The worldwide coronavirus deaths have passed the 315,000 threshold : this is what emerges from the count of the American university Johns Hopkins. The total deaths are now 315,225 out of a total of 4,716,513 cases. 1,734,578 people have been healed so far.
The United States is the country with the highest number of deaths (89,562), followed by the United Kingdom (34,716) and Italy (31,908).
Chinese President Xi Jinping will give a video speech today at the start of the work of the 73rd WHO assembly "at the invitation of the director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus". Foreign Ministry spokesman Hua Chunying said, amid criticism of Beijing over the management of the Covid-19 crisis.
GREECE - After two months of lockdown, the Acropolis of Athens and the other most important archaeological sites in Greece have reopened today. Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou attended the reopening of the Acropolis this morning. As the government announced on May 7, museums will return to welcome visitors starting June 15. Today, high schools have also reopened in the country, while on June 1 it will be the turn of cafes, bars, taverns and summer cinemas that operate outdoors. According to data from the American university Johns Hopkins, 163 people have died so far from coronavirus in Greece out of a total of 2,834 confirmed cases.
RUSSIA - In Russia there have been 8,926 new cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours: it is the first time since May 1 that the new daily cases are below 9,000 and it is the third day in a row that the new confirmed infections are less than 10,000. The Russian anticoronavirus task force, reported by the local media, reports this. In Russia, the confirmed cases of Covid-19 since the beginning of the epidemic rise to 290,678, while officially the deaths caused by the new virus are 2,722, of which 91 in the last 24 hours. In Moscow, less than 4,000 new infections are reported for the third day in a row.
UKRAINE - There are 18,616 cases of coronaviruses ascertained in Ukraine, of which 325 recorded in the last 24 hours: the Minister of Health of Kiev, Maksim Stepanov, reports from the local media. Yesterday 433 new infections were announced on the last day. According to official data, the victims of the new coronavirus in the ex-Soviet republic are 535 in total, of which 21 died in the last 24 hours. The healed are in total 5,276. There are 3,650 infections reported among health professionals.
LIBYA - Libya has not recorded any new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, with the total number of confirmed infections in the country unchanged at 65. The Libyan National Center for Disease Control announced this on its official Facebook page. The center said that the healed have risen from 28 to 35 and there are currently 27 positive people. So far, the virus has caused three deaths in the North African country.
TUNISIA - Tunisia has not recorded any new coronavirus infection in the last 24 hours, the 1,037 cases confirmed in the country remaining stable. The Ministry of Health of Tunis announced in a statement specifying that while the deaths remain unchanged at 45, the healed continue to rise, going from 807 to 816, about 80% of the sick. There are currently 178 positive people, including 3 hospitalized. Tunisia, which has loosened its lockdown measures since May 4 with a first phase of gradual reopening in the vital sectors of the economy, is now proceeding with a further series of openings.
