There have been 72,238 new cases of coronaviruses in the United States in the past 24 hours. The dead 1,379, in what is the third consecutive day in which the deaths exceed 1,200. This is what emerges from the data of Johns Hopkins University, according to which the total contagions in the country are almost 4.5 million.
And since midnight a sharp crackdown has started for the movements of over 4 million people in northern England , following a strong return of the coronavirus epidemic. Among other things, people from different family groups are prohibited from meeting indoors in Greater Manchester and parts of eastern Lancashire and West Yorkshire. A family will be able to go to the pub, but without mixing with other people. Local authorities and the police will have power to enforce restrictions. The new rules come almost four weeks after restrictions have been eased across England, allowing people to meet indoors for the first time since late March.
Mexico has overtaken the United Kingdom and has become the third country in the world since last night in terms of coronavirus-related deaths, surpassing 46,000 deaths , behind the United States and Brazil, according to AFP, according to official data.
New record of daily contagions for Libya which records another 216 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours , bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 3,438. The Libyan National Center for Disease Control announced this on its official Facebook page, stating that the death toll rises to 73, the healed to 604, and the currently positive people from 2550 to 2761, with most cases at South. The government of Tripoli has announced the extension of the curfew with 5 days of total lockdown from today until next Wednesday, with a ban on movement and large gatherings in beaches or gardens and the partial lockdown from 21 to 6 in the morning for the 5 following days. Today we celebrate Aid Al Adha, the Islamic festival of sacrifice.
Vietnam has registered 45 new coronavirus cases , the worst increase in 24 hours since the outbreak in the country last January. All new infections were detected in the Da Nang resort town, hit by an outbreak last week. After almost 100 days without infection, Vietnam saw Covid return on 25 July, CNN recalls.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte extended restrictive measures for coronavirus to the capital Manila , limiting the movement of the elderly and children, closing restaurants and gyms until mid-August and limiting economic activities. "My request is to hold out a little longer. Many have been infected," Duterte said in a televised speech, in which he promised free vaccines when they become available, with priority given to the poor, then to the middle class, the police and the military personnel. The Philippines will take precedence from China in the distribution of vaccines, he assured.