More Than 10 States See COVID-19 Hospitalizations Hit Record Highs Amid Rebound In New Cases: Live Updates by Tyler Durden
Wed, 06/10/2020 - 11:11
Summary:
Mumbai surpasses case total from Wuhan as Indian outbreak worsens
Bangladesh, Jakarta reports record jump in new cases
Germany expands warning on international travel to non-European countries
9 states see COVID hospitalizations hit record highs
National guardsmen deployed in Washington DC test positive
AP weighs in on WHO's latest flip-flop
Gottlieb warns Texas on the brink of losing control of the outbreak
Greater New York area continues to bend the curve
* * *
Update (1000ET): Two of the largest countries in Asia have just reported grim new coronavirus milestones suggesting SARS-CoV-2 might soon make a comeback following a brief but intense resurgence in Singapore, and a few flareups in China and South Korea
In India, Mumbai, which, along with Delhi, India's political capital, is one of the main hotspots for the virus in the world's second-largest country.
Here's more from the BBC:
India's financial capital, Mumbai, has recorded 51,000 cases of Covid, taking it past the peak in Wuhan, where the virus first emerged.
The news comes amid a surge of infections in India, which has 266,598 confirmed cases.
Maharashtra state, of which Mumbai is the capital, has 90,000 of them.
Infections are also spiking in the capital Delhi, where authorities have said they expect to see more than half a million cases by the end of July.
The surge coincides with India's decision to relax restrictions after three months of a stringent lockdown that was intended to curb the spread of the virus.
On 8 June, shopping malls, places of worship and offices were allowed to reopen. Before that, shops, market places and transport services had all been allowed to operate as well.
But experts say that there was no other option but to lift the lockdown, which exacted a massive economic toll on the country.
Millions have already lost their jobs and livelihoods, businesses are shutting down, and the fear of hunger drove masses of daily-wage migrant workers to flee cities -mostly on foot because public transport was halted overnight.
Many of them died of exhaustion and starvation, in what has been called a human tragedy.
Indonesia just started relaxing a much-less-stringent lockdown in Jakarta, its densely populated capital, yet on Wednesday, it reported another record jump in newly reported cases. Indonesia reported 1,241 new cases of coronavirus over the last day, bringing its total to 34,316. The New York Times reported Wednesday that one consequence of Indonesia's lockdown might be a baby-boom, something the Indonesian government is already trying to suppress.
Bangladesh, a densely populated country that neighbors India, also reported a record jump in new cases.
Click for Full Text!