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Good morning. This is Jonathan Spira reporting. Here now the news of the pandemic from across the globe on the 820th day of the pandemic.
In news we cover today, the United States hit the 90 million mark in coronavirus cases and Europe is facing a resurgence.
Here’s a look at what has taken place over the past 24 hours.
UNITED STATES
Researchers at Yale said that the coronavirus pandemic would likely not become endemic for at least two more years.
The findings of the Yale study were published on July 5 in the journal PNAS Nexus. The researchers studied the reinfection rates in states to model the possible trajectory of SARS-Cov-2.
GLOBAL
The World Health Organization said that Europe is at the center of a resurgence in Covid-19 infections at the present time. The researchers found that the basis for this assessment is that more people are mixing at large-scale events and traveling.
Hong Kong officials said they had recorded over 3,000 new cases on Thursday, the highest tally since April 5, adding that a surge will likely double that figure within the coming two weeks.
The running of the bulls in Pamplona, Spain, took place this week for the first time in three years (it was put on hold during the early days of the pandemic) and six people were injured and taken to hospital. .
TODAY’S STATISTICS
Now here are the daily statistics for Friday, July 8.
As of Friday morning, the world has recorded 558.9 million Covid-19 cases, an increase of 1.1 million new cases in the preceding 24 hour period, and 6.37 million deaths, according to Worldometer, a service that tracks such information. In addition, 532.3 million people worldwide have recovered from the virus, an increase of 0.6 million.
Worldwide, the number of active coronavirus cases as of Friday is 20,185,597, an increase of 395,000. Out of that figure, 99.8%, or 20,147,875, are considered mild, and 0.2%, or 37,722, are listed as critical. The percentage of cases considered critical is unchanged over the pat 24 hours.
The United States reported 124,631 new coronavirus infections on Friday for the previous day, compared to 234,228 on Thursday, 180,870 on Wednesday, 35,662 on Tuesday, and 10,402 on Monday, according to data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The 7-day incidence rate continues to be over 100,000 and is now 107,508. Figures for the weekend (reported the following day) are typically 30% to 60% of those posted on weekdays due to a lower number of tests being conducted.
The average daily number of new coronavirus cases in the United States over the past 14 days is 107,811, an 8% increase, based on data from the Department of Health and Human Services, among other sources. The average daily death toll over the same period is 321, a decrease of 2% over the same period, while the average number of hospitalizations for the period was 35,651, a 15% increase.
In addition, since the start of the pandemic the United States has, as of Friday, recorded 90 million cases, a higher figure than any other country, and a death toll of 1.05 million. India has the world’s second highest number of officially recorded cases, 43.6 million, and a reported death toll of 525,343.
New data from Russia’s Rosstat state statistics service showed at the end of May that the number of Covid or Covid-related deaths since the start of the pandemic there in April 2020 is now 812,890, giving the country the world’s second highest pandemic-related death toll, after the United States. Rosstat reported that 11,583 people died from the coronavirus or related causes in April, down from 35,584 in March and from 43,543 in February.
Meanwhile, Brazil now has recorded the third highest number of deaths as a result of the virus, 673,125, and has recorded 32.8 million cases.
France continues to occupy the number four position in total cases with 31.9 million cases, and Germany is in the number five slot with 28.9 million. The United Kingdom, with over 22.9 million cases, is now number six and is the only other country in the world with a total number of cases over the 20 million mark.
VACCINATION SPOTLIGHT
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that, as of Friday, over 260.3 million people in the United States – or 78.4% – have received at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine. Of that population, 67%, or 222.5 million people, have received two doses of vaccine, and the total number of doses that have been dispensed in the United States is now 596.2 million. Breaking this down further, 89.7% of the population over the age of 18 – or 231.7 million people – has received at least a first inoculation and 76.7% of the same group – or 198.6 million people – is fully vaccinated. In addition, 51.2% of that population, or 101.7 million people, has already received a third, or booster, dose of vaccine.
Starting on June 13, 2022, the CDC began to update vaccine data on a weekly basis and publish it on Fridays by 8 p.m. EDT, a statement on the agency’s website said.
Over 66.7% of the world population has received at least one dose of coronavirus vaccine by Friday, according to Our World in Data, an online scientific publication that tracks such information. So far, 12.14 billion doses of the vaccine have been administered on a global basis and 5.54 million doses are now administered each day.
Meanwhile, only 20.2% of people in low-income countries have received one dose, while in countries such as Canada, China, Denmark, France, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States, at least 75% of the population has received at least one dose of vaccine.
Only a handful of the world’s poorest countries – Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia and Nepal – have reached the 70% mark in vaccinations. Many countries, however, are under 20% and, in countries such as Haiti, Senegal, and Tanzania, for example, vaccination rates remain in the single digits, if not lower.
In addition, North Korea and Eritrea are now the only two countries in the world that have not administered vaccines.
Anna Breuer contributed to this story.
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