The number of coronavirus deaths worldwide has passed the 290,000 mark , according to the Johns Hopkins University count. The exact number of victims is 290,838.
And the fight against coronavirus could have devastating indirect effects in poor countries, such as the death of 6,000 children every day in the next six months. This is the alarm raised by the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef). In the worst of three scenarios in a Johns Hopkins University study, up to 1.2 million children under five years of age living in 118 countries could die in six months, victims of health coverage - Unicef explains - interrupted by efforts to combat the spread of Covid-19. These deaths would add to the 2.5 million children in this age group who already die every six months in these countries. During the same period, up to 56,700 women could also succumb to a drop in pre and postpartum care, in addition to the 144,000 who are already dying today.
UNITED STATES - 1,894 deaths from coronaviruses in the past 24 hours. This is what emerges from the data of Johns Hopkins University. The total cases of contagion in the country are 1.36 million and total deaths 82.340.
BRAZIL - 881 Covid-19 deaths have been recorded in the last 24 hours, according to the Ministry of Health. This is the highest figure since the start of the pandemic. The total death toll thus rises to 12,400. The new confirmed infections are 9,258, which bring the total number to 177,589.
LATIN AMERICA - New leap forward in the coronavirus pandemic. In less than 24 hours, the infections increased by 20,000 units, reaching 400,807, while deaths reached 23,011. This is what emerges from a statistic developed by ANSA for 34 Latin American countries and territories. Brazil leads the rankings. Peru is on the rise , accumulating, despite the small population, 72,059 cases of contagion and 2,057 deaths. The situation in Mexico is also dynamic , where the confirmed cases of Covid-19 are 38,324 and the deaths 3,926, a very high number compared to the infected. In the ranking with more than 5,000 infections is then placed Ecuador (30,419 and 2,327), Chile (31,721 and 335), Colombia (12,272 and 493), Dominican Republic (10,900 and 402), Panama (8,616 and 249) and Argentina (6278 and 305).
TUNISIA - For the third consecutive day does not record any new infection with coronavirus, remaining stable at 1,032 confirmed cases in the country. The Ministry of Health of Tunis announced in a statement specifying that while the deaths remain stable at 45, the healed continue to rise, going from 727 to 740. Currently the positives are 247, of which 5 hospitalized. Tunisia, which has loosened its lockdown measures for a week with a first phase of gradual reopening in the vital sectors of the economy, will most likely reduce the time of the night curfew in the coming days, with a postponement of its entry into force from 20 to 22 (until 6 in the morning).
