Arab Weather - Statistics for Reuters showed that about 40 countries in the world recorded record increases in the number of new cases of the new Corona virus over the past seven days, which is almost twice the number compared to the previous week, indicating that the pandemic is spreading at a faster rate in all regions of the world.
And many countries, especially those where officials earlier eased measures of social separation and public isolation, are witnessing a second peak of the outbreak more than a month after the first registration.
"We will not go back to the 'usual'," said WHO Director-General Tidros Adhanom Gebrysus days ago. The pandemic has really changed the way we live our lives. ”
"We ask everyone to deal with decisions about where to go, what they will do and who they meet as life or death decisions because this is their true nature," he added.
Reuters data, which it collects from official reports, shows that there is a steady increase in the number of countries that record record daily increases in cases of infection with the virus that causes Covid-19 over the past month.
At least seven countries registered these increases three weeks ago, and their number increased two weeks ago to at least 13 countries, then to 20 countries a week ago and to at least 37 in the last week.
Health experts and officials say the true numbers of both injuries and deaths from the disease are much greater than what is undoubtedly stated, especially in countries that have modest health systems.
In this story, Reuters data was limited to countries that provide daily numbers on a regular basis, and an increase in the number of cases is usually monitored two weeks before the increase in deaths.
The United States continued to lead the affected countries in terms of the number of cases, as it exceeded the days of four million cases and recorded more than a thousand deaths for four consecutive days.
Epidemiologists say that Brazil and India, which have crossed the million mark, still have a few months to go before they reach the peak of the disease.
The data reveal an increasing number of countries in different regions of the world; In Australia, officials imposed partial isolation for six weeks and made the use of muzzles mandatory for residents of Melbourne, the country's second largest city, after a new outbreak emerged.
Australia and Japan, which set a record number of new daily cases in the past week also, warned of the increase in cases among young people, as many of them celebrated the end of social restrictions in bars and parties.
In Mexico, which also hit a record daily number of cases in the past week and has the fourth highest death toll in the world, officials have warned that the downward trend in the number of cases that started in mid-June at a time when the easing of social divergence measures may be reversed upwards.
Depending on the rate of hospital admissions over the past seven days, Mexico City Mayor Claudia Schenbaum said rates may exceed by October those recorded in June, which saw the height of the pandemic.
In Europe, where the summer vacation season is most intense, the new record number of daily cases in Spain is likely to discourage tourists from visiting it, one of the most popular destinations on the continent.
In Africa, Kenya recorded a record high incidence of cases less than two weeks after activities returned, including domestic flights. President Uhuru Kenyatta, who had announced the resumption of international flights on August 1, summoned officials to hold an emergency meeting on Monday to discuss the increase in the number of cases.
In the Middle East, the Sultanate of Oman imposed new restrictions that started from Saturday in addition to two weeks of general isolation in a period that will include the Eid al-Adha holiday after registering a record number of new cases.
Source: Reuters
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