News World COVID-19 cases climb to 1.2 million; Spain moves ahead of Italy, USA tops with 300,000 cases

COVID-19 cases climb to 1.2 million; Spain moves ahead of Italy, USA tops with 300,000 cases

Coronavirus cases worldwide have crossed the 1.2 million mark as a surge in cases in several western countries continued on Saturday. As per latest figures, the USA saw 34,000 new cases to take its overall tally to 311,357, by far the most by any country. Spain with 126,168 has gone ahead of Italy as far as number of COVID-19 cases is concerned with the latter being third with 124,632 cases.

A medic of the Elmhurst Hospital Center medical team reacts after stepping outside of the emergency Image Source : APA medic of the Elmhurst Hospital Center medical team reacts after stepping outside of the emergency room, Saturday, April 4, 2020, in the Queens borough of New York. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death.

Coronavirus cases worldwide have crossed the 1.2 million mark as a surge in cases in several western countries continued on Saturday. As per latest figures, the USA saw 34,000 new cases to take its overall tally to 311,357, by far the most by any country. Spain with 126,168 has gone ahead of Italy as far as number of COVID-19 cases is concerned with the latter being third with 124,632 cases. 

Italy, however, remains the country with most COVID-19 deaths with 15,362 casualties. Spain comes next in the list with 11,947 deaths followed by USA with 8,452 deaths. 

France, which has seen a sudden spike in its deaths in the last few days, saw over 1,000 deaths again yesterday taking its total to 7,560

Top 10 worst impacted countries by COVID-19

Country,
Other
Total
Cases
New
Cases
Total
Deaths
New
Deaths
Total
Recovered
Active
Cases
Serious,
Critical
Tot Cases/
1M pop
Deaths/
1M pop
Total
Tests
Tests/
1M pop
USA 311,357 +34,196 8,452 +1,331 14,825 288,080 8,206 941 26 1,632,955 4,933
Spain 126,168 +6,969 11,947 +749 34,219 80,002 6,532 2,699 256 355,000 7,593
Italy 124,632 +4,805 15,362 +681 20,996 88,274 3,994 2,061 254 657,224 10,870
Germany 96,092 +4,933 1,444 +169 26,400 68,248 3,936 1,147 17 918,460 10,962
France 89,953 +7,788 7,560 +1,053 15,438 66,955 6,838 1,378 116 224,254 3,436
China 81,639 +19 3,326 +4 76,755 1,558 331 57 2    
Iran 55,743 +2,560 3,452 +158 19,736 32,555 4,103 664 41 186,000 2,214
UK 41,903 +3,735 4,313 +708 135 37,455 163 617 64 183,190 2,698
Turkey 23,934 +3,013 501 +76 786 22,647 1,311 284 6 161,380 1,913
Switzerland 20,505 +899 666 +75 6,415 13,424 391 2,369 77 153,440 17,729

India currently has 3072 coronavirus cases including 75 deaths. This number has significantly gone up in the recent days after the Tablighi Jamaat event in Delhi acted as a major carrier in transferring the disease to all parts of the country. In the national capital New Delhi, amongst the 445 confirmed cases of COVID-19, over 60% are those who attended the Tablighi Jamaat incident. 

Chinese health authorities reported 30 new coronavirus cases Sunday, including 25 people who had arrived from overseas. The other five cases were in southern China’s Guangdong province, which borders Hong Kong.

China has clamped down on international arrivals, banning most foreigners from entering and limiting foreign airlines to one flight per week. Having largely stopped the spread of the disease, the fear is that infected people coming from abroad could spark new outbreaks.

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