BEIJING, Apr 14 (NNN-XINHUA) – The world is now in a battle against COVID-19, a disease caused by a previously unknown coronavirus that has spread to over 200 countries and regions.
The following are the updates on the contagious disease.
NEW YORK — Confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide topped two million on Monday evening local time, according to the Centre for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University.
The fresh figure reached 2,019,320 with 119,483 deaths as of 8 p.m. local time (0000 GMT on Tuesday), the CSSE said.
LIMA — Peru detected 2,265 new cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of people who tested positive to 9,784, President Martin Vizcarra said on Monday.
According to Vizcarra, the high number of new cases is due to a significant increase in testing among the population.
“Last Monday, I said we had taken 21,414 samples, that’s to say that in three weeks we had taken samples from 20,000 people. Now, in a single week, we have taken samples from 60,000 people,” Vizcarra said at a press conference.
TORONTO — Canadia urged long-term care homes to control COVID-19, as nearly half of the country’s virus deaths are linked to them.
“Of the cases where we have the data on whether someone was in a long-term care facility or seniors’ residence, we know that close to half of the deaths that we’re tracking are linked to long-term care facilities,” Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer, Theresa Tam, said in Ottawa.
Canada reported more than 25,500 cases, including 735 deaths, as of Monday afternoon, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University.
PARIS — France would remain under a nationwide lock-down until May 11, to stem the spread of COVID-19 and reduce its impact on domestic health institutions, President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday evening.
“The epidemic is starting to slow down. The results are there. Thanks to your efforts, everyday we have made progress,” the president addressed the nation in his third TV appearance since the epidemic started.
JERUSALEM — The number of cases has risen to 11,586 in Israel after 441 new ones were added on Monday, the Israeli health ministry said.
The ministry also reported 11 new deaths, bringing the death toll from the virus to 116.
WASHINGTON — A sailor, assigned to the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, on Monday, died of COVID-19-related complications, days after he was admitted to an intensive care unit in Guam, according to the U.S. Navy.
The sailor, who tested positive for the virus on Mar 30, was removed from the ship and placed in an isolation house at Naval Base Guam, with four fellow crew members, it said in a statement.– NNN-XINHUA
