Dear Reader:

Worldometer (July 25): Over 16 million cases and over 643 thousand deaths worldwide (an increase of roughly half a million cases and 11 thousand deaths since two days ago).

Over 78 thousand new cases (the highest number in all of the pandemic) and 1,141 new deaths in the US,  yesterday, July 24.

Within the US yesterday, California now has almost 443 thousand cases, more cases than any other state (More cases than in New York, but roughly a quarter of  NY’s deaths), more than 10.5 thousand new cases and 135 new deaths yesterday. Florida reported more than 12 thousand new cases and 133 new deaths yesterday, and Texas reported more than 8.5 thousand new cases and 170 new deaths yesterday.

Yesterday, Brazil reported over 58 thousand new cases (an increase of 23 thousand new cases from 2 days ago) and 1,178 new deaths (an increase of 885 new deaths from 2 days ago).

India reported almost 49 thousand new cases yesterday (a record number, the highest number of new cases during the whole pandemic), and 761 new deaths.

msn. com/ en- us/ news/ world/ record numbers of coronavirus cases in every global region reuters tally (Saturday, July 25):

“Almost 40 countries haver reported single-day increases in coronavirus infections overt the past week, around double the number that did so the previous week.. The rate of cases has been increasing not only in countries like the United States, Brazil and India, which have dominated global headlines with large outbreaks, but in Australia, Japan, Hong Kong, Bolivia, Sudan, Ethiopia, Bulgaria, Belgium, Uzbekistan and Israel, among others.

“Many countries, especially those where officials eased earlier social distancing lockdowns, are experiencing a second peak more than a month after recording their first… The Reuters data, compiled from official reports, shows a steady rise in the number of countries reporting record daily increases in the virus that causes Covid-19 over the past month… The true numbers of both cases and deaths are almost certainly underreported, particularly in countries with poorer health care systems, health experts and officials say… A surge in cases usually precedes a rise in deaths by a couple of weeks.

“The United States remains at the top of the case list.. Brazil and India- which epidemiologists say is still likely months from hitting its peak- have also exceeded 1 million cases… In Australia, officials enforced a six-week partial lockdown and made face masks mandatory for residents in the country’s second- largest city,  Melbourne, after a fresh outbreak. Australia and Japan, which also posted a daily case record this week, both warned of a rise in infections among young people, many of whom celebrated the end of social restrictions at bars and parties.

“In Mexico, which also posted a daily record this week and has the fourth- highest death toll of any country, officials warned that a downward trend in case numbers that began in mid-June- about the time the city began relaxing social distancing measures- could reverse..  in Europe, where the summer season is in full swing, a new daily record figure in Spain is likely to deter tourists from visiting one of the continents most popular destinations. In Africa, Kenya recorded a record high daily case number less than two weeks after reopening activity, including domestic passenger flights.”

anita