New Delhi (NVI): More than 10.3 million people around the world have now been diagnosed with the coronavirus and more than 5,04,000 have died, according to John Hopkins University.
In the US, nearly 2.6 million have been infected with the novel coronavirus while more than 1,26,000 people have lost their lives to the deadly contagion.
States in the US are pausing reopening plans amid a surge in coronavirus cases and hospitalisations. Among the states stepping back is California, which reported a record surge in COVID-19 in the last 24 hours.
Meanwhile in Brazil, coronavirus cases have surged past 1.3 million while more than 58,000 fatalities have been reported.
Mexico reported 3,805 new coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of infections to 2,20,657. The Mexican health ministry also reported 473 new deaths, bringing the country’s coronavirus-related death toll to 27,121.
China reported 19 new cases of coronavirus on June 29, compared with 12 the day before. Seven of the new cases were in Beijing, where a mass testing campaign is underway in the wake of an outbreak that began in the capital’s main wholesale food market on June 11.
Thailand has reported no locally-transmitted cases of coronavirus for the 36th day as a state of emergency introduced to cope with the pandemic was due to expire today.
World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has warned the pandemic is “not even close to being over” and that while there had been some progress initially, the pandemic was “actually speeding up”.
-CHK
