- The World Health Organization reported 212,000 new cases of coronavirus worldwide, the highest increase in a single day since the start of the pandemic.
- The WHO said it was suspending its trials of the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine and the HIV drug lopinavir / ritonavir in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 after the drugs failed to reduce mortality.
- Mexico has reported 523 more coronavirus deaths, raising its count to 30,366 and surpassing France to become the fifth highest in the world.
- Global cases have reached 11.23 million, while 6.04 million patients have recovered, according to the latest count by Johns Hopkins University. The number of deaths worldwide reached more than 530,000.
Here are the latest updates.
Sunday July 5
07:46 GMT – Russia’s coronavirus cases exceed 680,000
Russia reported 6,736 new cases of the new coronavirus, bringing the national figure to 681,251.
Authorities said 134 people had died in the past 24 hours, bringing the official death toll to 10,161.
07:24 GMT – Tokyo governor favored to win re-election for handling viruses
Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike is about to be reelected, buoyed by public support for her coronavirus management despite a recent spike in infections that has raised concerns about the disease’s resurgence.
The first woman to head the Japanese capital, Koike, 67, is also seen as a potential candidate to succeed Prime Minister Shinzo Abe when his term ends in September 2021. For now, he says he is focused on protecting the lives of the 14 million people. in Tokyo, a megacity with an economy of $ 1 trillion.
07:01 GMT – WHO reports biggest increase in infections in a single day
The World Health Organization says member states reported more than 212,000 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 to the global body, the highest increase in a single day since the start of the pandemic.
The Geneva-based WHO said the highest number of new infections was reported in the Americas region, which includes the United States and Brazil, with nearly 130,000 confirmed cases.
The WHO count may differ from other global case counts due to delays in official reporting.
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06:37 GMT – Almost 25,000 virus cases in India in a record daily jump
India saw its largest increase in COVID-19 cases, wwith 24,850 new cases and 613 deaths in the last 24 hours.
The infection count in the country increased to 673,165 when the number of deaths increased to 19,268, according to data from the Ministry of Health.
06:10 GMT – Turkish Airlines resumes flights to Indonesia
Turkey’s flag carrier resumed flights to Indonesia after being suspended on March 20 amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Turkish Airlines will resume routes to Indonesia with two flights per week.
The airlines made their first scheduled flight between Jakarta and Istanbul at 10.05 am local time. He did not announce when flights to the resort city of Bali would begin. [Ints Kalnins/Reuters]
05:43 GMT – Croatia votes for a new government as the pandemic looms
Croats went to the polls to choose a government to navigate the ongoing coronavirus pandemic in a general election campaign that has been dominated by the health crisis.
The pandemic has launched the tourism-dependent economy of the European Union country for a contraction of almost 10 percent, its biggest decline in decades.
The ruling conservative HDZ party has been touting its relative success by containing the Croatian outbreak so far, with an official count of approximately 100 deaths and 3,000 infections.
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04:56 GMT – Bolivia struggles to contain the coronavirus
The increasing number of COVID-19 deaths is overwhelming the Bolivian city of Cochabamba, where desperate family members of an apparent victim of the new coronavirus left their coffin on the street for several hours to protest the difficulties in burying it.
Neighbor Remberto Arnez said the 62-year-old man had died on June 28 and that his body had been in his home since then, “but that is risky due to possible contagion.”
After a few hours, funeral workers showed up and took the coffin to a cemetery in the city of about 630,000 people.
The Andean nation has reported more than 36,800 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 1,320 deaths.
04:28 GMT – The Australian state of Victoria reports 74 new cases
The harsh Australian state of Victoria registered 74 new cases of coronavirus on Sunday after announcing a record 108 new infections a day earlier.
The latest increase resulted in state Prime Minister Daniel Andrews announcing the closure of nine public housing blocks in the city center with 3,000 people, where 27 cases were detected.
The police monitor every entrance to the housing estates and residents cannot leave their homes for any reason. Australia has more than 8,400 cases and 104 deaths as of Sunday.
03:44 GMT – Wife of Republican politician, career partner possibly exposed to COVID-19
The Associated Press news agency quotes a Montana newspaper reporting that the wife and running mate of Republican nominee for governor Greg Gianforte, as well as several other top Republican officials, were possibly exposed to the coronavirus while attending an event with the girlfriend of the president. Donald Trump’s eldest son.
The Bozeman Daily Chronicle says Gianforte’s wife Susan and vice governor candidate Kristen Juras were at a Trump fundraising event on Wednesday with Kimberly Guilfoyle, the girlfriend of Donald Trump Jr.
The New York Times reports that Guilfoyle was diagnosed with the coronavirus on Friday. Greg Gianforte is a congressman from Montana. Did not attend the event.
03:14 GMT – Confirmed cases of coronavirus in Germany increase by 239 to 196,335
The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in Germany increased by 239 to 196,335, Reuters reported Sunday, citing data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases.
The reported death toll rose from 2 to 9,012, according to the count.
02:25 GMT – Singapore reports eight new ‘untied’ cases
The Singapore Straits Times reported early Sunday that an 82-year-old Singaporean woman is among eight new unrelated community cases announced the day before.
The woman was confirmed to have the virus on Saturday after showing symptoms last Wednesday.
The Ministry of Health (MOH) confirmed 185 new cases of coronavirus in Singapore on Saturday, with a total of 44,664. Of the 185 new cases, eight were reported with no known prior ties to an infected person, including the 82-year-old woman.
Singapore has managed to keep its death toll low at 26.
02:03 GMT – South Korea reports 61 new cases
South Korea has reported a total of 13,901 coronavirus cases across the country, but has been praised for its prompt response to the pandemic. [Heo Ran/Reuters]
New daily cases of the virus in South Korea stayed above 60 for the third day in a row on Sunday as infections outside the Seoul metropolitan area continued to grow, the Yonhap news agency reported.
The country added 61 cases, including 43 local infections, bringing the total number of cases to 13,091, according to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC). At least 18 of the cases were imported.
However, the country did not report additional deaths, and the number of deaths remained at 283.
01:23 GMT – China reports eight new active cases, seven asymptomatic patients
China reported eight new cases of coronavirus on the mainland by July 4, compared with three cases the day before, the Reuters news agency reported Sunday, citing the health agency.
Six of the new infections were imported cases, according to a statement from the National Health Commission, while the capital, Beijing, reported two new cases. There were no new deaths.
China reported seven new asymptomatic patients, compared to four the day before.
As of Saturday, mainland China had 83,553 confirmed cases of coronavirus, the health authority said. The death toll in China from COVID-19 remained at 4,634, unchanged from mid-May.
00:29 GMT – The number of deaths from coronavirus in Mexico exceeds 30,000
The Mexican Ministry of Health reported 523 more deaths from the new coronavirus, with a total of 30,366 and 6,014 new infections, with a total of 252,165.
The government previously said that the actual number of infected people is probably significantly higher than the number of confirmed cases.
Citing unpublished figures from the country’s civil registry, the Milenio radio station reported that, until June 19, almost twice as many people had died from the coronavirus as the Vice Minister of Health, Hugo López-Gatell. The Reuters news agency was unable to verify the information.
00:05 GMT – Ghanaian President isolates himself after close contact with an infected person
The government did not say whether the 76-year-old president was exposed to a staff member or a family member. [File: John MacDougall/Pool via AP]
Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo will isolate himself for 14 days on the advice of doctors after a person in his immediate circle tested positive for the coronavirus, the Reuters news agency reported, citing a statement from the government.
“He, like today, has been negative, but has chosen to take this measure as a precaution,” the statement said, adding that the president will continue working during the period, in accordance with security protocols COVID-19. .
The statement did not say whether the close person was a staff or family member.
Ghana has recorded 19,388 cases of coronavirus, one of the highest in sub-Saharan Africa, with 117 deaths.
The West African nation’s deputy minister of commerce and industry, Carlos Kingsley Ahenkorah, resigned on Friday after violating the coronavirus self-isolation measures after a positive test for the virus.
00:01 GMT – Brazil registers 37,923 new cases of coronavirus, 1,091 deaths
Brazil has registered 37,923 new confirmed cases of the new coronavirus in the past 24 hours, as well as 1,091 deaths, the Reuters news agency reported, citing the country’s health ministry.
Brazil has registered more than 1.5 million cases since the pandemic began, while the accumulated deaths total 64,265, according to the ministry.
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