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LONDON: Global coronavirus cases rose by more than 500,000 for the first time on Wednesday (October 29), a record rise in one day as Northern Hemisphere countries reported daily spikes.
Daily global COVID-19 cases have risen by nearly 25 percent in less than two weeks, as the world witnessed 400,000 daily reported cases for the first time last Friday.
Most Western countries and parts of Latin America have reported the highest single-day surges in recent weeks. Many governments, with the notable exception of the United States, have begun to take stricter measures to control the spread of the virus.
The global coronavirus count is 44.7 million cases and around 1.17 million deaths.
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Europe, North America and Latin America account for more than 66% of global cases and more than 76% of global deaths.
New daily infections in Europe have doubled in the past two weeks as it reported more than 250,000 cases for the first time on Wednesday, according to a Reuters tally.
So far, the region has reported around 9.5 million cases and around 261,000 deaths.
France reported a new daily record of more than 50,000 infections for the first time on Sunday.
Economic activity in the euro zone has slipped back into decline this month, as renewed restrictions to control the coronavirus pandemic forced many companies in the bloc’s dominant service industry to limit their operations, a survey showed last Friday. .
The United States continues to lead the global coronavirus count with about 8.9 million infections and about 228,000 deaths since the pandemic began.
On Thursday, the US broke its daily record for new coronavirus infections, reporting 91,295 diagnoses in 24 hours, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University.
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Asia surpassed 10 million new coronavirus infections on Saturday, the second-heaviest regional figure in the world, according to a Reuters tally, as cases continue to rise in India despite a slowdown and steep falls elsewhere.
India, the world’s second most populous country and the second most affected country, reports around 48,000 cases a day on average with a total of around 8 million cases, according to a Reuters tally.
Like Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he promised to provide any successful vaccine to each of India’s 1.3 billion people. The country is preparing a database of all public and private health personnel to accelerate vaccines once they are available.
In the Middle East, Iran, the worst-hit COVID-19-infected country, reports one death every three minutes, according to state television.
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