Coronavirus Global Updates 02 August ::: Global COVID-19 cases surpass 198 million; Brazil death toll rises by 464

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Coronavirus Global Updates 02 August  :::  Global COVID-19 cases surpass 198 million; Brazil death toll rises by 464

Zimbabwe COVID19 Update

COVID-19 update: As at 01 August 2021, Zimbabwe had 109 546 confirmed cases, including 76 665 recoveries and 3 583 deaths. To date, a total of 1 654 112 people have been vaccinated against COVID-19.

Global COVID-19 cases surpass 198 million
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide has surpassed 198 million, with more than 4 million deaths, according to the latest data from Johns Hopkins University.

The Chinese mainland recorded 98 confirmed COVID-19 cases on Sunday, including 55 local transmission cases.

Japan's Chiba, Kanagawa, Saitama and Osaka prefectures entered into a COVID-19 state of emergency from Monday through August 31.

About 600 people were arrested on Sunday in Berlin as thousands demonstrate against COVID-19 measures in a protest banned by authorities. 

Global COVID-19 caseload tops 198.2 mn

Washington, Aug 2: The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 198.2 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 4.22 million and vaccinations soared to over 4.11 billion, according to the Johns Hopkins University.

In its latest update on Monday morning, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload, death toll stood and vaccination tally stood at 198,253,965, 4,223,597 and 4,112,837,149, respectively.

The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 34,997,105 and 613,223, respectively, according to the CSSE.

In terms of infections, India follows in the second place with 31,655,824 cases.

The other worst countries with over 3 million cases are Brazil (19,938,358), France (6,209,934), Russia (6,207,513), the UK (5,907,594), Turkey (5,747,935), Argentina (4,935,847), Colombia (4,794,414), Spain (4,447,044), Italy (4,350,028), Iran (3,871,008), Germany (3,778,277) and Indonesia (3,440,396), the CSSE figures showed.

In terms of deaths, Brazil comes second with 556,834 fatalities.

Nations with a death toll of over 100,000 are India (424,351), Mexico (240,906), Peru (196,438), Russia (156,726), the UK (130,014), Italy (128,068), Colombia (120,998), France (112,073) and Argentina (105,772).

UK reports 24,470 new Covid cases and 65 further deaths

The UK has registered 24,470 new Covid cases in the last 24 hours.

There were 911 further hospitalisations and 65 more people have died within 28 days of a positive test.

More than 85 million COVID-19 vaccines administered across the UK

More than 85 million doses of a Covid-19 vaccine have been administered across the UK, the latest figures show.

A total of 85,196,986 doses have been administered in the UK, with 46,851,145 people receiving a first dose (88.6%) and 38,345,841 people receiving both doses (72.5%).

The latest data from Public Health England (PHE) and Cambridge University shows that around 60,000 deaths, 22 million infections and 52,600 hospitalisations have been prevented by vaccines up to 23 July.

Brazil had 20,503 new cases of coronavirus reported in the past 24 hours and 464 deaths, the country’s health ministry said on Sunday. The South American country has now registered 19,938,358 cases since the pandemic began, while the official death toll has risen to 556,834, Reuters reports. <https://www.facebook.com/dialog/share?app_id=180444840287&href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fworld%2Flive%2F2021%2Faug%2F01%2Fcoronavirus-live-news-uk-boris-johnson-holiday-rules-covid-latest-updates%3FCMP%3Dshare_btn_fb%26page%3Dwith%3Ablock-61071f858f0892081f6c94b0%23block-61071f858f0892081f6c94b0> 

Mexico’s health ministry has reported 6,740 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 and 128 more fatalities, Reuters reports. It brings its total to 2,854,992 infections and 241,034 deaths.

Thousands turned out in Berlin on Sunday to protest the German government’s anti-coronavirus measures despite a ban on the gatherings, leading to clashes with police and about 600 arrests.

The UK has registered 24,470 new Covid cases in the past 24 hours. There were 911 further hospitalisations and 65 more people have died within 28 days of a positive test.

Italy reported five coronavirus-related deaths on Sunday, down from 16 the day before, the health ministry said. The daily tally of new infections fell to 5,321 on Sunday compared with 6,513 the previous day.

A day after it recorded the most new daily cases since the start of the pandemic, Florida on Sunday broke a previous record in the US for current hospitalisations, as the number of patients in hospitals because of Covid-19 once again broke through the 10,000-person threshold.

US president Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser Dr Anthony Fauci has told ABC News he does not expect the US will be returning to lockdowns, despite the growing risks of Covid-19 infections posed by the Delta variant.

Health authorities in China are battling to contain the country’s most widespread coronavirus outbreak in months and several cities have rolled out mass testing of millions of people and imposed fresh travel restrictions. China reported 75 new coronavirus cases with 53 local transmissions, with a cluster linked to an eastern airport now reported to have spread to over 20 cities and more than a dozen provinces.

Tunisia, which has one of the world’s highest coronavirus death rates, received 1.5m Covid-19 vaccine doses from Italy on Sunday, the president’s office announced.

Mexico’s health ministry has reported 6,740 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 and 128 more fatalities, Reuters reports.

It brings its total to 2,854,992 infections and 241,034 deaths.

Brazil death toll rises by 464

Brazil had 20,503 new cases of coronavirus reported in the past 24 hours and 464 deaths, the country’s health ministry said on Sunday.

The South American country has now registered 19,938,358 cases since the pandemic began, while the official death toll has risen to 556,834, Reuters reports.

Britain will offer Covid-19 booster vaccines to 32 million Britons starting early next month with up to 2,000 pharmacies expected to deliver the programme, the Daily Telegraph has reported.

The campaign could start as soon as 6 September, which would see the rollout completed by early December if it goes to plan, the report added.

The New South Wales premier Gladys Berejiklian said the state plans to break vaccination records this month in an effort to control Covid, as 239 new cases were recorded on Sunday.

“I am an optimist, it is a month for all of us to come forward and get the vaccine,” she said.

NSW is aiming to have 80% of the state vaccinated, but Berejiklian said even having 60% of eligible adults vaccinated “gives you a whole lot more options”.

“That is not a way to live, which is why we have been saying in NSW we would like this to be our last lockdown, so long as people get vaccinated.”

Thousands turned out in Berlin on Sunday to protest the German government’s anti-coronavirus measures despite a ban on the gatherings, leading to clashes with police and about 600 arrests.

The UK has registered 24,470 new Covid cases in the past 24 hours. There were 911 further hospitalisations and 65 more people have died within 28 days of a positive test.

Italy reported five coronavirus-related deaths on Sunday, down from 16 the day before, the health ministry said. The daily tally of new infections fell to 5,321 on Sunday compared with 6,513 the previous day.

A day after it recorded the most new daily cases since the start of the pandemic, Florida on Sunday broke a previous record in the US for current hospitalisations, as the number of patients in hospitals because of Covid-19 once again broke through the 10,000-person threshold.

US president Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser Dr Anthony Fauci has told ABC News he does not expect the US will be returning to lockdowns, despite the growing risks of Covid-19 infections posed by the Delta variant.

Health authorities in China are battling to contain the country’s most widespread coronavirus outbreak in months and several Chinese cities have rolled out mass testing of millions of people and imposed fresh travel restrictions. China reported 75 new coronavirus cases with 53 local transmissions, with a cluster linked to an eastern airport now reported to have spread to over 20 cities and more than a dozen provinces.

Tunisia, which has one of the world’s highest coronavirus death rates, received 1.5m Covid-19 vaccine doses from Italy on Sunday, the president’s office announced.

Thousands turned out in Berlin on Sunday to protest the German government’s anti-coronavirus measures despite a ban on the gatherings, leading to clashes with police and about 600 arrests.

Local authorities had banned several different protests this weekend, including one from the Stuttgart-based Querdenker movement, but protesters in Berlin defied the ban, Associated Press reports. Berlin’s police department deployed more than 2,000 officers to try to disperse the protests, but it said officers who sought to redirect protesters or disband larger groups were “harassed and attacked”.

A day after it recorded the most new daily cases since the start of the pandemic, Florida on Sunday broke a previous record for current hospitalisations, as the number of patients in hospitals because of Covid-19 once again broke through the 10,000-person threshold.

It had 10,207 people in hospital with confirmed Covid-19 cases, according to data reported to the US Department of Health & Human Services, Associated Press reports.

The previous record came on 23 July, 2020, more than a half-year before vaccinations started becoming widespread, when Florida had 10,170 hospital admissions.

Florida is now leading the US in per capita hospitalisations for the virus, as hospitals around the state report having to put emergency room visitors in beds in hallways and others document a noticeable drop in the age of patients.

France has reported 1,137 people in intensive care with Covid-19, an increase of 38, Reuters reports.

Two Sumatran tigers are recovering at a zoo in Indonesia after being infected with coronavirus, officials said.

Nine-year-old Tino and 12-year-old Hari tested positive in mid-July after they experienced flu-like symptoms, trouble breathing and appetite loss, AFP reports.

But the male tigers are on the mend after treatment.

“Both animals are healthy now,” Suzi Marsitawati, head of Jakarta’s Parks and Forest Service, said in a statement. “Their appetite has returned to normal and they are active again.”

Lewis Hamilton believes he may still have not fully recovered from contracting Covid-19 after he experienced fatigue and dizziness at the Hungarian Grand Prix.

The British driver finished third in a monumental effort to come back from last place at the Hungaroring but admitted he fears he may be suffering from long Covid.

After his immense recovery drive, Hamilton missed the start of the post-race press conferences as he was being attended to by his Mercedes team doctor for fatigue.

Afterwards, he admitted that he did not feel he had fully recovered from the effects of the virus he contracted in December last year.

France has reported 18 new deaths from coronavirus in hospital, Reuters reports. The country has had more than 111,000 deaths overall.
It has also recorded 19,600 new Covid-19 cases. France has had more than 6.1 million cases overall.

Employers are offering signing-on fees of up to £10,000 to tempt “gold dust” applicants as more than 1.1m jobs in the UK remain unfilled, with the pingdemic worsening a shortage of workers caused by Brexit and a lack of skills.

Care home operator HC One is offering a £10,000 “welcome bonus” on two jobs for registered night nurses, both in Scotland, as private health care providers battle with a shortage of workers partly caused by EU citizens returning home.

Employers offer golden hellos of up to £10k amid worker shortage

Tunisia, which has one of the world’s highest coronavirus death rates, received 1.5m Covid-19 vaccine doses from Italy on Sunday, the president’s office announced.

President Kais Saied, who a week ago dismissed the prime minister and suspended parliament, was on hand to receive the consignment and launched a stinging attack on the performance of the ousted government.

“More than a year has gone by, meeting after meeting has been held, and yet people are being hospitalised and dying by the hundreds each day,” he said.

The North African country of almost 12 million inhabitants has suffered close to 20,000 Covid-related deaths, AFP reports.

The US will not lock down again to curb Covid-19 but “things are going to get worse” as the Delta variant fuels a surge in cases, mostly among the unvaccinated, top infectious disease expert Dr Anthony Fauci said.

A sufficient percentage of Americans have now been vaccinated to avoid lockdowns, Fauci said on ABC’s This Week, Reuters reports.

“Not enough to crush the outbreak, but I believe enough to not allow us to get into the situation we were in last winter,” he said.

Last August, it was “eat out to help out”, launched by a beaming and maskless chancellor in Wagamama on London’s South Bank, carrying plates of noodles to nonplussed customers. This year, it’s “fly out to help out”.

With just a few weeks left of the school summer holidays, the airline and tourism industries are facing another bleak summer.

As the threat of possible new restrictions hangs over holidays, and the costs of testing prove prohibitive for many families, many have decided to take their vacation in the UK, even though travel restrictions will ease for fully vaccinated travellers from 16 August.

Sunak is preaching to the choir in his letter to the prime minister demanding an even greater relaxation of travel rules to save summer holidays abroad, despite notes of caution from scientists and some in the Department of Health about the perils of possibly importing new variants.

Sunak’s letter to PM puts desire to crack down on Covid subsidies on record

Thousands of anti-lockdown demonstrators defied a court-ordered protest ban on Sunday and gathered in the streets of Berlin, resulting in scuffles with police.

Police said some protesters had “harassed and attacked” officers and ignored roadblocks, disrupting traffic in parts of the German capital, AFP reports.

“They tried to break through the police chain and pull out our colleagues. This led to the use of irritants, batons and physical violence,” Berlin police tweeted.

Several people were arrested, they added.

The protest was called by the “Querdenker” (Lateral Thinkers) movement, which has emerged as the loudest voice against Germany’s coronavirus restrictions.

Judges had banned several of its planned demos this weekend, including one for Sunday that was expected to draw about 22,500 people.

Scientists have said that the lifting of restrictions for fully vaccinated arrivals to the UK from the EU and US, which begins from Monday, is not without risk.

>From 4am on Monday, those who have been fully vaccinated in the US and Europe will be treated the same as British residents, meaning arrivals from amber list countries will not have to quarantine when entering England, or test on day eight after arrival.

Instead, they will only be required to complete a pre-departure test and PCR test on or before the second day after arrival – although different rules will apply to those travelling from France.

While the shift is likely to be welcomed by travellers, scientists have sounded a note of caution.

Prof Rowland Kao, an epidemiologist at Edinburgh University, said the risk lies in simultaneously opening up borders to fully vaccinated people while allowing the virus to spread so that large numbers of the population in the UK are infected.

Scientists warn of risks in easing UK controls for vaccinated arrivals

Germany plans to start offering Covid-19 booster shots to the elderly and at-risk from 1 September, according to a draft document seen by AFP.

The plan also recommends promoting vaccination for those aged 12-17, which would go further than earlier guidance issued by the country’s vaccine regulator.

Health minister Jens Spahn and Germany’s 16 regional health ministers are expected to finalise the plans, drawn up by ministry officials, in a meeting Monday.

Mobile vaccination teams will be sent into care and nursing homes to offer Pfizer/BioNTech or Moderna booster shots to residents, regardless of which vaccine they had originally, says the document.

Some more data from Italy:

Patients in hospital with Covid-19 - not including those in intensive care - stood at 1,954 on Sunday, up from 1,851 a day earlier.

There were 22 new admissions to intensive care units, down from 25 on Saturday, and the total number of intensive care patients increased to 230 from a previous 214, Reuters reports.

Some 167,761 tests for Covid-19 were carried out in the past day, up from a previous 264,860, the health ministry said.

Italy records further 5,300 cases

Italy reported five coronavirus-related deaths on Sunday, down from 16 the day before, the health ministry said.

The daily tally of new infections fell to 5,321 on Sunday compared with 6,513 the previous day.

Italy has registered 128,068 deaths linked to Covid-19 since its outbreak emerged in February last year, Reuters reports.

The country has reported 4.355 million cases to date.

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