Coronavirus case numbers continued to spike over the weekend as Florida shattered it’s previous record number of new infections in a single day on Sunday and surpassed all but eight countries worldwide for the greatest number of cases. More than 15,000 new positive coronavirus tests were reported on Sunday alone in the state, far outstripping … Read more
New York reports 918 new coronavirus cases: State reports highest daily increase in infections since mid-June Andrew Cuomo, governor of New York, announced the new toll on Friday Cuomo said 918 people had been confirmed as infected on Thursday The toll represents the highest new infection number since mid June Cuomo said the results were … Read more
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has announced an unprecedented total lockdown of nine public housing towers in Melbourne where residents will be confined to their homes for at least five days. It comes as the state reported 108 new infections on Saturday – its second highest coronavirus daily total ever – as Mr Andrews announced he … Read more
The number Covid-19-like outbreaks has doubled in workplaces across England as shops reopen and lockdown loosens, data revealed today. Official statistics show 43 ‘respiratory outbreaks’ occurred in workplaces between June 21 and 28 — double the 22 the week before. And there were a total of 109 outbreaks in June, compared to just 22 in … Read more
The US has broken a one-day record for new coronavirus cases with more than 53,000 infections in 24 hours on Thursday, according to Johns Hopkins University data. The staggering increase set a new daily case record for the second day in a row after the nation observed over 52,000 new cases on Wednesday. According to … Read more
New daily coronavirus infections are surging in the US, with more than 47,000 new cases confirmed Tuesday marking an increase of more than 80 percent over the new cases reported in a single day just two weeks ago, according to a Reuters tally. Steep national increases in cases are driven by a handful of states, … Read more
India has reported a daily record of nearly 20,000 new infections as several Indian states reimpose partial or full lockdowns to stem the spread of the coronavirus. India’s health ministry has recorded 548,318 COVID-19 total cases as of Monday, a jump of nearly 100,000 in a week in the world’s fourth-worst affected country after the … Read more
Meatpacking plants across the US have become notorious hotspots for coronavirus, and the cold air inside them may be fanning the flames of the virus’s spread. Thousands of workers at meat processing facilities have tested positive for COVID-19, and at least 20 have died. The same cold temperatures and forceful ventilation that help to kill … Read more
England’s Covid-free zones: 12 local authority areas that are home to 2.4m people report ZERO infections in last week while London has just 94 cases In mid-April most of 12 areas had 50-100 cases a week, showing huge decrease Torbay has had no cases for 4 weeks and Rutland has had no cases for 2 … Read more
Coronavirus infections in care homes are continuing to spill into the community and will keep daily cases steady until September, ‘Professor Lockdown’ Neil Ferguson has warned. The Imperial College London scientist – whose grim modelling of the pandemic has been used to steer the Government through the crisis – said he was ‘shocked’ by how badly … Read more