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New Delhi/London, July 18
With a surge of 1 million cases in under 100 hours, global Covid-19 cases crossed 14 million on Friday.
The first case was reported in China in early January and it took three months to reach one million. It has taken just four days to climb to 14 million cases from 13 million recorded on July 13.
The US, with more than 3.6 million confirmed cases, is still seeing huge daily jumps in its first wave of infections. It reported a daily global record of more than 77,000 new infections on Thursday, while Sweden has reported 77,281 total cases since the pandemic began.
The number of cases globally is around triple that of severe influenza illnesses recorded annually, according to the World Health Organisation. The pandemic has now killed more than 6,00,000 persons in seven months.
The disease is accelerating the fastest in the Americas, which account for more than half the world's infections and half its deaths. In Brazil, more than 2 million people have tested positive and 76,000 have died. India, the only other country with more than 1 million cases, has been grappling with an average of almost 30,000 new infections each day for a week.
With India's cases climbing to 10,38,716 today after a daily increase of 34,884, the government issued guidelines for resident welfare associations (RWAs), asking these to thermal screen every visitor.
The RWAs have been asked to get colony residents to report those showing Covid symptoms. Vendors, helps, car cleaners and delivery boys will undergo such screening daily. Physical distancing of at least 6 feet is to be followed at all locations. — TNS/Reuters
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