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The United States recorded nearly 6 million coronavirus cases on Sunday, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
Four Midwestern states recently reported record one-day increases in new cases: Iowa (about 785), North Dakota (about 375), South Dakota (about 425) and Minnesota (about 1,000), all according to Johns Hopkins data.
Meanwhile, Montana and Idaho say their number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients is also setting records.
While the Midwest is the latest hot spot for the coronavirus, the nation as a whole is experiencing a decline in deaths, hospitalizations, positivity rates, and new cases.
The increase in new cases can be traced back to large meetings. In Iowa, counties that are home to the University of Iowa and Iowa State University are reporting many of the new cases. Both schools are holding some face-to-face classes. Other infections date back to an annual motorcycle rally in Sturgis, South Dakota, including 88 cases in South Dakota alone.
While the United States has the highest number of recorded infections in the world, it ranks 10th based on cases per capita, and Brazil, Peru and Chile have higher rates of infection, according to a Reuters tally.
The United States also has the highest number of deaths in the world at nearly 183,000, but is ranked 11th in deaths per capita, surpassed by Sweden, Brazil, Italy, Chile, Spain, the United Kingdom, Belgium and Peru, according to Reuters.
On Tuesday, French children will return to their classrooms, but the country’s education minister said on Sunday that the rise in coronavirus infections is putting those plans in jeopardy.
France reports several thousand new infections every day. With two days to go before classes start, French doctors are calling for stricter measures, including masks for students as young as 6 and some online education.
Education Minister Jean-Michel Blanquer told the Journal du Dimanche that some classes will be closed on Tuesday, but “as few as possible.”
The plan is for French schools to resume classes with necessary masks throughout the day for all over 11 with some movement and assembly restrictions.
Other European countries, such as Denmark, and many school districts in the US are completely revamping the school day, with smaller classes, more teachers, more separation between students and classes, and a combination of classroom and online learning.
India reported 78,761 new coronavirus infections in 24 hours on Sunday, the largest increase in a day in the world since the pandemic began, as the county continues to open up its economy.
It was the fourth day in a row that India had recorded more than 75,000 infections.
India reports around 1,000 deaths from COVID-19 a day. So far, more than 63,000 indigenous people have died from the disease, the fourth highest in the world.
While eight of India’s states contribute nearly 73% of total infections, the virus is spreading rapidly in vast rural areas.
With a population of 1.4 billion people, India is the third most infected nation in the world, behind the United States and Brazil, with 3.5 million cases and more than 63,000 deaths, according to official statistics provided by the country’s Ministry of Health. .
Johns Hopkins University reports that there are more than 25 million cases of COVID-19 worldwide. The United States has nearly 6 million infections, followed by Brazil with 3.8 million and India with 3.5 million.
