19:20
The number of deaths in the world exceeds 890,000
The global death toll from the Corona virus has exceeded another grim milestone, exceeding 890,000, and researchers at Johns Hopkins University have confirmed 890,260 deaths.
The real number of deaths is likely to be higher, due to different testing rates and tariffs, time lags, and suspected underreporting in some countries.
Here are the 10 countries most affected by deaths:
- United States: 189166
- Brazil: 126.960
- India: 71,642
- Mexico: 67558
- United Kingdom: 41,643
- Italy: 35553
- France: 30732
- Spain: 29516
- Peru: 29,838
- Iran: 22410
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Spain became the first country in Western Europe to surpass 500,000 cases
Sam Jones reports from Madrid, with Kim Welcher in Paris and Natalie Grover in London:
Spain has become the first country in Western Europe to record more than half a million cases of Covid-19, with a total of 525,549 infections, with fears also growing that cases will rise in France and the United Kingdom.
The Spanish achievement comes amid a steady spike in injuries as millions of children begin to return to school after a six-month break.
According to the latest figures released by the Ministry of Health, Spain recorded 49,716 new cases of infection in the past week, and 237 deaths. About a third of the new cases and deaths are in Madrid, the region worst affected by the epidemic.
Spain recorded the fastest rise in the number of daily confirmed cases in Europe, which began to rise in July, and France showed a similar increase beginning in August:
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Summary
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The number of deaths from the Corona virus in the world has exceeded 890,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University tracking. A death toll of over a million people seems inevitable at this point.
Meanwhile, Spain became the first European country to surpass 500,000 cases. The country reported 2,440 cases of the new Coronavirus during the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 525,549.
Recent infections have been more common among young adults who are often asymptomatic thanks to their strong immune system, and the death rate is still much lower than the March-April peak when daily deaths routinely exceeded 800.
Here are the key developments from the past few hours:
- Spain passes 500,000 cases of Coronavirus in Western Europe first. Spain has become the first country in Western Europe to record more than half a million cases of Covid-19, recording a total of 525,549 infections.
- India has become the country with the second largest number of Covid cases. India has overtaken Brazil to become the second largest number of coronavirus cases, as the virus continues to spread across the country of 1.3 billion people at the fastest rate anywhere in the world.
- France could face a “critical situation” in the winter if cases continue to rise. France’s prominent epidemiologist has warned that if the number of Covid-19 cases continues to rise at the current rate, the country may face a “critical situation” in several regions in December.
- Cases are rising in the UK because people are “relaxing too much”, says a senior health official. England’s Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Jonathan Van Tamm, said the high number of coronavirus cases was a major concern, adding: ‘We have to start taking this very seriously again.’
- Fatigue and headache are the most common symptoms of Covid in children – a study. Researchers found that fatigue, headache and fever are the most common symptoms of coronavirus in children, with a few coughing or losing their sense of taste or smell, adding to calls for age-specific symptom checklists.
- France striker Mbappe tested positive for Covid. The French Football Federation said France striker Kylian Mbappe has tested positive for Covid-19 and will miss this week’s International Nations League Championship against Croatia.
- Seven Greek islands added to the list of quarantine in England. Lesvos, Tinos, Serifos, Mykonos, Crete, Santorini and Zakynthos have been removed from the list of English sites exempt from the 14-day quarantine of the Covid virus, in a major shift in government travel corridors policy.
- A local lockdown will be imposed in Caerphilly, Wales after virus cases spike. The Welsh government said coronavirus laws will be tightened across the town to prevent outbreaks of the virus domestically.
- Scotland may reimpose restrictions as cases continue to rise. Scottish Prime Minister, Nicola Sturgeon has warned that the Scottish government may “press” for further lockdown easing, or even re-imposition of some restrictions later this week, after the continuing spike in Covid 19 cases.
- The study says that the French “anti-masks” are more likely to be educated women in the 1950s. The French who refuse to wear the mask are more likely to be the older, educated women who support Jacket Yellow (Yellow vests) is a protest movement and controversial virologist Didier Raoult, and they refused to get a vaccine against the Corona virus if it was available, according to a new study.
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