Coronavirus cases: 16,524,370. Deaths: 653,956. Recovered: 10,114,825.
- Almost 40 countries have reported record single day increases in infections over the past week. Global cases rises from 1m to almost 2m.
- Spain's virus rate triples in three weeks after lockdown easing. Murcia, in the south east of Spain, sealed off 30,000 people in the town of Totana.
- Recoverd nurses in Ireland are still experiencing symptoms such as fatigue, headaches and breathing problems.
- Worrying trends of infections are emerging in Southern/West Europe and in the Balkan region.
- Austria reimposes restrictions after spike in cases.
- Belgium tighten restrictions, PM warns the country could go into second complete lockdown.
- North Korea declared a state of emergency and imposed a lockdown on the border city of Kaesong.
- China sees biggest surge in months as cluster has spread to seven other cities. Authorities will test 6m people in Dalian.
- Vietnam is evacuating 80,000 people from the central city of Danang and reimposed disease prevention measures.
- The Philippines reimposed a ban on non essential outbound travel for Filipinos.
- Vietnam bans imports of live wild animals and wildlife products, eliminates wildlife markets, and enforce prohibitions on illegal hunting and trading of wild animals.
- Hong Kong announcing new measures to tackle growing outbreak.
- The Himalayan valley in India goes into lockdown.
- Deaths and infections in Iran have risen to record highs.
- Oman will go into lockdown, bans all travel between all provinces.
- Marocco closes Marrakesh, Tanger, Casablanca, Fez, Meknès, Tetouan, Berrechid and Settat.
- Africa's numbers are surging. Kenya cases increased by 31%, in Madagascar by 50%, in Zambia by 57% and in Namibia by 69%.
- Zimbabwe imposed a curfew and reinstated strict measures to curb the spread.
- South Africa reports record number of daily virus deaths, closes all schools.
- Costa Rica reports record cases and deaths.
- 21 workers at ArcelorMittal steel plant in Mexico die from Covid-19.
- Brazil passes 80,000 deaths.
- U.S cases has surged passed 4m, recorded 5,000 deaths in five days. Record hospitalisations in seven states with 160 healthworkers who lost their lives to Covid-19.
- Hospitals in Honduras struggles to cope with the number of Covid patients.
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