The new coronavirus pandemic has killed more than 644,500 people worldwide.
More than 16 million people worldwide have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new respiratory virus, according to data compiled by the Johns Hopkins University Center for Systems Science and Engineering. The actual numbers are believed to be much higher due to a paucity of evidence, many unreported cases, and suspicions that some governments are hiding or minimizing the extent of their nations’ outbreaks.
The United States has become the most affected country, with more than 4.1 million diagnosed cases and at least 146,463 deaths.
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10:55 am: Florida sees over 9,000 other cases in the last 24 hours
The state of Florida has seen an increase of 9,344 cases and 78 new deaths in the past 24 hours, according to the Florida Department of Health.
Florida now has 423,855 total cases and 5,972 deaths since the coronavirus pandemic began.
The state currently has an overall positivity rate of 11.06%, authorities said.
Another 334 people were hospitalized on Saturday by COVID-19, bringing the statewide total of active hospitalizations to 8,925. In total, 24,064 people have been hospitalized in the state due to the coronavirus.
3:58 am: The teenager is the youngest victim of the El Paso virus, among 3 new deaths to end the deadliest week on record
A teenage girl, the youngest victim of the El Paso coronavirus, was among three new deaths reported Saturday morning by health officials to close the deadliest week on record for the entire pandemic in the region.
The death toll for the week reached 42, which not only set a record for El Paso, but also topped weekly death in neighboring Ciudad Juárez for the first time since the outbreak began.
The Mexican sister city of El Paso recorded just over half of Sun City’s weekly death toll at 26, which was its lowest count in months.
It was not immediately known whether the teenage victim seen in Saturday’s health department death report was Dariana Rubio, 19, who died earlier this week of what her family believed to be the virus.
The last two other deaths were a man in his 60s and a woman in their 70s, both with underlying health problems.
The health department also reported 221 newly confirmed virus cases on Saturday, bringing the total number of infections to 12,971.
Of these, officials indicated that 3,402 were active cases, while 9,348 El Pasoans were listed as recovered. Research shows that some recovered people may still have long-term health problems from the virus.
For the week, 1,839 new cases of viruses were recorded, which was less than the 2,033 infections that occurred last week.
On Saturday morning, 310 people were hospitalized, representing a drop of seven patients since Friday. Of those in the hospital, 97 were admitted to intensive care on Saturday, marking the first time in ten days that the ICU count fell below 100. Currently, 49 of the hospitalized patients require ventilators.
3:35 am: Total number of COVID-19 cases worldwide now over 16 million
The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 worldwide has now exceeded 16 million, according to Johns Hopkins University.
The total number of confirmed cases globally is now 16,048,100, while the total number of deaths globally is 644,556.
The actual numbers are believed to be much higher due to a paucity of evidence, many unreported cases, and suspicions that some governments are hiding or minimizing the extent of their nations’ outbreaks.
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide exceeded the 15 million benchmark just four days ago on July 22.
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1:34 am: Spain has been removed from the UK travel broker exemption list, now travelers must self-isolate
Spain is no longer on the list of UK travel brokers and people arriving in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland from Spain will have to isolate themselves.
The British government has said that those already in Spain can stay for the rest of their holidays and will have to isolate themselves on their return.
The Foreign Commonwealth Office (FCO) now discourages all trips, except essential ones, to mainland Spain that does not cover the Canary Islands or the Balearic Islands because travel advice is based on risk to the individual traveler and the rates of COVID-19 infection are lower there than continental Spain.
“Protecting public health is our top priority and we have made this decision to limit any possible spread to the UK,” a government spokesman said in a statement released to the media. “We have always been clear that we would act immediately to remove a country when necessary. Both our list of quarantine exemptions and FCO travel tips are being updated to reflect these latest risk assessments.”
Jim Parker, Scott Withers and Alexandra Faul of ABC News contributed to this report.
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