Coronavirus. In the US, over 73,000 cases in 24 hours, 985 deaths. In India over 120 thousand deaths

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October 28, 2020 - The United States has recorded over 73,000 cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours.

Over 500 thousand in one week.

According to data released by Johns Hopkins University in the country, which has so far the largest number of cases and deaths, the daily infections were 73,240, an increase compared to the previous two days.

There were 985 deaths. The total toll in the country has risen to 8,779,653 cases and 226,723 victims

In India, coronavirus cases have been confirmed since the beginning of the pandemic, while almost 8 million deaths are related to the disease are more than 120 thousand.

In the last 24 hours, reports the Guardian, another 43,893 new infections have been ascertained, for a total that rises to 7.99 million.

India is the second most affected country in the world after the United States by number of cases.

Daily increases had dropped after the peak recorded in September, but health experts warn that the number could rise again during the current Hindu religious festival season.

In the last 24 hours, 508 deaths related to the disease have been recorded, for a total of 120,010 victims.

China registers 42 new infections of Covid-19, the highest number since 10 August: 22 of these infections were transmitted locally in the city of Kashgar, in the autonomous region of Xinjiang, where it occurred in recent days a surge of asymptomatic infections among the employees of a garment factory.

The Kashgar authorities reported that they had tested all 4.74 million residents of the area affected by the outbreak, where 178 asymptomatic infections and five confirmed infections have been identified.

In today's count of the National Health Commission there are also twenty cases of contagion from abroad, while in the last 24 hours there have been another 19 asymptomatic infections, calculated separately from the total and all registered in Kashgar. the number of infections in China since the beginning of the epidemic is at 85,868, and the number of deaths remains steady at 4,634. 

Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is dealing with a new COVID-19 outbreak in its southern prefecture of Kashgar.

With the country's tried and true emergency response tips, Xinjiang is responding to the latest epidemic with speed and sophistication.

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- China Xinhua News (@XHNews) October 28, 2020

Russia has recorded a record of daily deaths from Covid-19 with 346 confirmed deaths in the last 24 hours.

The Russian media reported it.

There were 16,202 new infections.

With 1,563,976 confirmed cases, the country ranks fourth in the world for the number of infected, behind the United States, India and Brazil.

Ukraine has registered 7,147 new cases of coronavirus positivity in the last 24 hours, with 165 deaths (the highest daily figure since the beginning of the epidemic): the authorities have announced sanitary facilities of Kiev.

The global toll of the pandemic in Ukraine is therefore 363,075 positive with 6,755 deaths.

have been exceeded Mexico has passed the 900,000 Covid-19 threshold since the start of the pandemic.

According to the data released by the Ministry of Health, the country confirmed 5,942 positives and 643 deaths in the last 24 hours, for a total of 901,268 infections and 89,814 victims.

However, health officials have warned that the actual number of infected people is likely to be much higher than in confirmed cases.

On Sunday, the ministry reported that the true death toll from Covid-19 could be around 50,000 more deaths. 

The President of the Iranian Parliament, Mohammad Bagher Qalilbaf, is currently in quarantine after testing positive for coronavirus.

Qalilbaf himself announced it today in a message on twitter.

At the same time, the Iranian media reported that the minister of labor, Mohammad Shariatmadari, also tested positive for the virus.

Other members of the Tehran cabinet, including Vice President Mohammad Bagher Nobakht, have also contracted the disease so far.

The head of the Iranian Atomic Energy Organization Ali Akbar Salehi and over 40 deputies are also positive.

According to data from Johns Hopkins University, Iran currently has 581,824 coronavirus cases and 33,299 deaths.  

South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, is in solitary confinement after one of the invitees to a dinner he attended on Saturday tested positive.

The Guardian reports it.

In a tweet, the government specified that the president will be tested only in the presence of symptoms, which have not yet been detected. 

In Melbourne - after three months, after a lockdown that has been going on for 112 days - shops and restaurants reopen.

The Australian state of Victoria exits the second round of restrictions decided due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Melbourne, with its 4.9 million inhabitants, has experienced one of the longest lockdowns in the world.

The first measures date back to early July, when there were about 200 cases of contagion per day.

Then in early August, with nearly 700 cases a day, Prime Minister Daniel Andrews - accused of a tough lockdown - declared a state of emergency and new restrictions across the state.

Initially, a night curfew was in effect and travel was only allowed within 5 km of the residence.

In recent weeks some restrictions had been loosened and by midnight Melbourne was almost back to normal with restaurants, bars, pubs, shops allowed to reopen.

In some bars, there were New Year's celebrations.

But only 20 people can enter the premises.

And for the inhabitants of Melbourne, at least until November 8, travel is only allowed within 25 km.

The use of the mask will remain mandatory.

Since the beginning of the emergency, Australia, with 25 million inhabitants, has recorded over 27,500 cases of Covid-19 with 907 deaths (819 in the state of Victoria).

Melburnians are being urged to be cautious as they enjoy their first taste of freedom in months, with epidemiologists revealing which activities are most risky.

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- Herald Sun (@theheraldsun) October 28, 2020