Countries seeing a surge spike in coronavirus circumstances

Lockdowns imposed internationally in an try and fight the coronavirus pandemic differed from nation to nation, starting from keen on full restrictions on public life. But as these measures have been step by step lifted, some international locations are seeing spikes in new coronavirus infections.

The complete variety of confirmed coronavirus circumstances around the globe now stands at over 9.four million, in keeping with Johns Hopkins University information, and over 480,000 individuals have died.

The current spikes in circumstances have led to rising fears of a “second wave” of the pandemic, as international locations that seemingly handed the height of infections some months in the past expertise new outbreaks. Here are among the international locations seeing a spike in infections:

The coronavirus continues to surge in sure U.S. states — significantly these within the south and west of the nation.

The variety of circumstances within the nation hit a brand new document excessive on Wednesday, with 45,557 diagnoses reported, in keeping with a tally by NBC News.

Texas, Utah, Arkansas and Arizona are among the many states seeing an increase in coronavirus hospitalizations, whereas California and Florida reported their greatest every day spikes in new coronavirus circumstances Wednesday, whereas Houston stated its intensive-care unit beds are close to capability.

The outbreak in Gutersloh led to the district being put again into lockdown on Tuesday, and a neighboring district was additionally shut down hours later, to be able to comprise any attainable unfold. Nonetheless, the outbreak (in addition to different “major outbreaks” in nursing and retirement properties, asylum and refugee facilities, some faculties and an outbreak in a non secular neighborhood) has been blamed for pushing up Germany’s virus replica or ‘R’ charge as much as 2.88 final weekend, its public well being physique, the Robert Koch Institute, stated Wednesday.

Germany at the moment has 192,871 confirmed coronavirus circumstances and has reported 8,933 deaths, in keeping with Johns Hopkins.

The variety of infections surged final weekend in Brazil, a rustic that now has the second-highest variety of coronavirus circumstances on the earth, with over 1.18 million confirmed and virtually 54,000 fatalities.

Brazil’s authorities beneath President Jair Bolsonaro has been accused of making an attempt to cowl up the nation’s coronavirus statistics and there was uproar earlier in June when Brazil’s well being ministry stopped publishing every day an infection and dying information. It resumed publications after a Supreme Court ruling.

With practically 55,000 new infections reported final Sunday, Brazil noticed its largest rise in every day infections — though this was partly because of a lag in reporting from the states of Bahia, Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, thus compounding information from two days, the World Health Organization famous.

India reported a document single-day spike in circumstances earlier Thursday, with 16,922 new circumstances of the virus. This was larger than the day before today’s document of 15,968 new circumstances. The virus has contaminated 473,105 individuals in India and killed not less than 14,894, in keeping with information compiled by Johns Hopkins University.  

Maharashtra, New Delhi and Tamil Nadu are the hardest-hit states, the information from India’s Health Ministry reveals, accounting for round 60% of all confirmed circumstances in India. The improve in circumstances in New Delhi, reportedly because of restricted hospital and phone tracing capability, is of specific concern.

India has the fourth-worst coronavirus epidemic on the earth, based mostly on complete variety of confirmed circumstances, after the U.S., Brazil and Russia.