- Over 527,000 dead
The pandemic has killed at least 527,241 people worldwide, according to a report compiled by AFP from official sources. Over 11 million cases of infection have been diagnosed in 196 countries and territories.
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The United States is the most affected country, with 129,657 deaths. This is followed by Brazil (64,265), the United Kingdom (44,198), Italy (34,854) and Mexico (30,366) whose balance sheet now exceeds that of France (29,893).
- Catalonia: 200,000 people (re) confined
The region of Catalonia ordered this Saturday, July 4, the reconfiguration of an area comprising some 200,000 inhabitants, around Lerida in the northeast of Spain, due to the multiplication of cases of contagion of the new coronavirus.
Groupings of more than ten people are prohibited and visits to retirement homes are suspended.
This reconfiguration coincides with the reopening of the borders on Saturday to nationals of 12 new countries.
- Melbourne is reconfiguring
Thousands of Melbourne residents, living in several buildings in the north of the city, will have to stay home for at least five days starting this Saturday, July 4, after the discovery of 108 new cases of coronavirus in the State of Victoria (southeast), a record daily increase for months in Australia.
This new measure comes when more than 300,000 inhabitants of the second city of the country are already reconfigured from Wednesday until the end of July.
- Beijing deconfines
Ensuring to have stopped the contagion after having known in mid-June a rebound in the number of cases of Covid-19, the municipality of Beijing lifts this Saturday July 4 at midnight most of the restrictions to leave the city.
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- Outbreak of cases in South Africa
South Africa has registered more than 10,000 new cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours, a record, and health officials expect a peak in contamination following the gradual loosening of strict containment implemented on March 27.
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- England reopens its pubs
England reopened this Saturday its pubs, hairdressers and Bed and Breakfast, a new major step out of containment, raising fears of excess and new contamination.
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The reopening of pubs could attract 6.5 million visitors this weekend, according to the CEBR think tank. On the roads, the Royal Automobile Club expects 10 million Britons.
- National Day in the United States
The United States is celebrating its national holiday this Saturday, July 4 after registering a new record number of coronavirus infections the day before.
Kimberly Guilfoyle, girlfriend of Donald Trump Junior, the United States' oldest son, tested positive for Covid-19, the New York Times reported Friday . She was present at Mount Rushmore where the president gave a speech on Friday, but she did not travel on the presidential plane.
- Russia: more than 10,000 dead
Russia has announced that it has recorded more than 10,000 deaths, but the ratio with the number of infections (more than 670,000 cases) raises questions about a possible underestimation of mortality.
- Relaxation in Colombia
Colombian justice has ordered the right-wing president Ivan Duque to ease the strict confinement imposed on people over the age of 70, who are deemed to be more vulnerable to the new coronavirus.
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- F1 back
More than 4,000 tests of the Covid-19 were carried out before the start of the Formula 1 season in Austria this weekend, none of which turned out to be positive, the International Automobile Federation (FIA) announced on Saturday and F1.
