The number of coronavirus cases across the globe surpassed 36 million on Wednesday, according to Johns Hopkins University.
The number of coronavirus cases across the globe surpassed 36 million on Wednesday, according to Johns Hopkins University.
Brazil’s Health Ministry recorded 31,553 new Covid-19 infections on Wednesday, bringing the total number of cases to 5,000,694.
Brazil has the world’s third highest coronavirus cases after the United States and India, and the world’s second highest death toll after the US, according to Johns Hopkins University’s data.
Public Health Agency of Canada says national daily case counts continue to increase steeply with an average of about 2,000 new cases every day for the past week.
Quebec reported 1,364 new cases of the virus on Tuesday alone, the highest daily case total since the pandemic began.
An additional 88 to 115 million people could be pushed into extreme poverty, defined as living on less than $1. 90 a day, in 2020 because of the pandemic and resulting economic recession, according to a report from the World Bank released Wednesday.
Italy reported at least 3,678 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday — the largest daily increase in more than five months.
