People are seen wearing face masks in Mexico City, Mexico, July 25, 2020. (Photo by Sunny Quintero/Xinhua)
- Global COVID-19 cases surpass 16 mln: Johns Hopkins University
- DPRK declares state of emergency after Kaesong city reports suspected COVID-19 case
- India's death toll rises to 32,063 as total cases reach 1,385,522
- Brazil's COVID-19 deaths top 86,000
BEIJING, July 26 (Xinhua) -- The following are the updates on the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
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BEIJING -- Global COVID-19 cases have surpassed 16 million on Sunday, the most recent statistics of the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University showed.
The global count reached 16,048,100 with a total of 644,537 deaths, according to the latest data.
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Undated photo handed out by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Dec. 31, 2019 shows Kim Jong Un, chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), addressing the 5th Plenary Meeting of the 7th Central Committee of the WPK in Pyongyang, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). (KCNA/Handout via Xinhua)
PYONGYANG -- Kim Jong Un, the top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), declared a state of emergency in Kaesong after the border city reported a suspected case of COVID-19, said Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Sunday.
"There happened a critical situation in which the vicious virus could be said to have entered the country," Kim said on Saturday as he presided over an emergency enlarged meeting of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party
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Patients do yoga at a COVID-19 care center in New Delhi, India, July 24, 2020. (Photo by Partha Sarkar/Xinhua)
NEW DELHI -- India's federal health ministry Sunday morning reported 705 more deaths and 48,661 COVID-19 cases during the past 24 hours, taking the number of deaths to 32,063 and total cases to 1,385,522.
According to ministry officials, 885,577 people have been discharged from hospitals after showing improvement, and the number of active cases in the country stood at 467,882.
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HANOI -- Vietnam reported a new community case of COVID-19 infection on Sunday, bringing its total confirmed cases to 418 with zero death so far, according to the country's Ministry of Health.
The latest case was a 61-year-old man from central Da Nang city's Hai Chau district and is being treated in a local hospital, said the ministry.
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BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN -- Brunei reported no new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday with the national tally of cases standing at 141.
It marked the 80th consecutive day without new cases since May 7.
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People are seen outside the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia, May 20, 2020. (Xinhua/Bai Xuefei)
CANBERRA -- Australia recorded 10 COVID-19 deaths on Sunday, when the country's total confirmed cases surpassed 14,000.
All 10 deaths confirmed on Sunday were in the state of Victoria, with the victims aged between 40 and 80.
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People take selfies at Yeouido Hangang Park in Seoul, South Korea, May 6, 2020. (Xinhua/Wang Jingqiang)
SEOUL -- South Korea reported 58 more cases of the COVID-19 as of 0:00 a.m. Sunday local time compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 14,150.
The daily caseload remained high after growing in triple digits in the previous day due to a surge in imported cases and the continued small cluster infections.
Of the new cases, 46 were imported from overseas, lifting the combined figure to 2,290.
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SAO PAULO -- Brazil registered 1,211 new COVID-19 deaths in the last 24 hours, taking its total to 86,449, the Ministry of Health announced Saturday.
Meanwhile, 51,147 new confirmed cases were reported, bringing the nationwide count to 2,394,513, the ministry said.
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LIMA -- The Peruvian government will reevaluate the national health crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic to determine if "tougher measures" are needed, Health Minister Pilar Mazzetti said Saturday.
"We are monitoring the figures. There has been a new rebound," Mazzetti said, adding quarantine measures may be extended in regions where cases are increasing.■
