At the moment, around 10,860,000 people are infected across the world, and at least 520,000 have died from the coronavirus. According to Johns Hopkins University, the US still remains the most affected country, with over 2.7 million cases of COVID-19 and more than 520,000 deaths from the virus. Brazil is second, with around 1.5 million infected and a death toll of 61,800.
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Germany has confirmed 422 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, with the total count reaching 196,096, the Robert Koch Institute said on Saturday.
The death toll has grown by seven to 9,010 people within the same period of time. Some 181,300 people have recovered since the start of the outbreak.
A day earlier, the country confirmed 446 new cases and nine fatalities.
The World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic on 11 March. To date, more than 11 million people have been infected with the coronavirus worldwide, with over 524,000 fatalities, according to Johns Hopkins University.
MEXICO CITY (Sputnik) – The number of people, who have died of COVID-19 in Mexico, has risen by 654 to 29,843 within the past 24 hours, Jose Luis Alomia, the director of epidemiology at the Health Ministry, said.
He also said on late Friday that the number of confirmed coronavirus cases had increased by 6,740 to 245,251 within the same period of time.
A day earlier, the Latin American nation recorded 6,741 new cases of the coronavirus, with 679 fatalities.
The World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic on 11 March. To date, more than 11 million people have been infected with the coronavirus worldwide, with over 524,000 fatalities, according to Johns Hopkins University.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The worldwide number of confirmed COVID-19 cases has surpassed 11 million, Johns Hopkins University says.
The exact number of the coronavirus cases stood at 11,031,905 as of 23:00 GMT on Friday. More than 523,000 people have died of the disease, the university added.
The World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic on 11 March. The biggest number of cases so far have been registered in the United States, Brazil and Russia.
BUENOS AIRES (Sputnik) – The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Brazil has increased within the past 24 hours by 42,223 to 1,539,081, the national Ministry of Health said on late Friday.
The death toll has increased by 1,290 to 63,174 people within the same period of time.
Over 868,000 have recovered since the start of the outbreak, the ministry added.
A day earlier, Brazil registered 48,105 new coronavirus cases and 1,252 fatalities.
Brazil comes second on a global tally of coronavirus cases after the United States, which has recorded over 2.7 million COVID-19 patients.
The World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic on 11 March. To date, more than 10.9 million people have been infected with the coronavirus worldwide, with over 523,000 fatalities, according to Johns Hopkins University.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Moscow has registered 25 deaths of patients infected with COVID-19 over the past 24 hours, bringing the Russian capital's death toll to 3,929, the city's coronavirus response center said in a statement on late Friday.
"Another 25 patients, who were diagnosed with pneumonia and tested positive for the coronavirus infection, died in Moscow," the center said.
In the previous day, 34 people infected with the coronavirus died in Moscow.
The World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic on 11 March. To date, more than 10.9 million people have been infected with the coronavirus worldwide, with over 523,000 fatalities, according to Johns Hopkins University.
Russia has the third biggest number of coronavirus cases – 667,883 ones – with 437,893 recoveries and 9,859 fatalities. The worst-hit nation is the United States with over 2.7 million confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus disease. Brazil comes second with about 1.5 million infected people.
DOHA (Sputnik) - Authorities of the United Arab Emirates allowed citizens and permanent residents to travel abroad, the WAM news agency Friday.
They recommended that those traveling on a trip should take a coronavirus test before the trip, and also, upon returning, to have with them the fresh results of the analysis done at the place of stay. Also, the UAE authorities recommended people over 70 and people with chronic diseases to refrain from traveling abroad.
According to the latest data from the country's Ministry of Health, more than 49,400 cases of coronavirus infection have been detected in the UAE since the pandemic began, while 317 have died.
MONTEVIDEO (Sputnik) - The national battle against the coronavirus epidemic cost Paraguay as much as $2 billion, or 5 percent of the GDP, Paraguayan Finance Minister Benigno Lopez told Sputnik.
"The costs we had to cover to fight COVID-19 make up about 5 percent of GDP ... This means about $2 billion," Lopez said.
The minister also noted the pandemic's significant impact on the country's economy, which is now forecast to decline by 2.5-3 percent this year instead of growing by 4 percent.
At the same time, Lopez added that the worst part was over and the economic life in Paraguay was slowly starting to recover. The authorities are optimistic about how the situation in the country will develop in the second half of the year.
According to the Paraguayan Health Ministry's latest update, there is a total of 2,303 COVID-19 cases in the South American country, 19 deaths and 1,108 recoveries.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Nepal registered 740 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, marking the record daily increase since the onset of the coronavirus outbreak in the country, the Ministry of Health and Population said on Friday, adding that the total number of cases surpassed 15,000.
According to the ministry, there are now 15,259 confirmed cases in Nepal.
One person has died in the preceding day, taking the country’s death toll to 32.
The health authorities added that 6,143 COVID-19 patients have recovered.
As of 9am 3 July, there have been 10,120,276 tests, with 205,673 tests on 2 July.
— Department of Health and Social Care (@DHSCgovuk) July 3, 2020
284,276 people have tested positive.
As of 5pm on 2 July, of those tested positive for coronavirus, across all settings, 44,131 have sadly died.
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Afghanistan has increased by 302 over the past 24 hours taking the total tally to 32,324, according to the Health Ministry's update.
According to the ministry, as cited by the national TOLOnews broadcaster, a total of 819 people died from the disease since the start of the outbreak, 12 of them in the past 24 hours.
Meanwhile, 1,290 patients have recovered over the given period, bringing the total of recoveries to 17,331.
TEHRAN (Sputnik) - Iran has confirmed 154 coronavirus-related fatalities over the past 24 hours, a slight increase from the 148 deaths a day ago, Health Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari said in a Friday update, taking the overall death toll to 11,260.
At the same time, Iran reported 2,566 new COVID-19 cases, taking the total to 235,429, Lari said, as broadcast by the channel IRINN.
Meanwhile, more than 196,000 people have fully recovered from the disease.
This afternoon I felt a slight fever and immediately quarantined myself at home. I have now tested positive for Covid 19. By the grace of Allah, I feel strong and energetic. I will continue to carry on my duties from home. Please keep me in your prayers.
— Shah Mahmood Qureshi (@SMQureshiPTI) July 3, 2020
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Omani health officials have confirmed an additional 1,374 cases of COVID-19 in a slight increase compared to the 1,361 cases detected the previous day, the Health Ministry said on Friday.
The total case count now amounts to 43,929.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Some 20,000 jobs in the aviation sector are at risk in the French region of Occitanie due to the coronavirus pandemic and subsequent cuts to air traffic, the president of the region, Carole Delga, said on Friday to the RTL broadcaster.
France's aviation sector has suffered unprecedented losses since the lockdown was introduced in the country in mid-March and the health crisis slashed passenger flights and aircraft orders, putting thousands of jobs at risk.
"In total, we will approach 20,000 jobs that can be threatened in the Occitanie region. It's a very, very strong shock", Delga said, adding that the aviation sector "has never experienced such a crisis".
Notably, on Tuesday, Europe's largest aircraft manufacturer, Airbus, unveiled a plan for 15,000 layoffs worldwide, including 5,000 in France and over 3,500 in Toulouse, the capital of the Occitanie region, to overcome the coronavirus crisis.
Moreover, the Air France-KLM group announced earlier in May a net loss of 1.8 billion euros (over $2 billion) in the first quarter of 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – An overwhelming majority of Britons would support another lockdown if coronavirus cases jump again, a fresh YouGov poll for Sky News shows as the country cautiously eases the restrictions.
According to the survey, 83 percent would back a second shutdown in case of another coronavirus outbreak.
9 percent would be against the prospect of seeing another lockdown. Another 8 percent had no opinion on the matter. The youth and older age groups notably have similar attitudes toward the lockdown.
In addition, the poll revealed that 70 percent would be nervous about visiting pubs, which are set to open in England on Saturday. About the same percentage of people would feel uncomfortable to go to a cinema, use public transport, or go on a holiday abroad.
At the same time, the majority of Britons feel safe to go to one another's gardens.
In general, 48 percent of respondents admitted to having become more anxious due to the pandemic.
The survey was conducted among 1,610 UK adults on 29-30 June.
MOSCOW, July 3 (Sputnik) - Russia has recorded 6,718 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours (down slightly from 6,760 the day before), bringing the cumulative toll to 667,883, the country's coronavirus response centre said on Friday.
"Over the past 24 hours, Russia has confirmed 6,718 COVID-19 cases in 84 regions, of which 2,182 (32.5 percent) have been detected with people showing no clinical symptoms", the response centre said in a statement, adding that the total count has grown to 667,883 cases in 85 regions, with the daily increase standing at 1 percent.
Of the newly detected cases, 659 were confirmed in Moscow, 298 in the Moscow Region, and 271 in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area (compared to 662, 317, and 266 the day before).
NEW DELHI (Sputnik) – India's Bharat Biotech International Limited (BBIL) is going to launch a COVID-19 vaccine for public health use by 15 August, the state-run Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has said in a statement.
According to the report, ICMR and BBIL are currently working on the preclinical and clinical development of the BBV152 COVID vaccine.
"It is envisaged to launch the vaccine for public health use at the latest by 15th August 2020 after completion of all clinical trials. BBIL is working expeditiously to meet the target, however, final outcome will depend on the cooperation of all clinical trial sites involved in this project", the statement said.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The number of people who have died from the coronavirus in Germany has increased by nine to 9,003 within the past 24 hours, the Robert Koch Institute said on Friday.
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country rose by 446 to 195,674 people within the same period of time. Around 181,000 people have recovered since the start of the outbreak.
A day earlier, the country confirmed 503 new cases and nine fatalities.
