August 9 (UPI): Brazil has joined the United States as the only country to have surpassed 100,000 deaths and more than 3 million cases in a coronavirus pandemic that has killed another 730,000 people and caused nearly 20 million cases worldwide.
Mainland China has the epicenter, but as the virus has spread to other parts of the world, the country has fallen to 26th with 4634 deaths and none since April 26. The United States has been number one for several months in deaths, now more than 165,000 and cases, 5.1 million.
Shortly after Brazil’s Ministry of Fitness announced that the number of coronavirus deaths in the country had exceeded 100,000, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro posted a photo of himself on his official Facebook account celebrating his team’s victory, Palmeiras, at the Sao Paulo Championship.
On Thursday, Bolsonaro said, “We’re all dead, aren’t we? The figure reaches one hundred thousand. We will move forward with life and find a way out of this problem.”
He later stated that there was an error in the diagnosis of the cause of death in Brazil. The president also favored economic recovery than controlling the fitness crisis.
Another Latin American country, Mexico, ranks third with 52,006 dead, 695 more on Saturday. And the country ranks sixth with 475,902 cases.
There is a travel ban between Mexico and the United States until August 20. The United States also has a travel ban with Canada to date, Canada has extended its own ban to its neighbor until August 31.
In North America, the pandemic has largely been concentrated in the United States and Mexico.
Canada reported 8,945 deaths, six deaths on Saturday and 236 cases in 17th place.
India ranks fourth in the world in death toll with 43,583, adding 1,013 more on Sunday, as well as 62,117 cases, the record of 65,156 the day before.
In addition, India’s young minister of parliamentary affairs and heavy industries tested positive for coronavirus. A few weeks ago, Arjun Ram Meghwal promoted a logo of a highly spiced snack called “Bahabhi Ji” papad, which he said could prevent the fatal virus.
Although the first death originated in China, the virus has been contained in the Far East.
South Korea reported 305 deaths, adding one more Sunday, and 14598 cases with an increase of 36.
Japan has noticed an increase in the number of cases, up from 1,000 in the past week.
On Saturday, the country reported six deaths, 1,039 deaths and 1,624 cases for a total of 45,349. Japan surpassed 1,000 instances for six consecutive days, a record in 1998 on Monday.
The National Governors Association filed an application Saturday to accumulate grants, now totaling $28.3 billion, for local governments for medical wishes, as well as for the economic desires of bars, restaurants and other companies that suspend their activities in cooperation with local governments.
In China, tourists are still returning to the main attractions of Wuhan where the pandemic has been concentrated. On Sunday, the Yellow Crane Tower reached a daily maximum capacity of 25,000 other people and posted a message on social media asking others to walk away.
The epidemic has moved to Europe, with Italy as an epicentre.
On Sunday, Italy reported 2 deaths for a total of 35,203 and 463 other cases.
These figures are significantly lower than 27 March, and the country reported 917 deaths and 5,907 cases.
The country among the first to introduce a blockade. Nightclubs and schools remain closed, social distance is implemented and mask is mandatory. But other people stop by the restaurant for dinner.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to reopen schools and says the opposite is “socially intolerable, economically unsustainable and morally indefensible.”
He said it’s “moral duty” to reopen schools next month.
In an opinion piece in the Daily Mail, he said it’s “crucial” to young people’s well-being, fitness and long-term career as they return to full-time elegance. “We can do it, and we will. Social justice demands it.”
Since the closing imposed in March, the highest number of British schoolchildren has been at home.
“This pandemic isn’t over, and the last thing we can all do is become complacent,” Johnson wrote. “But now that we know enough to safely reopen schools to all students, we have an ethical duty to do so.”
Britain reported 8 deaths, after 1172 on 21 April, and 463 cases.
France and Spain made known knowledge over the weekend.
In Europe, the number of deaths amounted to 206,135.
Some other European countries were in the past among the 10 most sensitive, but have reported few deaths in recent times.
Australia experienced a peak of deaths, adding a record 17 on Sunday, all in Victoria, and 87 for a week for a total of 295. On July 1, the death toll was 104.
Despite the strict social estrangement measures in Victoria, the numbers have risen and the movements of Prime Minister Daniel Andrews have been criticized.
National Treasurer Josh Frydenberg needs the state government in the face of the “serious failures” of quarantine agreements.
“Victorians need to know more and get the answers,” Frydenberg said Saturday.
New Zealand, in Oceania, has 22 deaths with the last death on 28 May. The cases in the country are 1,569, none of which have been since Two Thursday.
In Africa, deaths increased from 413 on Saturday to 22,966. South Africa leads the continent with 10210, 301 on Saturday and 8153 a week ago, followed by Egypt with 4,992, a 21-year increase.
South Africa recorded the fifth highest number of additional cases in the world, 7,712, India, the United States, Brazil and Colombia.
More than a portion of cases in Africa are in South Africa.
Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation, assessed less than 1% of its other two hundred million people on Friday. There are 46,140 instances and 942 deaths in the country.