Coronavirus Global Updates, Mar 21 :::: Global coronavirus cases top 122.7 million, Ontario reports more than 1, 800 new COVID-19 cases, 11 deaths

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Coronavirus Global Updates, Mar 21 :::: Global coronavirus cases top 122.7 million, Ontario reports more than 1,800 new COVID-19 cases, 11 deaths

 


 

 


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Zimbabwe COVID19 Update


COVID-19 update: As at 20 March 2021, Zimbabwe had 36 662 confirmed cases, including 34 257 recoveries and 1 510 deaths. To date, a total of 42 210 front line workers have been vaccinated.





 


France reports 35,327 new coronavirus cases on Saturday


PARIS,   (Reuters) - The number of positive cases of COVID-19 rose by 35,327, bringing the total number to 4.25 million, the health ministry reported on Saturday.

That compared to a rise of 35,088 the previous day.

It also reported 92,167 coronavirus deaths, up by 185 from previous day. 

 


Mexico reports 5,729 new coronavirus cases, 608 more deaths


MEXICO CITY,   (Reuters) - Mexico has registered 5,729 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infection and 608 additional fatalities, bringing the total in the country to 2,193,639 cases and 197,827 deaths, health ministry data showed on Saturday.

The government says the real number of infected people is likely significantly higher than the confirmed cases.




Highest single-day spike this year with 43,846 new cases


Registering an increase for the 11th day in a row, the total active caseload has increased to 3,09,087, which now comprises 2.66 per cent of the total infections, while the recovery rate has further dropped to 95.96 per cent, the data stated.

India recorded 43,846 new coronavirus cases in a day, the highest single-day rise so far this year, taking the nationwide Covid-19 tally to 1,15,99,130, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday.

Registering an increase for the 11th day in a row, the total active caseload has increased to 3,09,087, which now comprises 2.66 per cent of the total infections, while the recovery rate has further dropped to 95.96 per cent, the data stated.

The daily rise in infections was the highest recorded in 115 days. The death toll increased to 1,59,755 with 197 daily new fatalities, the highest in 97 days, the data updated at 8 am showed.



As many as 44,489 new infections were recorded in a span of 24 hours on November 26.

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 1,11,30,288, while the case fatality rate stands at 1.38 per cent, the data stated.

India's Covid-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16.It went past 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, crossed 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20 and surpassed the one-crore mark on December 19.

According to the  <https://health.economictimes.indiatimes.com/tag/icmr> ICMR, 23,35,65,119 samples have been tested up to March 20 with 11,33,602 samples being tested on Saturday.

The 197 new fatalities include 92 from Maharashtra, 38 from Punjab, 15 from Kerala and 11 from Chhattisgarh.

A total of 1,59,755 deaths have been reported so far in the country including 53,300 from Maharashtra, 12,590 from Tamil Nadu, 12,432 from Karnataka, 10,955 from Delhi, 10,303 from West Bengal, 8,758 from Uttar Pradesh and 7,189 from Andhra Pradesh.

The health ministry stressed that more than 70 per cent of the deaths occurred due to comorbidities.

"Our figures are being reconciled with the Indian Council of Medical Research," the ministry said on its website, adding that state-wise distribution of figures is subject to further verification and reconciliation.

 


Ontario reports more than 1,800 new COVID-19 cases, 11 deaths


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Ontario is reporting 1,829 new  <https://globalnews.ca/tag/covid/> COVID-19 cases on Saturday, the largest single-day increase since early February, bringing the provincial total to 327,083.

Saturday’s case count is higher than Friday’s which saw 1,745 new infections. On Thursday, 1,553 cases were recorded and 1,508 on Wednesday.

It is also the highest daily increase in cases since Feb. 1 when 1,969 new cases were reported.

According to Saturday’s  <https://files.ontario.ca/moh-covid-19-report-en-2021-03-20.pdf> provincial report, 593 cases were recorded in Toronto, 287 in Peel Region, 157 in York Region, 124 in Hamilton, 101 in Ottawa and 77 in Durham.

All other local public health units reported fewer than 70 new cases in the provincial report.

The death toll in the province has risen to 7,223 as 11 more deaths were recorded.

Officials have listed breakdown data for the new VOCs (variants of concern) which consist of the B.1.1.7 (first detected in the United Kingdom), B.1.351 (first detected in South Africa), and P.1 (first detected in Brazil) mutations.

The B.1.1.7 VOC is currently the dominating known strain at 1,230 variant cases, which is up by 55 since yesterday, 47 B.1.351 variant cases which one case was removed, and 35 P.1 variant cases which is unchanged, that have been detected so far in the province.

The cumulative case count for a mutation that was detected but the lineage was not determined was 11,902, an increase of 907, the government indicated.

Meanwhile, 306,050 Ontarians were reported to have recovered from  <https://globalnews.ca/tag/covid-19/> COVID-19, which is about 94 per cent of known cases. Resolved cases increased by 1,261 from the previous day.

Active cases in Ontario now stand at 13,810 — up from the previous day when it was at 13,253, and is up from March 13 when it was at 11,818. At the peak of the coronavirus surge in January, active cases hit above 30,000.

The seven-day average has now reached 1,532, up from yesterday at 1,480, and is up from last week at 1,337.

The government said 52,083 tests were processed in the last 24 hours. There is currently a backlog of 28,020 tests awaiting results. A total of 12,033,515 tests have been completed since the start of the pandemic.

Test positivity — the percentage of tests that come back positive — for Saturday was 3.6 per cent, up from Friday at 3.3 per cent, and up from last week at 2.9 per cent.

Ontario reported 765 people hospitalized with COVID-19 (up by six from the previous day) with 302 patients in intensive care units (down by seven) and 189 patients in ICUs on a ventilator (up by 13).

As of 8 p.m. on Friday, the provincial government reported administering 1,480,882 COVID-19 vaccine doses, representing an increase of 60,283 in the last day. There are 297,134  people fully vaccinated with two doses.

Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, Oxford-AstraZeneca and Johnson and Johnson are the vaccines currently approved in Canada. The first three require two shots administered several weeks apart while the fourth requires only one.


Global coronavirus cases top 122.7 million


The US is the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths.


The overall number of global Covid-19 cases has surpassed 122.7 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.70 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.

In its latest update on Sunday morning, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload and death toll stood at 122,736,841 and 2,708,557, respectively.

The US is the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 29,782,302 and 541,909, respectively, according to the CSSE.

Brazil follows in the second place with 11,950,459 cases and 292,752 fatalities.

The other countries with more than 2 million confirmed coronavirus cases are India (11,555,284), Russia (4,397,816), the UK (4,304,839), France (4,277,183), Italy (3,356,331), Spain (3,212,332), Turkey (2,992,694), Germany (2,658,851), Colombia (2,324,426), Argentina (2,241,739), Mexico (2,187,910) and Poland (2,036,700), the CSSE figures showed.

In terms of deaths, Mexico comes in the third place with 197,219 fatalities.

Nations with a death toll of over 50,000 are India (159,558), the UK (126,359), Italy (104,642), Russia (93,090), France (92,119), Germany (74,657), Spain (72,910), Colombia (61,771), Iran (61,724), Argentina (54,517 and South Africa (52,082).

 


Floods Hit Australia Vaccines, Pakistan Sets Ban: Virus Update


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Australia’s rollout of the Covid-19 vaccine has been hampered by torrential rain and flooding, even as the country considers reducing its quarantine requirements and allowing travelers to isolate at home.

Pakistan is banning travel from 12 countries, including South Africa, the Press Trust of India reported. China has administered almost 75 million vaccine doses, the country’s health commission said.

A report by scientists, slated for release this week, will say that China’s thriving wildlife trade was the most likely source of the coronavirus that changed the world last year.


China’s Latest Vaccination Count 
China has administered 74.96 million doses of coronavirus vaccines to key population groups, Mi Feng, spokesman for  <http://en.nhc.gov.cn/> National Health Commission, said at a news conference on Sunday.


Authorities have started vaccinating people over 60 and plan large-scale inoculations for the elderly when data from clinical trials show that they are enough safe and effective, National Health Commission official He Qinghua said.


Pakistan Enacts Travel Ban 
The ban will remain effective from March 23 to April 5, according to PTI. Pakistan began its inoculation campaign last month and had obtained more than a million free Sinopharm doses from China.


Amid a rise in coronavirus cases, authorities imposed restrictions in most of the main urban areas. Limits on wedding halls, cinemas and outdoor dining have been extended until April 15, and lockdowns will continue in the worst-affected provinces. Last week, Prime Minister Imran Khan tested positive for Covid-19, the latest world leader to be infected with the coronavirus as his country battles a new wave of infections.


Japan Mulls Variant Tests for Incoming Travelers 
Japan is planning to require virus tests from visitors coming from countries where the coronavirus variant infections are climbing, health minister Norihisa Tamura said on a program by national broadcaster a NHK.


“It’s important to prevent a spreading of coronavirus from overseas travelers. And it’s important to detect infected visitors,” Tamura said.“We’ll require them to test before the coming to Japan. We’ll test at quarantines and will inspect again three days later. We’ll test them three times. On top of that, we’ll will follow them for two weeks by using a GPS application when they actually enter the country.”

Regarding vaccine approvals, the minister said Japan may be able to secure the Pfizer vaccine for older people to get vaccinated twice by June. Evaluation of AstraZeneca’s vaccine is also proceeding, he said. Data for the domestic clinical trail of Moderna’s vaccine will be available by May, and if things move smoothly, there is a possibility it will to be approved as soon as then.


Australia May Review Quarantine Measures 
Brendan Murphy, secretary of the Department of Health, said that while a reduction in quarantine requirements was  <https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-21/australia-may-review-quarantine-measures-as-more-are-vaccinated> being considered, the first step is to cut domestic restrictions, while making sure state borders aren’t being closed.


Australia’s rollout of the Covid-19 vaccine has been  <https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-20/australia-s-most-populous-state-hit-by-extreme-weather-event> slowed by torrential rains for a government that’s already facing criticism for poor organization and a slower-than-expected start to its vaccine rollout. Western Sydney and the NSW Mid-North coast are bearing the brunt of the relentless downpour that has caused the Warragamba Dam, Sydney’s primary source of water, to overflow for the first time in five years.

Residents along the New South Wales coast, including parts of Sydney, are evacuating. The downpour will probably cause disruptions to freight and logistic services across the state with vaccine deliveries likely to be impacted, Finance Minister Simon Birmingham said on Sky News’ Sunday Agenda show.


Duke University Eases Lockdown 
Duke University will  <https://coronavirus.duke.edu/2021/03/update-on-stay-in-place/> ease on Sunday a stay-in-place order it imposed on all undergraduates on March 14 after a serious outbreak linked to events at fraternities and sororities.


In an letter to students Saturday, the Durham, North Carolina, school said the number of new cases had fallen, though it did not give details. In the week leading up the shutdown, the university reported a total of 231 cases, almost as many as all of last semester. With the easing, on-campus undergraduates can return to classes and leave their dormitories but were asked not to leave campus.


N.C.A.A. Faces Cancellation 
Positive Covid-19 tests at Virginia Commonwealth University are forcing the 10th-seeded team in the West region out of the N.C.A.A. basketball tournament, the New York Times reported.


Although organizers went ahead with the tournament even as infection numbers rose, adopting protocols, a team dropping out was a worst-case scenario for the sports body, which stands to make $850 million in television revenue from the tournament, the newspaper said.


Brazil Cases Rise for Fifth Week 
Brazil exceeded half a million weekly cases for the second time in a row, capping a week marked by record daily deaths and infections.


Latin America’s biggest country added some 79,000 cases, bringing the total for the seven days through Saturday to 510,901 — the fifth consecutive week with an increase. During the previous surge, weekly cases peaked at 379,000 in early January, according to Health Ministry data.

Weekly deaths increased by almost 3,000 to a record of 15,650, the most since the pandemic began. With almost 12 million cases and some 292,000 deaths, Brazil lags behind only the U.S. on both counts.


Covid Origin Report May Point to Wildlife 
Scientists tracing the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic believe they’ve identified a possible transmission source:  <https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-20/contentious-hunt-for-covid-s-origin-points-to-china-animal-trade> China’s thriving wildlife trade.


The highly anticipated findings from experts convened by the World Health Organization and the Chinese government are expected to show parallels to the spawning in 2002 of severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, a bat-borne coronavirus spread by civets that killed 800 people. The path trod by SARS-CoV-2 -- as the new coronavirus is known -- before it emerged in central China in December 2019 remains a mystery, though it’s one researchers say can be solved.


Miami Beach Cracks Down on Spring Break 
Miami Beach imposed an 8 p.m. curfew and other restrictions to curb what officials said was overwhelming crowding during the U.S. spring break holidays. The curfew will last at least 72 hours and apply to the main avenues with bars, restaurants and clubs. The city previously set a midnight curfew.


Mayor Dan Gelber said at a news conference that the crowds seemed larger than previous years because fewer places were open for spring break due to Covid-19 and cheap airfares.

“There are just too many moments when we are hoping something horrible won’t happen,” he said. “We can’t endure that as a community.”


N.Y. Reports First Case of Brazil Variant 
The first case of the more-transmissible coronavirus variant first found in Brazil has been reported in New York, Governor Andrew Cuomo said in a statement. The patient is from Brooklyn, more than 90 years old with no travel history, he said.


The variant is helping fuel a renewed outbreak in Brazil. In the U.S., there are 48 known cases of the P.1 variant in 15 jurisdictions, with 21 cases in Florida alone, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.


France Wants Full Astra Supply 
France supports the EU’s threat to use any tools available to obtain planned deliveries of the AstraZeneca vaccine, junior minister for EU Affairs Clement Beaune said on BFM TV, though he warned any legal proceedings could take months.


While the EU is exporting vaccines to the U.K., European officials suspect that some U.K.-made vaccines initially intended to be delivered to the EU are staying in the U.K.

He also said approval of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine in Europe could happen in April or May. In France, around 9% of the population has received at least one shot of vaccine, and 3.6% got both injections.


Anti-Lockdown Protests Hit Europe 
Anti-lockdown protests were held in Germany, Britain, Austria, Finland, Romania and Switzerland on Saturday, the Associated Press reported. Demonstrations were also reported in Sweden’s three largest cities.


More than 20,000 people defied a court ban to demonstrate in the central German city of Kassel, German news agency DPA reported. Some protesters attacked officers and several journalists, DPA said.

At least 33 people were arrested in central London, mostly for breaching Covid restrictions, the Metropolitan Police said on Twitter. The protests around Piccadilly Circus were larger than police had expected, the BBC said.


Brazil Says It’s Discussing Vaccines With U.S. 
Brazil is negotiating “to import vaccines from the surplus available in the United States,” the Ministry of Foreign Affairs tweeted Saturday. The Biden administration said earlier this week it plans to send about 4 million doses of  <https://www.bloomberg.com/quote/AZN:LN> AstraZeneca Plc’s Covid-19 vaccine to neighboring Mexico and Canada.


White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said at the time the U.S. government has about 7 million available doses of the vaccine, which hasn’t been approved yet for use in the U.S. “With the importance of helping stop the spread in other countries, we are assessing how we can loan doses,” she said. She added that any loans weren’t “fully finalized.”

Brazil’s outbreak has worsened dramatically, breaking records for most cases and deaths earlier this week.

 


 


 


 

 


 

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