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22 September 2020 Presence of persistent coronavirus in the world. There are 31,322,314 cases of infections in the world, according to the counts of the John Hopkins University which provides daily data. The deaths are instead 964,765. 



In the

US

 , the threshold of 200 thousand deaths is touched, another 356 deaths have brought the total deaths from Covid-19 to 199,881. There have been 52,070 new cases in the last 24 hours, for a total of 6,857,703 since the beginning of the epidemic. 



The coronavirus "affects virtually no one" of those under the age of 18 and represents a risk only for "elderly people with heart problems and other pre-existing problems". This was stated by US President Donald Trump during an election event in Swanton, Ohio. Trump then argued that the United States, where about 200,000 people have lost their lives from complications related to Covid-19, are '' among the countries in the world that have the lowest mortality rate worldwide 'for coronavirus.  



In

Mexico

 , 700 thousand coronavirus infections have been exceeded. Local authorities insist that the rate of infections has slowed. According to reports from the Mexican Ministry of Health, 2,917 cases have been confirmed in the last 24 hours, pruning the total number of infections to 700,580. On the other hand, 73,697 people have lost their lives due to complications related to the infection.  



In 

Argentina 

, yesterday was the blackest day in the tragic escalation of the covid-19 pandemic. The latest bulletin released a few hours ago by the Ministry of Health speaks of a record number of victims for the country in the 24 hours: 429 which bring the total from the onset of the disease to 13,482. In addition, 8,782 new infections were diagnosed yesterday for a total of 640,147 according to John Hopkins University, the country is in tenth place worldwide in terms of overall number of infections. Of the 429 new victims, 243 were men and 186 were women. As many as 276 deaths were recorded in the province of Buenos Aires, by far the most affected by the epidemic and in which important restrictions on commercial and social activities have been implemented since yesterday. In total, 3,387 people are hospitalized in intensive care. Bed occupancy reaches 60.3% nationwide and 65.5% in the metropolitan area of ​​the capital.  



In

Japan

, total coronavirus cases reach 80,000 comforting trend of slowing pace of growth, with 312 new cases of infection officially confirmed yesterday, total infections in the country, including cruise ship passengers and crew members , has reached 80,000. In 10 days it went from 50,000 to 60,000, in 13 days to reach 70,000 and another 19 days to reach 80,000, which shows a comforting trend towards a slowdown in the pace of growth. In Tokyo, the area most affected by the pandemic, seven deaths from coronavirus infection and 98 new cases were confirmed in the official report updated yesterday by the health authorities. 



Furthermore, in the land of the rising sun, the number of flu patients this year remains at an unusually low level. The officials of the Ministry of Health attribute the measures to prevent coronavirus infection, first of all the thorough washing of the hands and the general use of face masks. According to the ministry, only seven cases of the flu were reported in the two weeks leading up to September 13, a figure roughly one-hundredth of the previous year's average level. In September of each year, the ministry begins to disclose the number of patients with influenza following the reports collected by about 5,000 medical institutions across the country: the cases reported so far have been three until September 6, compared to 3,813 in the first week. of September last year. 



In 

India

, 75,083 new cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours, is the lowest level in a month. The deaths were 1,053 for a total of 88,935 out of over 5.6 million cases since the beginning of the pandemic. Local health authorities announced this, explaining that this is the lowest launch in almost a month. The victims since yesterday are 1,053. In total, 5.6 million people have contracted Covid-19 in the country since the start of the pandemic: this is the second highest toll in the world after the United States. 



In 

Hong Kong

, the restrictions introduced to contain the spread of the coronavirus have been extended to 1 October. This was announced by Carrie Lam at a press conference, saying that "as I predicted a week ago, it is very difficult to ease our social distancing measures in a week". Among the restrictions in place in Hong Kong is the limit of meetings of no more than four people. The restaurants may however continue to remain open until midnight.