Total fatalities from Covid-19 climbed to 4,46,690 globally while total cases 82,88, 344 in 213 countries and territories and recovered 43,42,556, according to worldometer.
So far, 1,19,145 people have died from Covid-19 in the United States and total 22,08,787 have been infected, by far the most in the world.
New coronavirus infections hit record highs in six US states on Tuesday, marking a rising tide of cases for a second consecutive week as most states moved forward with reopening their economies.
Arizona, Florida, Oklahoma, Oregon and Texas all reported record increases in new cases on Tuesday after recording all-time highs last week. Nevada also reported its highest single-day tally of new cases on Tuesday, up from a previous high on May 23. Hospitalisations are also rising or at record highs.
At Arizona’s Tucson Medical Center on Monday, just a single intensive care unit (ICU) bed designated for COVID-19 patients was
available, with the other 19 beds filled, a hospital representative said.
“ICU to be expanded, hopefully, in coming days,” Dr Steven Oscherwitz, an infectious disease expert at the hospital, said in a tweet on Monday night. “Not sure where people needing ICU care will be able to go, since most AZ (Arizona) hospitals are pretty full now.”
Health officials in many states attribute the spike to businesses reopening and Memorial Day weekend gatherings in late May. Many states are also bracing for a possible increase in cases stemming from tens of thousands of people protesting to end racial injustice and police brutality for the past three weeks.
Deaths from the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy climbed by 34 on Tuesday, against 26 the day before, the Civil Protection Agency said, while the daily tally of new cases declined to 210 from 303 on Monday.
The total death toll since the outbreak came to light on Feb. 21 now stands at 34,405, the agency said, the fourth highest in the world after those of the United States, Britain and Brazil. The number of confirmed cases amounts to 237,500, the seventh highest global tally.
The northern region of Lombardy, where the outbreak was first identified, remains by far the worst affected of Italy’s 20 regions, accounting for 143 of the 210 new cases reported on Tuesday.
People registered as currently carrying the illness fell to 24,569 from 25,909 the day before. There were 177 people in intensive care on Tuesday, down from 207 on Monday, maintaining a long-running decline. Of those originally infected, 178,526 were declared recovered against 177,010 a day earlier. The agency said 2.892 million people had been tested for the virus as of Tuesday against 2.864 million on Monday, out of a population of around 60 million.
Spain confirmed 76 more coronavirus cases over the past day, the Health Ministry said Tuesday.
The tally of nationwide cases has reached 244,328.
More than half of the new cases were in Madrid.
Spain’s capital has been the hardest hit in the country in terms of deaths and infections. More than 42,000 people have been hospitalized for the disease in the region and over 8,600 people have lost their lives. Over the last two weeks, Madrid also had the highest new infections per capita in the entire country — 21.43 cases per every 100,000 residents. That is twice as high as the national average.
The Spanish regions of Asturias, Galicia, the Canary Islands and Murcia all have seen less than two infections per 100,000 people over the last two weeks.
