California has more than 600,000 coronavirus infections, many of which occur in the United States. news

• French Ministry of Health reported Over 2,500 new coronavirus infections Over the past 24 hours, we’ve set a new post-lockdown to a daily high for three consecutive days and set a cumulative total of 249,611 cases for the country.

• Australian survey of virus-infected ruby ​​princesses Cruise ship said Health officials have made “significant and serious mistakes” in allowing passengers to disembark from a ship.

• According to Johns Hopkins University, there have been more than 21 million cases of coronavirus worldwide and more than 13 million cases recovered. Over 763,000 people have died.

The latest updates are:

Saturday, August 15

04:55 GMT-Outbreak in New Zealand

New Zealand reported seven new cases of COVID-19 as the blockade in Auckland, the country’s largest city, was extended in response to the first outbreak of coronavirus in the Pacific for the first time in months. ..

Six of the seven new cases have been associated with clusters responsible for all cases in the former community, but one case being investigated showed Ashley Bloomfield’s Director of Health at a media briefing in Wellington. I told you.

New cases have brought the total number of infections in New Zealand to 1258 since the beginning of the year, with 56 active cases. So far, 22 people have died.

04:21 GMT-Latin America case load exceeds 6 million

Coronavirus cases in Latin America exceed six million cases and continue to accelerate, according to Reuters tally. This is because most of the countries are beginning to ease lockdown measures.

By Friday night, the area had reached 6,000,005 confirmed cases and 237,360 dead. This accounts for just under one-third of the world’s total patient cases and a similar share of reported deaths from pandemics.

The rise from 5 million to 6 million took 11 days, less than the number of days it took to reach 1 million previously.

Latin America is one of the world’s most affected areas of pandemics, with an average of more than 86,000 daily infections and more than 2,600 deaths reported over the last seven days.

03:47 GMT-China reports 22 new cases

Chinese health officials reported 22 new cases of coronavirus in the mainland on August 14.

Of the new infectious diseases, 14 were imported, and the cases of local infection included 7 in the far west of Xinjiang and 1 in Guangdong.

On Friday, a shopping center in Shenzhen, a city in Guangdong, was closed after confirmed cases of COVID-19. Shenzhen health officials said later that day that two positive cases were found working in a mall in Alibaba’s own supermarket, Fresh Ipo.

Freshippo said in a separate statement that it has suspended operations at 21 stores in Shenzhen to carry out employee disinfection and nucleic acid tests.

Seen on nucleic acid testing sites outside the IBC Mall in Shenzhen after it has been confirmed that health workers in protective clothing have COVID-19 [David Kirton/ Reuters]

03:13 GMT-Victoria, Australia reports 303 cases

Victoria, Australia, has continued to flatten the wave curve of COVID-19 infections and deaths, with four more deaths and 303 new cases reported in the last 24 hours.

This was the second lowest number in Victoria this month, following 278 on Thursday.

Victoria’s daily number is declining, with the seven-day average declining from 521 a week ago to 344. But authorities have warned that further progress is needed before the blockade restrictions in the city of Melbourne can be relaxed.

“We couldn’t imagine opening 200 cases per day. We couldn’t do it with 100 cases per day. We need to head towards the lowest possible number.”

02:45 GMT-South Korean lawsuits surge again

South Korea reported 166 newly confirmed cases of coronavirus. This is the highest jump per day in five months, with the risk of uncontrolled infections in the metropolitan area.

The figures released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) in South Korea have brought the total number of cases, including 305 deaths, to 15,039.

According to KCDC, 155 of the new infections were locally infected. Infected from the Seoul metropolitan area, where authorities rushed to close the thousands of churches, which are mostly densely populated and have emerged as the main source of COVID-19 infection. Many of them failed to properly implement precautions, allowing worshipers to take off their masks, sing in choirs, and have dinner together.

Other clusters are associated with nursing homes, schools, restaurants, outdoor markets, and door-to-door sales representatives.

02:29 GMT-Senior executives say coronavirus peaked in Mexico

Hugo Lopez Götel, who pointed out a coronavirus outbreak in Mexico, said he believes the country has reached a peak of infectious diseases in the last three weeks.

“We were at the peak of the curve now,” said Assistant Secretary of Health, while predicting that a second wave of infections would continue to occur worldwide for some time.

“This is a phenomenon that has happened with us all over the world for several years,” he said.

Lopez-Gatell previously erroneously predicted that the infection would peak in May and June.

Meanwhile, the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in Mexico increased by 5,618 on Friday to reach 511,369. The Department of Health reported 615 newly confirmed deaths from COVID-19, bringing the country’s total death toll to 55,908.

01:37 GMT-Paris Expands Pedestrian Mask Requirements

Paris, the French capital, has expanded the area of ​​the city where pedestrians must wear masks since Saturday morning.

The area around the Champs-Elysées and the Louvre is one of the zones where masks are mandatory, and police checks will be reinforced to ensure respect for wearing masks in designated areas.

Bars and restaurants may be ordered to close if distances and other barriers to viral transmission are not met, according to health officials.

00:20 GMT-California has over 600,000 cases, mostly in the US

California surpassed the first 600,000 COVID-19 cases in the U.S. on Friday, but Governor Gavin Newtham has reported a 20% reduction in hospital admissions and a 14% reduction in ICU ward admissions over the past two weeks. At the same time I was asked to confirm.

“The number that really matters to us is its positive rate,” he said when asked about the state’s case load. According to Newsom, the positive rate, the number of confirmed infections as a percentage of the tests done, has dropped from 7% to 6% across the state in the last 14 days.

“I’m afraid, so I’m not going to stop the test anymore [more cases],” He said.

Karla Funderburk, artist and owner of Matter Studios Gallery, stands in a group of thousands of origami cranes during a trade show honoring the victims of COVID-19 on Tuesday, August 11, 2020 in Los Angeles, USA. I will. [Richard Vogel/ AP]

Hello. Welcome to Al Jazeera’s ongoing coverage of the Coronavirus Pandemic. This is Zahina Rashid from Male in Maldives.

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