The latest: COVID-19 outbreak worldwide (Updated February 5)

17:54, February 05, 2021

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  The latest: COVID-19 outbreak worldwide (Updated February 5)

  People keep safety distance as they wait to receive food at soup kitchen in Comas, in the northern outskirts of Lima on February 03, 2021, amid the new coronavirus pandemic. On top of hills, Peruvian women organize soup kitchens to feed hundreds of low-income families amid the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.The total number of deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic worldwide has increased to 2,281,408 with the global confirmed cases reaching 104,827,177 as of 9:30 am BJT on Friday, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University.Current status (data as of 9:30 am BJT, February 5):Britain confirmed Thursday it will introduce its new mandatory hotel quarantine rules for travelers returning from dozens of countries deemed at "high risk" from Covid-19 variants later this month.Johnson & Johnson asked US regulators Thursday to clear the world’s first single-dose COVID-19 vaccine, an easier-to-use option that could boost scarce supplies.Lithuania will start coronavirus genome sequencing process to monitor the diversity, prevalence and genome change of COVID-19 strains in Lithuania, the countrys health ministry said on Thursday.The government of South Australia (SA) has been urged to bring international students back to the state on charter flights. The Northern Territory in November last year used a charter flight to bring 63 students into Darwin from Singapore. They were the first international students to enter Australia since borders were closed in March 2020.Canada announced on Thursday to extend its ban on cruise ships in Canadian waters for one more year to 2022. Under the ban, cruise vessels carrying more than 100 people are prohibited from operating in Canadian waters, as well as adventure-seeking pleasure crafts operating in the countrys Arctic waters, except for those used by residents in the region.

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  The latest: COVID-19 outbreak worldwide (Updated February 3)

  People wearing face masks walk on a street in Tokyo, Japan, Feb. 2, 2021. (File photo: Xinhua)The total number of deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic worldwide has increased to 2,251,345 with the global confirmed cases reaching 103,830,367 as of 8:30 am BJT on Wednesday, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University.Current status (data as of 8:30 am BJT, February 3):Another 16,840 people in Britain have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 3,863,757, according to official figures released Tuesday.France counted another 23,337 coronavirus cases and 404 deaths in the past 24 hours, health authorities figures showed on Tuesday.Turkey on Tuesday reported 7,795 new COVID-19 cases, including 630 symptomatic patients, as the total confirmed cases in the country reached 2,492,977.Chile registered on Tuesday 3,138 COVID-19 infections and 22 deaths in the last 24 hours, for accumulated totals of 734,035 confirmed cases and 18,559 deaths, the Ministry of Health said.Cuba on Tuesday reported over 1,000 new daily cases of novel coronavirus infection for the second time in less than a week, after tests detected 1,044 new cases.The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the African continent reached 3,579,368 as of Tuesday, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said.

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  The latest: COVID-19 outbreak worldwide (Updated February 4)

  The total number of deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic worldwide has increased to 2,270,774 with the global confirmed cases reaching 104,468,800 as of 6:22 pm BJT on Thursday, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University.People wearing face masks walk on a street in Algiers, Algeria, on Feb. 3, 2021. (Photo: Xinhua)Current status (data as of 7:30 pm BJT, Feb 4):Sources: Johns Hopkins University, national public health agencies.The outbreak has now claimed the lives of at least 450,805 people in the US, the most of any country. The US also leads the world in the number of confirmed infections with 26,557,354.India has confirmed a total number of infections to 10,790,183. The death toll grew to 154,703.Brazil has confirmed a total number of infections to 9,339,420. The death toll grew to 227,563.Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in UK have increased to 3,882,972 with 109,547 deaths.It is followed by Russia with 3,874,830 infections and 74,005 deaths, France with 3,310,051 infections and 77,741 deaths, Spain with 2,883,465 cases and 60,370 deaths, Italy with 2,583,790 cases and 89,820 deaths and Turkey with 2,501,079 cases and 26,354 deaths.Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Germany have increased to 2,254,523 with 59,776 deaths.