US, South Africa set new record for coronavirus

BERLIN (AP)-Both US and South Africa report record daily coronavirus infections, surpassing 50,000 US cases per day for the first time, urging countries to resume a virally ruined economy It highlights the current challenges.

According to Johns Hopkins University statistics, there are 50,700 new cases recorded in the United States. Many states struggled to stop the spread of pandemics because of Americans not wearing masks or not following social distance rules.

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Due to California’s proliferation, Governor Gavin Newtham will close bar, theater and indoor restaurant dining in nearly the entire state (including about 30 million people and the county of Los Angeles) just before the weekend of July 4 I announced that.

“The bottom line is that the spread of the virus continues at a particularly worrisome rate,” said Newsom.

Cases confirmed in California have increased by almost 50% in the last two weeks and COVID-19 hospitalizations have increased by 43%. About 5,900 new cases and 110 deaths occurred in just 24 hours in California, Newsom said.

Many other states, including Florida, Arizona, and Texas, have also seen a rapid increase in infections. Florida recorded more than 6,500 new cases, and counties in South Florida closed the beach, preventing a large crowd on July 4 and spreading the virus further.

“Too many people were crowded with restaurants late at night, turning these facilities into breeding grounds for this deadly virus,” said Miami Dade Mayor Carlos Guimenez.

President Donald Trump seemed confident that the coronavirus would soon subside despite the fact that the United States had the most infections and deaths in the world.

“I think we’ll be very successful with the coronavirus,” he told Fox Business. “At some point, I think it’s just a sort of disappearance. I hope.”

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Currently, there are approximately 2.7 million cases reported in the United States, with more than 128,000 deaths. According to Johns Hopkins calculations, the coronavirus kills 10.7 million and more than 516,000 people worldwide. The true number of pandemic victims is partly due to limited testing and missed mild cases.

In South Africa on Thursday, authorities reported 8,124 new cases and daily records were new. To mitigate what was one of the strictest blockades in the world, the country has the largest number of cases in Africa over 159,000.

Johannesburg is a new hotspot that has infected hundreds of healthcare workers, with more than 45,000 confirmed cases in Gauteng, including Johannesburg. Overall, over 405,000 confirmed cases have been identified on the African continent.

India, the second most populous country in the world with a population of more than 1.3 billion people, surpassed 600,000 infections on Thursday after more than 19,000 new cases were reported. In India, about 100,000 new cases have been reported in the last four days alone.

Despite the skyrocketing numbers, the popular backpacking destination, beaches in western Goa, has 250 hotels available to reopen on Thursday after more than three months of holidays. Tourists must carry a COVID-19 negative certificate or be inspected upon arrival.

Many industries and businesses have resumed across the country and the Indians have carefully returned to the streets. Schools, universities and cinemas are still closed.

On the medical side, the World Health Organization states that smoking is associated with an increased risk of serious coronavirus-induced morbidity and mortality in hospitalized patients, but pinpoints how high those risks are. I couldn’t.

In a scientific brief published this week, the United Nations Health Organization reviewed 34 published studies on the association of smoking with COVID-19, including probability of infection, hospitalization, disease severity and mortality.

The WHO found that smokers account for up to 18% of hospitalized coronavirus patients, and determine whether patients smoke and the severity of the disease they suffer, the type of hospital intervention required, and the patient’s risk of death. Said that there seems to be an important link.

In Japan, 107 new cases of coronavirus were confirmed in Tokyo, the number of cases almost tripled on June 24, just before the surge. Governor Yuriko Koike said many cases were associated with nightclubs and bars and called on their workers to be actively tested and take additional safety measures.

“We need to be careful about the spread of the infection,” Koike said.
After the coronavirus spreads across the metropolitan area and several dozens of people were sick this week, schools were shut down and reached cities such as Gwangju, where social restrictions were tightened. confirmed.

Despite soaring in many US states, we’ve seen new outbreaks slow significantly in several Eastern states, including New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and New Jersey.

Strict social distance and other measures will be taken. Gamblers are not allowed to smoke, eat or drink in the casino. You must wear a mask in the public areas of the casino and check the temperature when entering the room.

Coil reported from Los Angeles.