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Coronavirus: 17 million cases worldwide, heavy toll in Mexico

2020-07-31T05:43:21.760Z


UPDATE ON THE SITUATION - New reports, new measures and highlights: Le Figaro takes stock of the latest developments in the Covid-19 pandemic around the world.


The world economy is more than ever hit hard by the coronavirus, with the United States officially in recession, and the balance sheets continue to grow especially in Latin America, where Mexico has overtaken the United Kingdom in number of deaths.

Mexico in 3rd place of deaths

In total, the pandemic has killed at least 667,361 people around the world since the end of December, according to a report established by AFP from official sources Thursday, July 30. A new milestone has been crossed: the number of contaminations in the world has exceeded 17 million.

The United States on Thursday recorded 1,379 new deaths from the coronavirus in one day, according to the Johns Hopkins University count. By far the most affected, the country deplores a total of 151,826 deaths linked to Covid-19.

Behind the United States and Brazil (91,263 deaths), Mexico fell to third place among bereaved countries on Thursday, ahead of the United Kingdom with 46,000 deaths.

Read also: Covid-19: why Mexico has become the third most bereaved country in the world

Increase in hospitalizations in France

The number of patients hospitalized in intensive care due to Covid-19 increased slightly for the first time since early April in France, where new daily cases exceed a thousand, health authorities announced on Thursday.

Read also: Coronavirus: the number of patients in intensive care increases for the first time since April 8

In total, 5,375 people are hospitalized for a coronavirus infection, including 381 severe cases in intensive care, one more than the day before.

The epidemic has caused 16 new deaths in hospitals in 24 hours. At least 30,254 people have died since the start of the epidemic.

Read also: Covid-19: follow the national situation and department by department

Restrictions continue

Sweden called Thursday, after passing the 80,000 case mark, to work from home at least until the New Year. Faced with a rebound in contaminations, Iceland has decided to restrict some gatherings after three months gradual relaxation of anti-Covid-19 measures.

Read also: Coronavirus: round the world restrictions that are regaining force

The governor of Tokyo on Thursday called on restaurants, bars and karaoke bars in the Japanese capital to close earlier in the evening, until the end of August, in an attempt to contain the coronavirus pandemic which is regaining ground in the country. Faced with the outcry, the Hong Kong authorities have given up on imposing the closure of restaurants at noon.

International travel should primarily concern humanitarian emergencies, essential personnel and repatriation, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended Thursday, stressing that at-risk and vulnerable people should avoid travel. "WHO recommends that priority be given to essential emergency travel," the organization said in its recommendations.

Sport does not recover

Global sport also continues to be heavily affected by the pandemic. In tennis, the ATP and WTA tournament in Rome, usually organized in early May and postponed to September due to the coronavirus pandemic, will take place behind closed doors, the Italian press announced.

Formula 1 is facing its first case of a driver positive for the coronavirus, as the fourth Grand Prix of the season is scheduled for Sunday at Silverstone, United Kingdom. Mexican Sergio Perez (Racing Point) has tested positive and will therefore not be able to participate in practice on Friday, or in qualifying on Saturday, or in the race on Sunday.

In the United States, the NBA season resumed Thursday after four and a half months of hiatus due to the pandemic. Players, coaches and referees marked this recovery by dropping one knee to protest against racial injustices.

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GDP at half mast

Less than 100 days before the presidential election, US President Donald Trump openly mentioned Thursday, July 30 a possible postponement of the November election, highlighting, without proof, the risks of fraud linked to the Covid epidemic -19.

Read also: Donald Trump mentions, for the first time, a postponement of the US presidential election

The US GDP recorded a historic fall in the second quarter (-32.9% at an annualized rate, -9.5% compared to the second quarter of 2019), marking the official entry into recession of the world's largest economy. Even in the midst of the Great Recession of 2009, which followed the financial crisis, the decline had been four times less.

Read also: The United States is officially in a recession, after two quarters of declining GDP

Elsewhere, the situation is just as worrying. Germany suffered an unprecedented 10.1% drop in GDP in the second quarter and is experiencing its worst post-war recession. GDP plunged 12.2% in Belgium, 10.7% in Austria and 17.3% in Mexico.

The virus damage to employment

The coronavirus pandemic is shaking entire sections of the global economy, including the airline industry, the automobile industry and distribution.

Read also: No return of global air traffic to pre-crisis level before 2024, according to Iata

Airlines are holding on to the cost of drastic cuts in their workforce such as American Airlines (more than 41,000 departures), United Airlines (up to 36,000) and Delta Air Lines (10,000), German Lufthansa (22,000), Air Canada (at least 19,000), the British British Airways (12,000), EasyJet (4,500) and Virgin Atlantic (3150), Air France (7,500).

In the automotive industry, the German BMW is cutting 6,000 jobs. Nissan closes a factory employing 3,000 workers in Barcelona. In the UK, more than 6,000 job cuts have been announced, including at Jaguar Land Rover, Aston Martin, Bentley and McLaren. Among equipment manufacturers, the French Valeo announced 12,000 job destruction.

Source: lefigaro

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