Global Coronavirus Updates, August 17: Japan's economy shrinks at record rate; Fourth straight-day of triple-digit cases in South Korea

Mon Aug 17 12:21:23 CAT 2020

Global Coronavirus Updates: The death toll due to the COVID disease rose to
774,288, with the US reporting the highest deaths in the world (170,052),
followed by Brazil (107,852), Mexico (56,757), and India (49,980).

A woman wearing a face mask walks in front of Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur,
Monday, Aug. 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

Coronavirus Global Updates: The number of novel coronavirus infections in
the world spiked up to 21,613,183 on Monday, with the US reporting the
highest number of infections and nearing 5.5 million (5,403,213). The US is
followed by Brazil with the second highest infections (3,340,197), and India
at the third position (2,647,663).

Meanwhile, the death toll due to the COVID disease rose to 774,288, with the
US reporting the highest deaths in the world (170,052), followed by Brazil
(107,852), Mexico (56,757), and India (50,921).

Globally, more than 13 million people have recovered from the infection
(13,372,643), with the highest number of recovered in Brazil (2,655,017) and
followed by India (1,919,842).

FILE - In this March 1, 2020, file photo, a department store employee with a
mask dresses a mannequin in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Here are the top developments around the world:

Japan's economy shrinks at record rate

Japan's economy shrank at annual rate of 27.8% in April-June, the worst
contraction on record, as the coronavirus pandemic slammed consumption and
trade, according to government data released on Monday. The Cabinet Office
reported that Japan's preliminary seasonally adjusted real gross domestic
product, or GDP, the sum of a nation's goods and services, fell 7.8% quarter
on quarter.

The world's third largest economy was already ailing when the virus outbreak
struck late last year. The fallout has since gradually worsened both in
COVID-19 cases and social distancing restrictions. The economy shrank 0.6%
in the January-March period, and contracted 1.8% in the October-December
period last year, meaning that Japan slipped into recession in the first
quarter of this year.

A Catholic faithful wearing masks and observing distancing attends to a
close door Mass inside at the San Miguel Arcangel Catholic church in the El
Cementerio neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, Aug. 16, 2020, amid
the new coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

South Korea records fourth straight-day of triple-digit cases

South Korea counted its fourth straight day of triple-digit increases in new
coronavirus cases on Monday as the government urged people to stay home and
curb travel. The government had drawn up a special holiday on Monday with
hopes of spurring domestic consumption. But as infections in the capital
region increase, Health Minister Park Neung-hoo urged people to stay home
and for residents in Seoul and nearby Gyeonggi province to avoid visiting
other parts of the country for two weeks.

New Zealand delays election after virus outbreak in Auckland

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Monday chose to delay New Zealand's
national elections by four weeks as the country deals with a new coronavirus
outbreak in its largest city, Auckland. The election had been scheduled for
Sept. 19 but will now be held on Oct. 17. Under New Zealand law, Ardern had
the option of delaying the election for up to about two months.

A girl wearing a face mask against the spread of the new coronavirus, looks
the sunset as dozens of people gather in Little Venice on the Aegean Sea
island of Mykonos, Greece, Sunday, Aug. 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Thanassis
Stavrakis)

Before the latest outbreak, New Zealand had gone 102 days without any known
community transmission of the virus, and life had returned to normal for
most people, who were going to restaurants, sports stadiums and schools
without fear of getting infected.

Vacationers arriving in Rome get virus tests

Vacationers arriving in Rome from four Mediterranean countries lined up with
their suitcases at Leonardo da Vinci airport to be immediately tested for
the new coronavirus on Sunday. Last week, Italy's health minister issued an
ordinance requiring the tests for all travellers arriving in Italy from
Croatia, Greece, Malta or Spain.

Travellers have the option of being tested instead within 48 hours of
arrival at local public health offices closer to their home or destination
in Italy.

A woman wears a face mask as she passes by graffiti reading 'No vaccine, No
tracking, No COVID', in Montreal, Sunday, Aug. 16, 2020, as the COVID-19
pandemic continues in Canada and around the world. (Graham Hughes/The
Canadian Press via AP)

Australia's Victoria records highest daily death toll

Australia's second-most populous state of Victoria on Monday reported the
deadliest day of the pandemic with 25 fatalities from the coronavirus in the
last 24 hours and 282 new cases. The state recorded 16 deaths and 279 new
cases a day earlier. It reported its previous one-day high of 21 deaths last
week.

China reports 22 new coronavirus infections, no new Xinjiang cases

China reported no new local coronavirus cases in the western region of
Xinjiang on Aug. 16, according to national data, marking the first time the
area's case count was zero since mid-July. It marks a new low number for
Xinjiang, which had become a hotbed for the virus as cases surged.

FILE-In this July 30, 2020 file photo a child gestures prior to a medical
staff takes a sample for a voluntary coronavirus disease test (COVID-19) at
the new corona test station at the 'Hochfelln' service station on the A8
motorway between Salzburg and Munich near Bergen, Germany. (AP
Photo/Matthias Schrader)

China reported on Monday 22 new coronavirus cases in the mainland for Aug.
16, compared with 19 cases a day earlier, the health authority said. All of
the new infections were imported cases, the National Health Commission said
in a statement.

Zimbabwe COVID19 Update

COVID-19 Update: As at 16 August 2020, Zimbabwe had 5 261 confirmed cases,
including 2 092 recoveries and 132 deaths

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