WASHINGTON, D.C.: The United States neared six million coronavirus cases on Sunday, nearly a quarter of the planet’s total, as nations around the world battle to contain the raging pandemic. A million additional cases have been detected globally roughly every four days since mid-July, according to an Agence France-Presse tally, with India on Sunday setting the record for the highest single-day rise in cases with 78,761. The world’s hardest hit country, the United States, had recorded 5.99 million cases of infection as of 0030 GMT Monday, according to Johns Hopkins University’s tracker. The US hit five million cases three weeks ago, just 17 days after reaching four million, the tracker said. In Berlin on Saturday, thousands gathered to march against coronavirus restrictions — but police later stopped the rally because many participants were not respecting social distancing measures.

Source: Manila Times August 31, 2020 06:00 UTC