Here are the developments concerning the pandemic of new coronavirus in France and in the world, Saturday morning.
In India, probably a million cases in July
India has surpassed 500,000 cases of coronavirus, the government announced on Saturday, with a record of some 18,500 in one day. The country has a total of 15,685 deaths due to Covid-19, and according to epidemiologists the pandemic has not yet reached its peak, expected in several weeks, with probably the milestone of a million cases exceeded in July.
In Algeria, a peak of contamination
Algeria has recorded 240 cases of coronavirus contaminations since Thursday, a record in 24 hours, almost three weeks after the first deconfinement measures, said the Ministry of Health on Friday. The Maghreb country most affected by the pandemic has a total of 12,685 people infected and cases and 885 deaths, said the spokesman of the Scientific Committee for monitoring the evolution of the pandemic, Djamel Fourar, during his conference daily Press. This committee is under the supervision of the Ministry of Health. This is the largest increase in a day since the announcement of the first case in late February in Algeria. The previous peak was dated April 28 (199).
The situation in the world
New coronavirus pandemic has killed at least 490,771 people worldwide since China officially reported the disease in December, AFP reports from official sources at 7 p.m. Friday GMT.
More than 9,684,490 cases of infection have been officially diagnosed in 196 countries and territories since the start of the epidemic, of which at least 4,806,500 are now considered cured.
This number of diagnosed cases, however, only reflects a fraction of the actual number of infections. Some countries only test severe cases, others use testing as a priority for tracing, and many poor countries have only limited screening capacity.
Since the count on Thursday at 7 p.m. GMT, 6,728 new deaths and 176,060 new cases have been recorded worldwide. The countries with the most new deaths are the United States with 2,494 new deaths, Brazil (1,141) and Mexico (736).
The United States, who recorded their first coronavirus-related death in early February, are the most affected country in terms of number of deaths and cases, with 124,732 deaths for 2,444,483 cases. At least 663,652 people were declared cured.
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After the United States, the most affected countries are Brazil with 54,971 deaths for 1,228,114 cases, the United Kingdom with 43,414 deaths (309,360 cases), theItaly with 34,708 deaths (239,961 cases), and the France with 29,778 deaths (199,343 cases).
Among the hardest hit countries, Belgium is the one with the highest number of deaths compared to its population, with 84 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants, followed by the United Kingdom (64), Spain (61) , Italy (57), and Sweden (52).
The China (without the territories of Hong Kong and Macao) officially counted a total of 83,462 cases (13 new between Thursday and Friday), including 4,634 deaths (0 new), and 78,439 cures.
Europe totaled Friday at 7 p.m. GMT 195,397 deaths for 2,612,452 cases, the United States and Canada 133,285 deaths (2,547,218 cases), Latin America and the Caribbean 106,023 deaths (2,301,516 cases ), Asia 31,928 deaths (1,158,089 cases), the Middle East 14,912 deaths (705,565 cases), Africa 9,093 deaths (350,609 cases), and Oceania 133 deaths (9,047 cases).
This assessment was carried out using data collected by AFP offices from the competent national authorities and information from the World Health Organization (WHO). Due to corrections by authorities or late publication of data, the 24-hour increase figures may not exactly match those published the day before.
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