A pandemic of the new coronavirus has killed more than 821,000 people worldwide.
More than 24 million international people have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new respiratory virus, according to knowledge compiled through the Johns Hopkins University Center for Systems Science and Engineering. Diagnostic criteria, through clinical means or laboratory control, vary from country to country. However, the actual figures are believed to be much higher due to lack of verification, many unreported instances and suspicions that some national governments hide or minimize the scope of their epidemics.
Since the first cases were detected in China in December, the virus has spread to all continents except Antarctica. The United States has become the worst hit country, with more than 5.8 million cases diagnosed and at least 179,000 deaths.
Nearly 170 COVID-19 vaccine applicants are being monitored through the World Health Organization, six of which are in 3 of the critical trials.
A new report shows a 21% increase in youth cases in the United States since August 6.
Data collected through the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children’s Hospital Association showed that there were 74,160 new ones over a two-week period, August 6-20.
The report reviewed the knowledge of 49 states such as New York, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and Guam.
Overall, young people accounted for 9.3% of all cases in states that provided age data.
A total of 442,000 young people have tested positive for COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic.
The report notes that “serious illnesses due to COVID-19 are rare in children”: 21 states reported 0 child deaths in the same two-week age and accounted for 0-0.3% of all deaths due to COVID-19, according to the report.
New York State has had 19 consecutive days with less than 1% of others who underwent the COVID-19 test and became HIV-positive again, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced.
71,189 tests were reported to the state on Tuesday and 566 tested positive, a rate of 0.79%.
The total number of international coronavirus demonstrations for the Empire State Building is now 431340.
The state reported 3 deaths on Tuesday; the state now has 25,305 deaths since the pandemic began.
South Korea has noticed an accumulation of more than 40% in COVID-19 instances over the following month, as the virus spreads to all provinces of the country.
The total number of cases shown increased from 12,890 on July 26 to July 18,265 on August 26, an increase of 41.7%, according to the knowledge of the South Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And in the last two weeks alone, the instances have accumulated by 24% to 14714 reported on August 12.
South Korea has already experienced the largest outdoor COVID-19 outbreak in China, where the virus first appeared, but the fitness government has been able to do so through a comprehensive “tracking, testing and treatment” strategy. Today, infections are increasing in the capital and other parts of the country.
Some 6,800 schools will be closed in South Korea until 9/11 due to the developing epidemic. The country has launched a point 2 social estrangement program, but the government is reluctant to put in place even stricter measures, according to news agency Yonhap.
ABC News Christine Theodorou contributed to this report.
The World Economic Forum has to postpone its 51st annual meeting in Davos due to safety considerations similar to the coronavirus pandemic.
The elite convention at the Swiss Alps resort, frequented by billionaires and heads of state, will be postponed until early next summer. The rally was originally scheduled to take place in January 2021.
“The resolution was not easily taken, as the desire for world leaders to combine to devise an unusual path of recovery and shape the ‘Great Reboot’ in the post-COVID-19 era is very urgent,” said Adrian Monck, executive director of public participation at the World Economic Forum, said on a Wednesday. “However, the experts’ view is that the Forum cannot do it safely in January.”
Christine Theodorou of ABC News contributed to the report.