WHO reports largest single-day increase in coronavirus cases

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GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization on Sunday reported the largest single-day increase in coronavirus cases by its count, at more than 183,000 new cases in the latest 24 hours.

The UN health agency said Brazil led the way with 54,771 cases tallied and the U.S. next at 36,617. Over 15,400 came in in India.

Experts said rising case counts can reflect multiple factors including more widespread testing as well as broader infection.

Overall in the pandemic, WHO reported 8,708,008 cases — 183,020 in the last 24 hours — with 461,715 deaths worldwide, with a daily increase of 4,743.

More than two-thirds of those new deaths were reported in the Americas.

In Spain, officials ended a national state of emergency after three months of lockdown, allowing its 47 million residents to freely travel around the country for the first time since March 14. The country also dropped a 14-day quarantine for visitors from Britain and the 26 European countries that allow visa-free travel.

But there was only a trickle of travelers at Madrid-Barajas Airport, which on a normal June day would be bustling.

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[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Just getting started, especially here where our response is governed by someone with a 68 IQ

and hatred for the human race.

[tclambert]

2. "Just getting started" yes. Yet I keep hearing people say, "Now that the worst is behind us . . ."

People on the TeeVee keep saying stupid stuff like that, like it's all over, nothing more to worry about. The people I see in person are all better with numbers than that.

About 0.6% of the American population has caught the disease. 99.4% are still susceptible. They estimate herd immunity won't begin to take effect until 29% to 74% have developed immunity. Worldwide, we just had a record number of new daily cases, let by . . . the United States and Brazil. Yay, right wing leadership!

[progree]

3. Iran has been increasing for some time, almost at its late March - early April peak levels

It was one of the first few countries in the headlines, along with China, South Korea, and Italy. Then it just kind of disappeared from the news as far as Covid. Well, it's back unfortunately. Though daily cases are down from their early June levels.

Daily deaths are at the level they were in mid-April.

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/iran/

Sad to see big increases in India too with its over 1 billion population. Both daily cases and daily deaths have been increasing for months.

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/india/

[Jim__]

4. That doesn't seem possible. Here's Mike Pence on April 23 predicting that it will be behind us ...

... by Memorial Day weekend.

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The text doesn't contain that claim - it's on audio:

Be sure to tune in tomorrow at 9:40 for @GeraldoRivera's exclusive interview with Vice President and #COVID19 Task Force leader @Mike_Pence. It looks like there could be some light at the end of the tunnel.

[Warpy]

5. Get used to it, people

It's still epidemic, it's still spreading, there still isn't a silver bullet to treat it, and a vaccine is months away.

Lockdown bought us a little time, but that's all.