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October 16, 2020There are 38,917,803 confirmed cases of coronavirus infections in the world, according to the latest count from Johns Hopkins University, with a record daily increase of 406,660 new infections. Deaths reached a total of 1,098,254 (+6,105 in 24 hours). 



The US is the most affected country, with almost 8 million cases (7,979,709), followed by India (7,370,468) and Brazil (5,169,386). In Russia, 1,346,380 infections were ascertained, 949,063 in Argentina and 936,982 in Colombia. The European country most affected by number of cases is Spain with 921,374 cases, followed by France (850,997) and Great Britain (676,455). 



Daily increases of over 10 thousand cases are

recorded in the

United States

(+63.610),

India

(+63.371),

France

(+30.621),

Brazil

(+28.523),

United Kingdom

(+18.996),

Russia

(+13.556),

Argentina

(+13.305) ,

Spain

(+13.318),

Belgium

(+10.448) and

Brazil

(+10.220).



The

United States

has surpassed 8 million coronavirus cases. The broadcaster NbcNews reported, recalling that nearly 220,000 Americans died in the Covid epidemic. According to the tally kept by Johns Hopkins University, the cases in the United States so far have been 7,979,709.



With another 63,371 daily infections,

India has

reached a total of 7,370,468 cases since the beginning of the epidemic. Deaths rise to 112,161, including 895 deaths reported in the past 24 hours. In India, the progression of the virus, which broke out later than in most other countries, was impressive: two million infections had been exceeded on 7 August, three million on 23 August and four million on 5 September.



The

Brazilian

recorded for the second consecutive day, more than 700 deaths Covid-19. The total number of deaths attributed to the pandemic therefore rises to 152,460, according to data released by the Ministry of Health and reported by the Jhu. In the last 24 hours the victims were 713, against 749 in the previous survey. The total number of confirmed cases rose to 5,169,386, including 28,523 in the last 24 hours. Brazil is confirmed as the second country in the world for victims of Covid-19 after the United States and the third with the most infected after India. 4 million 599 thousand 446 people have recovered from the virus while another 41,480 are currently being treated. 



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Argentina

has experienced in the last 24 hours 17096 contagions, which brought the total to 949,063, but above all they did set a new daily record of infected since the beginning of the pandemic coronavirus in March. According to the latest bulletin from the health authorities, another 421 people died, bringing the toll to 25,342. In the resuscitation units of Argentine hospitals, it was also learned, there are 4,278 people, with a percentage of bed occupation of 64.4% in the national territory and of 64.7% in the metropolitan area of ​​Buenos Aires.

Mexico was



also severely impacted by the epidemic,

where 5,514 new infections and 387 deaths from Covid-19 were reported yesterday, bringing the country to 834,910 cases and 85,285 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic, diagnosed for the first time at the end of last February. In the Central American country, the accumulated cases recorded a percentage increase of 0.66% and deaths increased by 0.45%, both compared to the previous day. 

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Indonesia

refers 4,301 new cases of infection, bringing the total to 353 461. This is the highest figure for the Southeast Asian region. The country also reports 79 daily deaths, for a total of 12,347 deaths.