Dear Reader:

Worldometer (Sept 7): over 27 million cases and almost 900 thousand deaths worldwide. Almost 6.5 million cases and over 193 thousand deaths in the U.S. A bit over 31 thousand new cases (the lowest since June 22) and 430 new deaths were reported yesterday in the U.S.

India, for the first time since I started this thread, is now in the second place with over 4 million cases, right after the U.S.. India reported the highest number of new cases yesterday than on any previous day, over 91 thousands and 1,008 new deaths.

Bloomberg, India surpasses Brazil with the world’s second highest virus cases (Sept 6): “India has the world’s second-highest number of coronavirus cases, passing Brazil on  Monday, to reach more than 4.2 million confirmed infections as the epidemic surges across the South Asian nation. Now the global virus hotspot, India added the largest number of cases in a day with 90,802 recorded overnight Sunday.. More than 71,000 people have died from Covid-19, making India the third-largest by number of deaths.

“Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government initiated the world’s biggest virus lockdown in the country of 1.3 billion people in late March, but the economic and social costs forced a gradual reopening even as infections surged at a record pace. On the same day as India surpassed Brazil’s infection tally, the country’s largest metro system in the capital New Delhi began operating again, while limited religious and sporting events have been allowed to restart and bars are set to open”.

anita