Coronavirus around the world: Cases worldwide exceed 48 million and England begins a partial lockdown today for a period of four weeks
Aggregated data of Coronavirus cases showed that the total number of infections worldwide had exceeded 48 million as of Thursday morning.
The latest data available on the American “Johns Hopkins University” website, at 06:30 GMT, showed that the total number of cases reached 48 million and 90 thousand cases.
The data also showed that the number of people recovered approached 31.9 million, while the number of deaths exceeded one million and 225 thousand cases.
The United States leads the world in terms of the number of cases, followed by India, Brazil, Russia, France, Spain, Argentina, Colombia, the United Kingdom, Mexico, Peru, Italy, South Africa, Iran and Germany.
The United States also leads the world in terms of the number of deaths, followed by Brazil, India, Mexico, the United Kingdom, Italy and France.
It should be noted that there are a number of agencies that provide aggregate data on Coronavirus cases around the world, and there may be some differences between them.
On Thursday morning, a partial lockdown was applied in England, in an attempt to stop the outbreak of the Coronavirus, which is spreading rapidly.
It is expected that the procedures, similar to those approved during the first closure early this year, but not as comprehensive as them, will continue until the second of next December.
Restaurants, cultural facilities, sports centers and entertainment facilities will be closed, while schools and universities will continue to operate.
Retail stores will also be closed for a month, with the exception of supermarkets and essential merchandise stores.
Citizens are not allowed to leave their homes except for reasons that call for it – to go work, play sports or care for relatives.
It is noteworthy that Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland set their own rules to combat the virus.
England’s national health sector was put on high alert on Wednesday, with officials saying they are concerned about the strain on health systems in overcrowded hospitals.
And 492 deaths from the virus were recorded yesterday, Wednesday, which is the highest daily death toll since the start of the virus outbreak.
Parliament approved the partial closure measures on Wednesday.
