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The World Health Organization warned today of the rapid spread of the Coronavirus virus, after the number of infections reached 928 thousand people in the world due to its "rapid escalation" in recent times.
"The number of deaths has increased more than twice in the past week ... In the next few days we will reach one million confirmed cases and 50 thousand deaths ... It is the first epidemic caused by it," the French Press Agency quoted Tidros Adhanom Gebresos, the head of the United Nations, as saying in an online news conference. Corona virus and its behavior is not very known .. We must unite to combat this dangerous virus. ”
In the new daily epidemic cases, the United States, which tops the list of countries most affected by the epidemic, exceeded the threshold of two hundred thousand cases, according to the Johns Hopkins University census, bringing the number of cases to 211 thousand cases, while the death toll reached 4714 cases, as New York State recorded an increase in the number of cases of a virus from 75,795 To 83712 cases and deaths increased from 1550 to 1941.
For his part, a spokesman for the American Prisons Bureau announced the death of a second prisoner in the federal prison in Oakdale, Louisiana, as a result of contracting the virus.
In Italy, the European country most affected by the virus, the Civil Protection Agency announced that the number of deaths jumped by 727 cases to 13155, while the number of new confirmed infections increased more than the previous day, increasing by 4782 cases compared to an increase of 4053 cases yesterday, raising the total number of infections in Italy to 10574.
To that, officials in the Spanish health sector announced that the country set a record number of deaths of 864, bringing the total number of deaths to 9053 cases, while the number of injured people reached 102,136 people.
In turn, the British government announced an increase in the number of deaths from the virus by 563 people, bringing the total to 2,352, while the number of cases rose to 29,474, and the Russian Space Agency "Roskosmos" announced the registration of four confirmed infections among four of its employees, while the Director General of the Russian energy company "Ross Atom" revealed The nuclear one is abroad in Hungary and the other three are inside Russia.
In Iraq, the Iraqi Ministry of Health and Environment announced the registration of 34 confirmed cases of the virus throughout Iraq, adding that "the total number of diagnosed infections so far in Iraq has reached 728, the total number of deaths 52 and 182 cures."
In Algeria, the Ministry of Health announced the increase in the number of new infections to 846 injuries and 14 deaths during the past 24 hours, bringing the number of deaths since the outbreak of the virus in the country to 58 cases.
In addition, the Egyptian Ministry of Health registered 69 new cases of corona, bringing the total to 779, and recording 6 deaths, bringing the total to 52 cases.
In Morocco, the Ministry of Health confirmed an increase in the number of Corona epidemics by 40 cases over the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 642 and deaths to 37.
For its part, the Serbian government announced the death of the State Minister of the Ministry of Environmental Protection in the country Branislav Blasic as a result of his infection with the virus, while the country has recorded 1060 cases and 28 deaths so far.
The National Institute of Health in the Netherlands announced that the number of deaths from the Corona virus increased to 134 cases, bringing the total to 1173 cases and the number of new infections 1019 cases, bringing the total to 13614.
In Singapore, the Singapore Ministry of Health said that the number of cases increased to 74, including 20 cases of people coming from abroad, bringing the total number to one thousand cases.
In turn, the Vietnamese Ministry of Health announced the registration of 11 new confirmed cases of the virus, bringing the number of infections in the country to 218 cases without recording any deaths from the disease.
In Mali, the health authorities announced the registration of three new cases of the virus, bringing the total number to 31, and four deaths.
The number of deaths in Switzerland rose to 378, and injuries to 17139, according to the Swiss Public Health, while the number of deaths in Canada reached 105, and injuries to 9017.
For its part, Malaysia announced the registration of 142 new cases, bringing the number of injuries to 2908 and two new deaths, bringing the number of deaths to 45.
The Belarusian Ministry of Health also announced the second death in the country as a result of infection with the Coruna virus.