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August 10, 2020 The unstoppable spread of the new coronavirus in the world, as it approaches 20 million confirmed cases, has cut further dramatic milestones this weekend: Brazil has exceeded the quota of one hundred thousand victims (101,049), behind only the States United with 162,938, while on the contagion front the USA has exceeded the threshold of five million (5,044,864) registering a quarter of the diagnoses of positivity to SARS-CoV-2 on a planetary level, and again Brazil has exceeded the three million diagnoses of positivity. Behind the aforementioned United States and Brazil are Mexico (52,298 dead), Great Britain (46,659), India (44,386), Italy (35,205), France (30,327), Spain (28,503) and Peru (21,072).

USA, 47 thousand cases in 24 hours The contagion toll rises to 5,044,864, the deaths are 46,935 
The United States has recorded about 47 thousand cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours: this is what emerges from the Johns Hopkins University counts. According to the American university, the new infections were 46,935 yesterday, a figure that brings the total from the beginning of the pandemic to 5,044,864. At the same time, there were 515 deaths caused by the virus: the overall death toll thus rose to 162,938. 

Brazil exceeds the threshold of 100 thousand deaths
Brazil has passed the tragic psychological threshold of 100 thousand deaths from Covid-19. Five months after the first recorded case, the South American giant shows no signs of regression of the disease. The nation of 210 million people has reported an average of more than a thousand daily deaths from the pandemic since late May. The Ministry of Health also reported a total of 3,012,412 confirmed infections.

New record of deaths in India: over 1,000 in 24 hours New Delhi
India has recorded a record of 1,007 deaths in the last 24 hours while new coronavirus infections have increased by another 62,064 cases. The Ministry of Health says that the total victims reached 44,386 on Monday. The positive cases reported so far are 2,215,074. At least 634,935 patients are still being treated. - India has recorded more than 60,000 cases of the virus per day in the past four days and more infections than any other country in the world for six consecutive days. It has averaged around 50,000 new cases a day since mid-June. Infections in India remain concentrated in 10 states contributing nearly 80% of new cases. India has the third largest number of cases in the world after the United States and Brazil. It has the fifth number of deaths, but its death rate of around 2% is far lower than in the top two most affected countries.


Australia, record deaths in Victoria in 24h In the state another 19 deaths
 The Australian state of Victoria has recorded another 19 deaths caused by the coronavirus in the last 24 hours, the highest daily level since the beginning of the pandemic. This was announced by the local health department, according to reports from CNN. The figure brings the total number of deaths in the State to 229. Also in the last 24 hours, the new cases have been 322, or the lowest daily increase since July 29: the overall toll of infections in Victoria thus rises to 14,981 . Nationally, according to data from Johns Hopkins University, Australia records 21,397 infections, including 313 deaths. 

Libya, new record of daily infections
New record of daily coronavirus cases for Libya, which in the last 24 hours records another 309 new infections, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 5,541. This was announced by the Libyan National Center for Disease Control on its Facebook page, specifying that the deaths rise to 120, the healed to 710 and the people currently positive to 4,711. Concerned about the health situation, the Tripoli government has ordered a total lockdown for the weekend and a partial lockdown starting today for another ten days, along with a series of other sanctions for those who do not respect the rules.