November 12, 2020
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Fauci vows to ‘double down’ to fight Covid

His comments come as the US is seeing a surge in coronavirus cases, with more than 100,000 new cases per day for the past week…reports Asian Lite News

Dr Anthony Fauci, the top US infectious diseases expert, says the country needs to “double down” on public health measures such as mask-wearing and social distancing. BBC reports

Speaking to Chatham House on Thursday, he warned that the cold weather makes for a “challenging and ominous situation”.

His comments come as the US is seeing a surge in coronavirus cases, with more than 100,000 new cases per day for the past week.

The US is the worst-hit country with the world’s highest number of cases and deaths at 10,397,400 and 241,619, respectively, according to the CSSE.

India comes in second place in terms of cases at 8,636,011, while the country’s death toll soared to 127,571

The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 52 million, while the deaths have surged to 1,282,790, according to the Johns Hopkins University.

As of Thursday morning, the total caseload and death toll stood at 52,048,827 and 1,282,796, respectively, the University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed in its latest update.The other countries with more than a million confirmed cases are Brazil (5,747,660), France (1,914,722), Russia (1,822,345), Spain (1,417,709), Argentina (1,273,356), the UK (1,260,198) and Colombia (1,165,326), the CSSE figures showed.

Brazil currently accounts for the second highest number of fatalities at 163,368.

The countries with a death toll above 20,000 are Mexico (95,842), the UK (50,457), Italy (42,953), France (42,599), Spain (40,105), Iran (39,664), Peru (34,992), Argentina (34,531), Colombia (33,312) and Russia (31,326).

Also read:Fauci hails Pfizer coronavirus vaccine

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