one day (they were 1,045 yesterday) and reporting the spread of the epidemic back by tremendous, in early May. The Robert Koch Institut reports it. As of May, the trend of new infections had fallen, and then started to rise again in late July. The peak was 6,000 new infections in 24 hours in April. The virus has so far affected 214,214 people and caused 9,183 deaths. More than 19 million cases of the new coronavirus have been reported worldwide, including one million in four days. In total, at least 19,000,553 cases have been reported, including 712,315 deaths. More than four out of ten cases are found in the United States and Brazil, the two most affected countries with 4,870,367 cases (159,864 deaths) and 2,912,212 infections (98,493 deaths) respectively. The region with the highest number of infections is Latin America and the Caribbean, with over 5,292,000 cases identified, including 211,732 deaths. Canada and the United States follow (4 988 928 cases, 168 868 dead) and Europe (3 289 249, 212 155). Africa, the least affected continent after Oceania, surpassed one million cases Thursday evening, of which more than half in South Africa. The toll of coronavirus cases in India exceeded the two million mark. The Ministry of Health of the country has announced it. Over the past 24 hours there have been over 60,000 new infections, which have brought the total to 2.03 million infections. At the same time, there were around 900 other deaths, totaling 41,585 victims since the pandemic. The death toll caused by coronaviurs in the United States has exceeded the 160 thousand threshold: this is what emerges from the accounts of Johns Hopkins University. The data of the American university indicate that there are 160,090 deaths in the country compared to 4,881,974 confirmed cases. Since the beginning of the pandemic in the United States, 1,598,624 people have healed. Facebook and Twitter erase a post by Donald Trump where it was claimed that children are immune from Covid. Argentina and Colombia have recorded record increases in coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours: the ministries of health of the two countries have announced this, according to CNN reports. In Argentina, a record 7,513 new infections were detected yesterday, a figure that brings the overall balance of infections to 228,195. At the same time, there were at least 11,996 new cases in Colombia, yet another daily record that brings the total to 357,710. In Colombia the death toll has risen to 11,939 (+315), while in Argentina 4,251 have so far died from the virus. The death toll caused by the coronavirus in Mexico exceeded 50 thousand: this is what emerges from the counts of Johns Hopkins University. Data from the American university indicate that there are 50,517 deaths in the country compared to 462,690 confirmed cases. Since the beginning of the pandemic, 361,764 people have healed in Mexico.