Philippines records highest single-day jump in new cases
The Philippines reported its biggest single-day jump in new coronavirus cases, adding 2,434 confirmed infections and taking the total count to 44,254, the health ministry said.
The ministry said the rise could be attributed to increased contact among people as the country began easing lockdown measures to help reduce the pandemic’s damage to the economy.
The Philippines also recorded seven new deaths, the ministry said, bringing total fatalities to 1,297.
Fresh Spanish virus outbreak sees 70,000 locked down
Spain’s northwestern Galicia region ordered the lockdown of 70,000 people amid fears of a fresh coronavirus outbreak, following a larger one in the northeast.
All residents of the town of La Marina, 140 kilometres (90 miles) east of La Coruna, will be unable to leave the vicinity and gatherings of more than ten people will be banned to limit the possibility of contagion.
The move came only a day after regional officials put 200,000 people back in confinement following a “sharp rise” in infections near the northeastern town of Lerida some 150 kilometres (90 miles) west of Catalan regional capital Barcelona.
South Africa reports over 10,000 cases in one day
South Africa is reporting more than 10,000 new confirmed coronavirus cases for the first time in a single day.
That brings the country’s total confirmed cases to more than 187,977, by far the most of any country in Africa.
South Africa also has surpassed the deaths of 3,000 people in the outbreak.
SOURCE: Al Jazeera and news agencies
