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The United States has a record for set coronavirus cases, with more than five one million people are now infected, according to a Reuters census, because the country’s official infectious disease earlier this week offered hope that an effective vaccine could be available by the end of the year.
- The death of Brazilian coronavirus passed five months after the first reported case of 100,000 deaths in a sign that the country did not contain the deadly disease.
- New Zealand marked 100 days on Sunday without a domestic transmission of the coronavirus, but warned against complaints as countries such as Vietnam and Australia struggled to resurrect infections.
- At least 19.51 million people worldwide have been diagnosed with COVID-19, while the worldwide death toll exceeded 725,000. More than 11.88 million have been repaired.
Here are the latest updates:
Sunday, August 9th
05:33 GMT – New Zealand registers 100 days without case of domestic virus
New Zealanders have returned to normal life, but authorities are worried that people are now refusing tests, not using contacts with government applications from the government, and even ignoring the basic rules of hygiene [Mark Baker/AP]
New Zealand marked 100 days on Sunday without a domestic transmission of the coronavirus, but warned against complaints as countries such as Vietnam and Australia, which once had the virus under control, are now battling for a resurgence in infections.
New Zealand’s successful fight against COVID-19 has made the Pacific island nation of 5 million one of the safest places in the world at the moment, reports news agency Reuters.
New Zealanders are back to normal life, but authorities are worried that people are now refusing tests, not making use of government government applications, and even ignoring basic hygiene rules.
“Reaching 100 days without community transmission is a major milestone. However, as we all know, we can not be trusted to be self-sufficient,” warned Health Director-General Dr Ashley Bloomfield.
New Zealand has 23 active cases in managed isolation facilities, and 1,219 COVID-19 cases in total.
05:24 GMT – Qatar reports 97.15 percent recovery rate from coronavirus
Qatar has posted a 97.15 percent recovery rate from its 112,650 coronavirus cases, according to the Johns Hopkins University census.
Of that total number of cases, 109,438 cases were recovered, with 182 total deaths as of Sunday.
04:51 – Saudi Arabia registers 1,467 new cases of coronavirus
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has recorded 1,467 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 287,262.
Al Arabiya quoted the Ministry of Health as saying on Sunday that 37 people had died from the disease, bringing the death toll nationwide to 3,130.
A total of 250,440 of the patients have been recovered, according to the report.
04:15 GMT – Singapore marks 55th National Day amid coronavirus pandemic
A gunman fires during a cannon salute at the National Day Parade, amid the outbreak of coronavirus disease, on Sunday [Edgar Su/Reuters]
Singapore marked its 55th National Day on Sunday, with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong calling for “unity and resistance” to combat the coronavirus pandemic.
In his speech, Lee warned that the pandemic was “far from over” and that the number of cases in the country could still increase “despite all our precautionary measures.”
Amid the health scare, Singapore Airforce (RSAF) planes flew past the city, and the guards fired their guns in a salute to the nation.
Singapore has more than 54,000 cases and 27 deaths. More than 48,500 of the patients have been recovered.
03:30 GMT – Germany’s confirmed coronavirus cases increase by 555 to 215,891
The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in Germany increased from 555 to 215,891, the news agency Reuters reported on Sunday with data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases.
The reported death toll increased by one to 9,196, which indicated.
03:00 GMT – South Korea reports 36 new cases of COVID-19
Medical residents attend a 24-hour strike in Seoul amid the coronavirus disease pandemic to protest a government plan to increase medical school admissions by 400 per year for the next decade [Yonhap via Reuters]
The new coronavirus cases from South Korea took up 36, with 30 local infections, and increased the total number to 14,598, Yonhap news agency reported on Sunday citing the country’s health agency.
The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) said that of the new locally transmitted cases, 25 were reported in densely populated Seoul and in the surrounding metropolitan areas, where about half of the country’s 50 million people live. .
The country reported another death with coronavirus-related, reaching a total of 305.
The number of patients fully cured of the virus reached 13,642, up 13 from the previous day, representing 93.45 percent of the total cases.
02:22 GMT – China reports 23 new COVID-19 cases on the mainland
China has reported 23 new cases of coronavirus on the mainland as at the end of August 8, down from 31 a day earlier, Reuters news agency reported on Sunday citing the country’s health authority.
Among the new cases, 15 were transmitted locally and eight infections were imported, the National Health Commission said in a statement published on its website.
Some 45 people were fired on Saturday and there are still 817 active cases in the country, including 43 serious cases.
The total number of infections on mainland China now stands at 84,619, with the death toll unchanged at 4,634.
01:45 GMT – Mexico stops thriving jobs during pandemic, says president
Mexico begins employment again in August after losing 1.1 million formal jobs between March and July due to the economic downturn of the coronavirus pandemic, Reuters reports that he is President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador quoted.
“We have stopped losing jobs,” Lopez Obrador said in a video posted on YouTube. “So far, almost 15,000 new jobs have been created in August.”
Cope data from Mexico’s Institute for Social Security, Lopez Obrador said 1.1 million formal jobs were lost between March and July, with the nadir in April with about 555,000 losses. That fell to 3,900 formal job losses in July, he said.
Most Mexicans work in the informal economy, and they have borne the brunt of job losses caused by the effects of the pandemic on Latin America’s second-second largest economy.
Health workers ride a boat on a canal in Xochimilco en route to collect door-to-door samples to test for COVID-19, in Mexico City [Eduardo Verdugo/AP]
01:15 GMT – Coronavirus deaths in Mexico are more than 52,000, cases above 475,900
The Mexican Ministry of Health has reported 6,495 new confirmed coronavirus infections and 695 additional deaths, bringing the total to 475,902 cases and 52,006 deaths in the country, according to the news agency Reuters.
Officials have said the true number of infected people is likely to be higher than the confirmed cases.
Mexico has the third highest death toll from coronavirus worldwide, behind the United States and Brazil.
00:05 GMT – FS sets record as coronavirus cases top 5 million
The United States set a record for coronavirus cases on Saturday, with more than five million people now infected, according to a Reuters census, as the country’s official infectious disease earlier this week hopes to provide an effective vaccine against it. would be available by the end of the year.
With one in every 66 inhabitants infected, the US leads the world in COVID-19 cases, according to a Reuters analysis. The country has recorded more than 160,000 deaths, nearly a quarter of the world’s total.
The latest development comes as President Donald Trump signed executive orders intended to provide economic relief to Americans hurt by the coronavirus pandemic after the White House failed to reach a deal with Congress.
00:01 GMT – Death toll hits Brazilian 100,000
The death of Brazilian coronavirus passed five months after the first reported case of 100,000 deaths in a sign that the country did not contain the deadly disease.
The nation of 210 million people has since late May reported an average of more than 1,000 daily deaths from the pandemic and reported 905 for the last 24-hour period.
The Department of Public Health said there were a total of 3,012,412 confirmed infections with the new coronavirus – deaths and infection tolls are second to the United States. And as in many nations, experts believe that both numbers are heavy undercounts due to insufficient testing.
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Hello and welcome to Al Jazeera’s ongoing coverage of the coronavirus pandemic. I’m Ted Regencia in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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