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Many countries of the world recorded more cases and deaths of the Corona virus, despite the strict measures taken by governments to prevent this. In Italy, the authorities announced the death of 651 people during the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of deaths to 5476, while the number of infected people rose to 59,138 infected.
In the United States, 388 new infections were recorded, bringing the total number to more than 30,000, making it the third country in the world in terms of the number of HIV infections and the sixth in the number of deaths.
In turn, the British authorities announced that 665 cases and 48 new deaths were recorded during the past 24 hours, bringing the number of deaths to 283, while the Canadian government announced that the death toll from the virus rose to nearly twice in less than 24 hours, confirming that the number of victims of the virus rose from 13 to 19 people, while More than 200 new cases were recorded, increasing the death toll from 1099 to 1302.
In Spain, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced his government's intention to extend the state of emergency imposed by the authorities this month for another 15 days in an attempt to limit the spread of the virus.
In Germany, the head of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Armin Laschitt announced that Germany will ban public meetings of more than two people unless the meeting is to work to limit the spread of the Corona virus, stressing that the federal government and regional states have agreed to strict controls.
In Switzerland, the Ministry of Health announced the registration of more than 900 new cases of the virus during the past 24 hours, raising the number of cases to 7014 cases, while the Belgian Minister of Health Maggie de Block announced the continued closure of the country due to the epidemic of the Corona virus for the next eight weeks, noting that Belgians are only allowed to leave their homes to buy food or health matters.
And in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Health announced the first death due to corona virus in Balkh province, in the north of the country.
For its part, the Algerian Ministry of Health announced that the number of cases of the virus has increased to 201 cases and deaths to 17 cases, while the Bahraini Ministry of Health announced the registration of a second death from the Corona virus and the number of infections increased to 183 cases, while the health authorities in Palestine announced the increase in the number of HIV infections to 59 cases .