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Corona Infections Now Exceed 400,000 in Single Day


Sat 17 Oct 2020 | 10:49 PM
Ahmed Moamar

Coronavirus infections in the world increased to more than 400,000 for the first time in one day up to late Friday evening, in a record surge in one day.

The European States has imposed new restrictions in an attempt to curb the outbreak.

Europe, which succeeded in curbing the first wave of infections with the deadly virus (known also as COVID-19), has been focusing on the Coronavirus in recent weeks. Europe have recorded an average of 140,000 cases per day during the past seven days.

Europe records more daily cases than India, Brazil and the United States combined.

Of every 100 infections around the world, 34 were from European countries, according to experts' analysis.

Currently, one million new infections are recorded approximately every 9 days and more than 6.3 million cases in Europe have been recorded since the start of the pandemic.

The major European countries - the United Kingdom (UK), France, Russia, the Netherlands, and Spain - account for about half of the new cases in Europe in the week ending October 18.

France recorded the highest infection rate in seven days in Europe, as it detected 19,425 infections per day, followed by the United Kingdom, Russia, Spain, and the Netherlands, among the European countries most affected.

Some European countries close schools, cancel elective surgeries, and seek the help of medical students to confront the resurgence of the pandemic.

Latin America represents the worst-affected region, with about 27 percent of the total "COVID-19" infections, followed by Asia, North America, and Europe.

In the United States, which has the largest total number of cases and deaths in the world, new infections are on the rise along with an increase in the number of hospitalized patients since early September.

On Friday, the United States crossed the threshold of 8 million cases of COVID-19, according to a count by  Johns Hopkins University, USA.

The first economic power in the world is the country most affected by the epidemic, with more than 217,000 deaths due to it.