New Delhi (NVI): The total number of coronavirus cases are nearing 10.7 million around the world, over 5.6 million people have recovered, and more than 5,15,000 have died, according to Johns Hopkins University tally.
United States coronavirus cases rose by nearly 50,000, marking the biggest one-day spike since the start of the pandemic. More than half of new cases each day come from US states of Arizona, California, Florida and Texas, home to 30 percent of the country’s population.
In Brazil, the total number of coronavirus infected cases has exceeded 1.4 million while the death toll surpassed 60,000 in the country.
Italy’s hard-hit northern region of Lombardy accounted for considerably more than half of the nation’s latest confirmed 187 coronavirus cases – raising the total to 240,760 nationwide. The Health Ministry also reported 21 new deaths, raising to 34,788 the total of known deaths.
Thailand has confirmed six new cases of Covid-19, all related to returnees who are staying in state quarantine. The country has recorded no local transmission of the virus for more than five weeks.
Tokyo confirmed more than 100 new coronavirus infection cases on Thursday, the Japanese capital’s highest daily tally in two months.
In Germany, the number of confirmed coronavirus cases increased by 503 to 195,228. The reported death toll rose by 9 to 8,994.
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