New cases in China, Global COVID-19 tally tops 7.7 mn

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New cases in China, Global COVID-19 tally tops 7.7 mn

Taking the Beijing cases into account, the Chinese mainland reported a total of 57 COVID-19 cases on Sunday

Sunday June 14, 2020 11:28 AM, ummid.com with inputs from IANS

Washington/Beijing: China's National Health Commission (NHS) on Sunday said that there were 57 new COVID-19 cases detected in the last 24 hours, of which 36 were recorded in Beijing, even as the overall number of global COVID-19 cases surged to over 7.7 million.

Authorities in the Chinese capital said Beijing had reported 463 confirmed domestically transmitted COVID-19 cases Sunday, including 411 who had been discharged from hospital after recovery and nine deaths, reports Xinhua news agency.

There were still 43 patients receiving medical treatment in hospital and one asymptomatic case under medical observation. So far, a total of 174 imported COVID-19 cases have been reported in the capital city.

Taking the Beijing cases into account, the Chinese mainland reported a total of 57 COVID-19 cases on Sunday.

As of Sunday, China, where the pandemic originated last December, recorded a total of 84,229 COVID-19 cases, with 4,638 deaths.

Global Corona update

The overall number of global COVID-19 cases has surged to over 7.7 million, while the death toll was nearing 430,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University.

As of Sunday morning, the total number of cases stood at 7,764,977, while the fatalities stood at 429,666, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed in its latest update.

Global Corona update

With 2,074,082 cases and 115,402 deaths, the US continues with the world's highest number of COVID-19 infections and fatalities, according to the CSSE.

In terms of cases, Brazil comes in the second place with 850,514 infections. This was followed by Russia (519,458), India (308,993), the UK (295,828), Spain (243,605), Italy (236,651) and Peru (220,749).

Other worst affected countries are France (193,746), Germany (187,267), Iran (184,955), Turkey (176,677), Chile (167,355), Mexico (142,690), Pakistan (132,405), Saudi Arabia (123,308) and Canada (100,043), the CSSE figures showed.

Regarding fatalities, Brazil has overtaken the UK in the second position with 42,720 COVID-19 deaths.

The other countries with over 10,000 deaths are the UK (41,566), Italy (34,223), France (29,377), Spain (27,136) and Mexico (16,448).

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