Covid 19: Highest single day spike says WHO

Over 183,000 cases have been reported in a single day globally

Monday, 22nd June 2020

Over 183,000 coronavirus cases have been reported in last 24 hours, on Sunday, by the World Health Organization. Brazil topped the list with 54,771 fresh cases, followed by the US with 36,617 and India with 15,400.

8,708,008 cases have been reported by the WHO as of now with a death toll of 461,715, with a daily count of 4,743. America reported most of the deaths among them.

Lockdown in Spain was lifted after 3 months from 14th of March and now the citizens can travel within the country. There is no need for 14-day quarantine for the visitors traveling from Britain and other 26 countries in Europe where visa-free travel is permitted.

“This freedom that we now have, not having to justify our journey to see our family and friends, this was something that we were really looking forward to”, said Pedro Delgado after coming from Canary Islands, Spain.

Pedro Sanchez, the Prime Minister of Spain said, “The virus can return and it can hit us again in a second wave, and we have to do whatever we can to avoid that at all cost”. The US had 25 million cases, Trump had stated at a campaign rally in Oklahoma’s Tulsa on Saturday. However, there are more cases, which is the “bad part”.

“When you do testing to that extent, you're going to find more people, you're going to find more cases”, stated Trump. “So I said to my people, Slow the testing down, please”.

Trump is “putting politics ahead of the safety and economic well-being of the American people”, Joe Biden, Democratic rival accused in a campaign.

More than 2.2 million people in the US have been infected with coronavirus, with the greatest number deaths, of around 120,000, as per the record of Johns Hopkins.

In England, people were not allowed to watch the sunrise on the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, marking the summer solstice, at the ancient circle of Stonehenge.

Druid Arthur Pendragon said, “You can't cancel the sunrise”, to the BBC.

50,000 cases have been confirmed in one day in Brazil according to the Health Ministry. Brazil has reported 50,000 deaths making it the country, second-highest in number of deaths in the world.

Despite of reporting 5,000 new cases in one day with 46 casualties on Saturday, South Africa has decided to reopen casinos, sit-down restaurants and spas and salons.

Arizona in the US reported more than 3,100 fresh cases with 26 fatalities. 445 cases were reported by Nevada.

1,000 cases were reported in a meatpacking plant, Germany. 6,500 employees, managers and the family members were ordered to be in quarantine.

25 fresh cases were reported by China. In South Korea, 200 cases were confirmed at a door-to-door sales company in Seoul with other 70 at a table tennis club.

Source: India today