New Delhi (NVI): The total number of coronavirus cases are nearing 5 million worldwide while more than 3,26,000 people have lost their lives, according to John Hopkins University tally.
The coronavirus outbreak in Brazil has worsened as nearly 20,000 new infections and 888 deaths were reported in a single day, pushing the total cases to 2,91,579 and a total of 19,000 deaths, making the country the world’s third most affected country in the world.
Meanwhile, the number of positive infections in Peru has surpassed 1,00,000, making it the country with the secnd-highest number of cases in South America after Brazil.
In the US, more than 93,000 people have died due to the coronavirus contagion with nearly 1.55 million confirmed cases.
The World Health Organization gave a stark warning on Wednesday that the coronavirus pandemic is far from over, after 106,000 new cases were recorded worldwide over the past 24 hours – the most in a single day so far.
Tourists will be welcomed back to Greece from 15 June, the Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, has announced.
In another development, The Chinese city of Wuhan, where the global coronavirus pandemic is believed to have originated, has issued a total ban on the hunting, breeding and human consumption of wild animals.
