Mon 09 October 2020:
The number of coronavirus cases around the globe topped 50 million on Sunday as COVID-19 continued to surge in the United States and Europe, according to a tally from Johns Hopkins University.
The U.S., which last week saw its highest single-day case counts since the pandemic began, led the world with 10 million cases and more than 239,000 deaths.
States across the U.S. were adding thousands of new cases daily, with Illinois recording a national high of more than 12,000 on Saturday, according to the data.
Europe — with 12.6 million cases and 306,000 deaths — is once again the epicentre of the pandemic.
Under new measures in Greece, people can only leave home if they make a mobile phone request and receive authorisation.
Essential shops can stay open, including supermarkets and pharmacies.
Hairdressers have also been allowed to stay open, but just for two more days, and they were booked out.
The measures follow the imposition of tough restrictions in Italy, France, Ireland and the United Kingdom, while Germany and other nations have also imposed new rules.
Britain has banned entry to all non-resident foreigners coming from Denmark after a mutated version of the coronavirus linked to mink farms was found in humans.
Royals and politicians in London observed a low-key and socially-distanced Remembrance Sunday without the usual solemn pageantry to honour the country’s war dead.
After Europe, the regions most affected are Latin America and the Caribbean with 11.6 million cases and 411,700 deaths, Asia with 11 million cases and 176,600 deaths and the United States and Canada with 10.1 million infections and 247,600 fatalities.
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