(Pooja Dubey, Intern Journalist) The number of coronavirus infections in the world has crossed 1.46 crore till Monday while the death toll has crossed 6.09 lakh. Cases of infections and deaths are still increasing in the US, while Brazil, the second-largest country in the world, has lost more than 79,000 lives. The total infected in the country has also exceeded 20.99 lakhs.
The situation is worst in Latin American country Brazil. After 23,529 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours, the total number of infected people has crossed 21 lakh. In the last day, 716 people have lost their lives inside Brazil due to the epidemic. However, more than 1.4 million people in Brazil have fully recovered from the infection. But in Sao Paulo, the country’s most affected city, 19,732 people have died, with 4 lakh cases confirmed so far.
There have been 600 new cases of infection in the last 24 hours in Russia. The total number of infected here has crossed the figure of 7.77 lakh. With the decline of new cases in Russia, 3,258 people have also recovered in the last 24 hours. For this reason, the situation in Russia seems to be improving.
Nigeria’s Foreign Minister Geoffrey Oniyama is infected with Covid-19. This was confirmed by the Finance Minister of Nigeria.
The UK has tied up with three companies to buy nine million doses of a possible vaccine for the coronavirus. The government is making every effort to provide a safe and effective vaccine to the British people as soon as possible.