Global coronavirus cases cross 49 million - GulfToday

Global coronavirus cases cross 49 million

  • 07 Nov 2020
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Ukraine registers a record 10,746 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. File photo

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More than 49.04 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 1,238,751 have died, according to a Reuters tally published on Saturday.

Russia reported 20,396 new coronavirus infections on Saturday, including 5,829 in the capital Moscow, bringing the national tally to 1,753,836.

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 Authorities also reported 364 coronavirus-related deaths in the last 24 hours, taking the official death toll to 30,251.

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The reported death toll has risen by 130 to 11,226, the tally showed. File photo

Germany's number of confirmed coronavirus cases has increased by 23,399 to 642,488, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Saturday.

The reported death toll has risen by 130 to 11,226, the tally showed.

Ukraine registered a record 10,746 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the health minister said on Saturday, up from a high of 9,850 reported on November 5.

Maksym Stepanov said the new cases had taken the total number of confirmed infections to 450,934, with 8,312 deaths. He said 187 new deaths had been registered in the past 24 hours.

Infections have been reported in more than 210 countries and territories since the first cases were identified in China in December 2019.

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