World Coronavirus Dispatch: Western Europe surpasses US in daily infections

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Western Europe surpassed the US in its new daily Covid-19 infections, re-emerging as a global hotspot for the virus having seemingly brought it under control before the summer. France recorded nearly 10,000 new cases on Thursday, the most since its lockdown ended four months ago. A government meeting is due to take place on Friday to discuss measures to curb the spread. Read more here

Let’s look at the global statistics:

Total Confirmed Cases: 28,171,109

Change Over Yesterday: 299,838

Total Deaths: 909,679

Total Recovered: 18,994,237

Nations hit with most cases: US (6,397,227), India (4,562,414), Brazil (4,238,446), Russia (1,042,836) and Peru (710,067)

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