GLOBAL CORONAVIRUS UPDATES

GLOBAL COVID-19 TODAY

CORONAVIRUS CASES: 62,656,682

DEATHS: 1,459,803

RECOVERED: 43,273,902

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Sunday’s global Covid-19 snapshot report

WTX News gives you a snapshot report on the latest global Covid-19 developments this Sunday.

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Indonesia registers record daily rise in cases

Indonesia reported a record daily rise in coronavirus infections with 6,267 cases, bringing the total to 534,266, data from the country’s Covid-19 task force showed.

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Russia reports 26,683 new cases

Russia reported 26,683 new virus cases after the number of daily confirmed infections hit a record 27,543 on Friday. The new cases took the national total to 2,269,316 since the start of the pandemic.

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Shanghai marathon defies virus with 9,000 runners

Around 9,000 runners – some wearing face masks – took part in the Shanghai International Marathon, Chinese media said, a rare mass event in a year when virus laid waste to most such sport.

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Singaporean gives birth to baby with virus antibodies 

A Singaporean woman, who was infected with the novel virus in March when she was pregnant, has given birth to a baby with antibodies against the virus, offering a new clue as to whether the infection can be transferred from mother to child.

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North Korea toughens rules of entry to sea to fight virus

North Korea is further toughening restrictions on entering seawaters as part of elevated steps to fight the virus pandemic, state media said, two days after South Korea said the North had banned sea fishing.

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‘Catastrophic’: Balkan healthcare overwhelmed by virus surge

A skyrocketing virus caseload is pushing hospitals in the Balkans to the cusp of collapse, in chaotic scenes reminding some medics of the region’s 1990s war

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S Korea mulls stricter social distancing amid cases resurge

South Korean authorities will consider tighter social distancing restrictions to clamp down on economic activities after last week saw the fastest spread of infections since the early days of the virus pandemic.

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Germany reports 14,611 cases

The number of confirmed virus cases in Germany increased by 14,611 to 1,042,700, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed.

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Britain secures additional Moderna vaccine doses

Britain has secured an additional two million doses of Moderna Inc’s virus vaccine candidate, the government said in a statement.

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Mexico posts more than 10,000 new cases

Mexico has reported 10,008 new coronavirus infections and 586 additional deaths, health ministry data showed, bringing the official number of cases to 1,100,683 with a total death toll of 105,459.

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China reports 11 new cases

China has reported 11 new coronavirus cases in the mainland for November 28, compared with six cases a day earlier, the health authority said.

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Virus surge leads to curfew in San Francisco

A surge in coronavirus cases will put San Francisco under a curfew beginning on Monday and trigger other restrictions related to the virus, the city announced.

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Brazil registers 51,922 new cases

Brazil has registered 51,922 additional cases over the last 24 hours and 587 new deaths, the nation’s Health Ministry said.

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