Some promising news out of China as the country reports there were no new coronavirus cases Wednesday. CNN says this marks “a major turning point in the global battle to contain Covid-19.” Unfortunately, the news isn’t as positive in other countries. Here is a look at some of the countries still getting hit hard.
ITALY
From Reuters: The death toll from an outbreak of coronavirus in Italy rose in the last 24 hours by 427 to 3,405, overtaking the total number of deaths so far registered in China, officials said on Thursday.
Thursday’s figure represented a slight improvement on the day before, when Italy recorded 475 deaths…
The total number of cases in Italy rose to 41,035 from a previous 35,713, up 14.9%, a faster rate of growth than seen over the last three days, the Civil Protection Agency said.
IRAN
From Reuters: The new coronavirus is killing one person every 10 minutes in Iran, the health ministry spokesman tweeted on Thursday, as the death toll in the Middle East’s worst-affected country climbed to 1,284.
“Based on our information, every 10 minutes one person dies from the coronavirus and some 50 people become infected with the virus every hour in Iran,” Kianush Jahanpur tweeted.
Iran’s deputy Health Minister Alireza Raisi said the total number of infections had reached 18,407 in the Islamic Republic.
SPAIN
From Forbes where Spain’s 46 million residents are essentially on lockdown: The number of deaths related to coronavirus rose by 169—28%—on Thursday, Spain’s health ministry said. There have been 767 deaths related to coronavirus in Spain to date.
The number of confirmed cases in Spain rose 25% overnight, from 13,700 to more than 17,000 on Thursday, with 33% of people with coronavirus aged over 65, according to El Pais newspaper.
Madrid is the hardest hit city, with almost 6,800 cases and 41 deaths. According to El Pais, Monday saw one coronavirus-related death every 16 minute across Madrid’s hospitals.
UNITED KINGDOM
From Business Insider: A total of 2,626 people have been diagnosed with coronavirus in the UK and 137 people have died.
Boris Johnson this week told government ministers: “We are engaged in a war against the disease which we have to win.”
