Global coronavirus deaths hit 900,000 as cases surge in India
Skip to main content
  • Home
  • Economy
  • Stocks
  • Analysis
  • World+Biz
  • Sports
  • Features
  • Epaper
  • More
    • Subscribe
    • COVID-19
    • Bangladesh
    • Splash
    • Videos
    • Games
    • Long Read
    • Infograph
    • Interviews
    • Offbeat
    • Thoughts
    • Podcast
    • Quiz
    • Tech
    • Archive
    • Trial By Trivia
    • Magazine
    • Supplement
  • বাংলা
The Business Standard

Saturday
August 13, 2022

Sign In
Subscribe
  • Home
  • Economy
  • Stocks
  • Analysis
  • World+Biz
  • Sports
  • Features
  • Epaper
  • More
    • Subscribe
    • COVID-19
    • Bangladesh
    • Splash
    • Videos
    • Games
    • Long Read
    • Infograph
    • Interviews
    • Offbeat
    • Thoughts
    • Podcast
    • Quiz
    • Tech
    • Archive
    • Trial By Trivia
    • Magazine
    • Supplement
  • বাংলা
SATURDAY, AUGUST 13, 2022
Global coronavirus deaths hit 900,000 as cases surge in India

Coronavirus chronicle

Reuters
10 September, 2020, 07:40 am
Last modified: 10 September, 2020, 07:41 am

Related News

  • Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen tests Covid positive
  • Severity is less despite infections, deaths on the rise
  • China slashes Covid quarantine time for international travellers
  • Indonesia to drop outdoor mask mandate as Covid-19 infections drop
  • WHO: Covid-19 falling everywhere, except Americas and Africa

Global coronavirus deaths hit 900,000 as cases surge in India

The United States remains the world’s worst-affected country, with deaths exceeding 190,000 and cases exceeding 6.3 million. Brazil is in second place with more than 127,000 deaths followed by India with nearly 74,000 dead

Reuters
10 September, 2020, 07:40 am
Last modified: 10 September, 2020, 07:41 am
A health worker and relatives wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) carry the body of a man, who died due to the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), for his cremation, at a crematorium in New Delhi, India August 17, 2020/ Reuters
A health worker and relatives wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) carry the body of a man, who died due to the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), for his cremation, at a crematorium in New Delhi, India August 17, 2020/ Reuters

The global death toll from the coronavirus passed 900,000 on Wednesday, as worldwide cases topped 27.7 million, according to a Reuters tally.

The United States remains the world's worst-affected country, with deaths exceeding 190,000 and cases exceeding 6.3 million. Brazil is in second place with more than 127,000 deaths followed by India with nearly 74,000 dead.

On Monday, India reported 90,802 new confirmed infections – its highest-ever daily jump – bringing its total to over 4.3 million and bumping Brazil and its 4.1 million cases to third place.

As the epicentre of the pandemic shifts to India, there is no sign of a peak in the world's second most populous nation. As bars reopened Wednesday for the first time since lockdown, it is adding more cases each day than any other country since the onset at the start of the year. It is recording more deaths than any other country - an average of more than 1,000 daily for the last two weeks.

The Americas still account for more than half of all fatalities worldwide owing to high death counts in Mexico, Peru, Colombia, Chile and Ecuador.

An average of more than 5,600 people die each day from Covid-19, according to Reuters calculations based on data from the last two weeks. The rate of deaths is holding steady taking 18 days to climb from 800,000 to 900,000 deaths. It took 17 days to go from 700,000 to 800,000.

India's fatality rate is around 1%, while Brazil and the United States have mortality rates of around 3%, in line with the world average.

While both deaths and cases in the United States are down from a July peak, cases are rising in about 40% of the country, exacerbated in part by a return of students to college towns.

As cases rebound in parts of Europe, countries have recently seen single-day records in new cases similar to those seen during the spring, signaling a second wave is underway.

The sharp rise of almost 3,000 new cases in the UK over the weekend was the highest jump since May, prompting a ban on gatherings of more than six people as prime minister Boris Johnson tries to control the spike.

The UK, which has the fifth-highest death toll of 41,594, has a 14-day quarantine for returners from European holiday destinations such as some Greek islands, France, Croatia and Spain which are experiencing similar spikes.

Spain was the first country in western Europe to record more than half a million cases on Monday and now has 552,000 total infections.

The first death linked to Covid-19 was reported on Jan. 10 in Wuhan, China, after the coronavirus first emerged there in December.

Top News / World+Biz

Coronavirus / Coronavirus worldwide

Comments

While most comments will be posted if they are on-topic and not abusive, moderation decisions are subjective. Published comments are readers’ own views and The Business Standard does not endorse any of the readers’ comments.

Top Stories

  • Customers shop for vegetables at the Central de Abastos Market in Mexico City, Mexico.Photographer: Alejandro Cegarra/Bloomberg
    Latin America led world into high-rate era. Now it’s stuck there
  • Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen Photo: Collected
    Referred Bangladesh as 'heaven' in comparison to other countries: Momen
  • The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Deputy Governor Michael Debabrata Patra. Photo: Collected
    US says India hid Russian origin of fuel shipped to US, India central banker says

MOST VIEWED

  • North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un greets health workers and scientists struggling with the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic during a photo session in Pyongyang, North Korea, in this undated photo released on August 10, 2022 by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). KCNA via REUTERS
    North Korea lifts mask mandate, distancing rules after declaring Covid victory
  • A motorist passes by a mural of frontline workers against coronavirus at RK Puram in New Delhi on July 25. Delhi’s Covid-19 recoveries have outstripped new cases on almost all days this month barring a few exceptions, after ramped-up containment and testing efforts over the past month or so. (Sanchit Khanna / HT Photo)
    Delhi to enforce mask mandate again after spurt in Covid cases
  • A general view of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia September 30, 2014. REUTERS/Tami Chappell
    US CDC no longer recommends students quarantine for Covid-19 exposure
  • In this file photo taken on March 2, 2019, Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un, attends a wreath-laying ceremony at Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Hanoi. Photo: Hindustan Times
    Kim Jong Un's sister warns Seoul of 'retaliation' over Covid
  • North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks at a politburo meeting of the Worker's Party on the country's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak response in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on May 21, 2022. KCNA via REUTERS
    North Korea declares victory over Covid, suggests leader Kim had it
  • Workers wearing protective suits arrive to a building under lockdown for compulsory testing, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Hong Kong, China January 7, 2022. Photo :Reuters
    Hong Kong cuts Covid quarantine stay for incoming travellers

Related News

  • Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen tests Covid positive
  • Severity is less despite infections, deaths on the rise
  • China slashes Covid quarantine time for international travellers
  • Indonesia to drop outdoor mask mandate as Covid-19 infections drop
  • WHO: Covid-19 falling everywhere, except Americas and Africa

Features

Toes and talons of Shikra. Photo; Enam Ul Haque

Shikra: A leopard with wings!

10h | Panorama
Photo: Noor-A-Alam

Around the world in 10 days: A chance to taste global cuisines

9h | Food
Lobbyists float ludicrous arguments to prevent tobacco control act amendment

Lobbyists float ludicrous arguments to prevent tobacco control act amendment

11h | Panorama
Will US-China tensions boil over?

Will US-China tensions boil over?

9h | Panorama

More Videos from TBS

Dollar price increase affecting Karnaphuli tunnel construction

Dollar price increase affecting Karnaphuli tunnel construction

28m | Videos
Climate crisis a blessing in disguise to them

Climate crisis a blessing in disguise to them

1h | Videos
Growing rice crisis shows how important food self-sufficiency is for Bangladesh

Growing rice crisis shows how important food self-sufficiency is for Bangladesh

2h | Videos
What will happen after global warming?

What will happen after global warming?

4h | Videos

Most Read

1
Dollar crisis: BB orders removal of 6 banks’ treasury chiefs 
Banking

Dollar crisis: BB orders removal of 6 banks’ treasury chiefs 

2
Photo: Collected
Transport

Will Tokyo’s traffic model solve Dhaka’s gridlocks?

3
Diesel price hiked by Tk34 per litre, Octane by Tk46
Energy

Diesel price hiked by Tk34 per litre, Octane by Tk46

4
Representational Image. Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

Air passengers should plan extra commute time to airport: DMP

5
Arrest warrant against Habib Group chairman, 4 others 
Crime

Arrest warrant against Habib Group chairman, 4 others 

6
File Photo: State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid
Energy

All factories to remain closed once a week under rationing system

EMAIL US
[email protected]
FOLLOW US
WHATSAPP
+880 1847416158
The Business Standard
  • About Us
  • Contact us
  • Sitemap
  • Privacy Policy
  • Comment Policy
Copyright © 2022
The Business Standard All rights reserved
Technical Partner: RSI Lab

Contact Us

The Business Standard

Main Office -4/A, Eskaton Garden, Dhaka- 1000

Phone: +8801847 416158 - 59

Send Opinion articles to - [email protected]

For advertisement- [email protected]