Live COVID-19 updates: New Zealand reports two new imported cases in managed isolation
0 Comment(s)
Print
E-mail Xinhua, October 28, 2020
BEIJING, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- The following are the updates on the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
- - - -
WELLINGTON -- New Zealand reported two new imported cases of COVID-19 in managed isolation and no new community cases on Wednesday.
The first imported case is a person who arrived from Paris on Friday while the second arrived from London, according to the Ministry of Health.
- - - -
BEIJING -- Chinese health authority said Wednesday that it received reports of 42 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on the Chinese mainland Tuesday, including 22 that were domestically transmitted and 20 imported.
All the domestically-transmitted cases were asymptomatic cases from northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region that were re-categorized as confirmed cases, according to the National Health Commission and Xinjiang's health commission.
- - - -
SAO PAULO -- Brazil's COVID-19 death toll reached 157,946 after 549 more daily deaths were reported, the Ministry of Health said on Tuesday.
The single-day fatalities were almost double the number reported on Monday.
- - - -
PARIS -- The French government is considering a month-long lockdown nationwide to halt the COVID-19 epidemic resurgence, France's BFM TV reported Tuesday.
The lockdown could take effect from midnight on Thursday. But such a measure has not been announced yet. BFM TV said the lockdown would be more flexible than restrictions imposed in March this year.
- - - -
TRIPOLI -- The National Center for Disease Control of Libya on Tuesday reported 752 new COVID-19 cases, raising the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 57,975.
The center said in a statement it received a total of 3,405 suspected samples, of which 752 tested positive, adding that 738 patients have recovered while 11 others died over the period.
- - - -
MADRID -- The Spanish Health Ministry confirmed on Tuesday that the country registered 18,418 new infections and 267 deaths over the past 24 hours. It is the highest daily COVID-19 deaths in the second wave.
The total number of infections since the start of the pandemic in Spain reached 1,116,738 and the death toll rose to 35,298. Enditem
Go to Forum >>0 Comment(s)