In a statement, Arsenal said that they have closed their London Colney training centre after they Arteta tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
"This is really disappointing but I took the test after feeling poorly. I will be at work as soon as I'm allowed," said Arteta.
On the other hand, Chelsea said that Callum displayed symptoms similar to a mild cold on Monday morning and has not been at the training ground since then as a precaution.
However, after testing positive, he will undergo a period of self-isolation.
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Three Leicester City players have shown symptoms of infecting COVID-19 and have been isolated from the rest of the squad.
Meanwhile veteran Manchester United defender Gary Neville has accused the Premier League of 'embarrassing leadership' over the Coronavirus crisis after positive cases of Covid-19 infection, the Mirror quoted.
England's top football league has also called for an emergency meeting in the wake of the Coronavirus situation with several matches including Man City against Arsenal and the Gunners' trip to Brighton also postponed.
Not only Premier League, Juventus defender Daniele Rugani has also tested positive for coronavirus, the Serie A giants confirmed on Thursday.
"The footballer, Daniele Rugani has tested positive for COVID-19 and is currently asymptomatic," read a statement. "Juventus Football Club is currently activating all the isolation procedures required by law, including those who have had contact with him."
Spain's La Liga has already decided to suspend its next two match days after Real Madrid, who were to play on one of the match days, said that it has placed its players and staff under quarantine after one of the members of its basketball team tested positive for coronavirus.
South America's football governing body, CONMEBOL, has also asked FIFA to suspend the beginning of World Cup qualifiers slated for the end of March due to coronavirus pandemic.
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(With IANS Inputs)
"Last night after an in-depth discussion with the president about Covid-19 testing he elected to proceed," Conley said in a memorandum released through Trump's Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham on Saturday evening.
"This evening I received confirmation that the test is negative."
Trump said earlier in the day at a White House news conference that he had taken the test "only because the press is going crazy" while his doctor did not consider it necessary and he did not want to jump the queue while people were waiting for it.
He said, "I decided I should, based on the press conference yesterday. People were asking, 'Did I take the test?'"
He had been criticised by the media for not having taken the test even though he had been exposed to a person who came down with the disease.
One reporter went to the extent of asking him on Friday if he was being "selfish" by not getting tested.
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Following the outcry over possible exposures, the White House introduced temperature screening on Saturday for people who may come in contact with Trump or Vice President Mike Pence. Among the first reported to be affected by it was a journalist who was running a temperature and was barred from the news conference.
Trump said that his temperature was also checked before he entered the briefing room. Vice President Mike Pence and other officials confirmed that their temperatures were also tested before they came in.
A White House spokesperson, Judd Deere, said that "out of an abundance of caution" temperatures were being checked for anyone who could be in close proximity to Trump or Pence.
Vice President Mike Pence's Spokesperson Katie Miller tweeted that the journalist who was turned away was checked three times and registered above the 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Centigrade) limit set by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines.
The journalist was not identified. Another journalist tweeting as the CNN White House Team claimed the person turned away had only a temperature of 99.9 degrees Fahrenheit (37.7 degrees centigrade).
The CNN tweet said, "He was trying to get access to the briefing and was turned away and is being held by the press office on the White House driveway."
Pence, who is heading the Coronavirus Task Force, said that he and his wife would be "more than happy to be tested."
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The controversy over Trump's testing arose over him posing at a dinner for a picture at the Mar-a-Lago resort over the last weekend with Fabio Wajngarten, the communications chief of visiting Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro.
Wajngarten was later found to be infected with Covid-19. Bolsonaro shot down rumours that he was also infected with the virus, tweeting that a test had cleared him.
"One week after having dinner with the Brazilian delegation in Mar-a-Lago, the President remains symptom-free," Conley's memo said on Saturday.
In a memo on Friday night, Conley had said that Trump did not need a test or a quarantine because his interactions with infected persons were considered low-risk under the guidelines of the CDC.
Referring to the Brazilian official, Conley said it was only a brief contact e "photograph, handshake."
Conley said that they had learned on Friday evening that another person who had shared the dinner table with Trump and the White House delegation had shown symptoms of COVID-19, but only on Friday morning.
(IANS)
According to data available on Health Ministry's website, seven deaths have been reported in India so far.
With reports of violation of COVID-19 guidelines from some areas, Government of India came up with a notice stating that all the States have been asked to strictly enforce the lockdown in the areas where it has been announced by the GoI, else legal action will be taken against violators
All the States have been asked to strictly enforce the #lockdown in the areas where it has been announced by the Government of India. Legal action will be taken against violators #LockdownNow (ANI) pic.twitter.com/bqa9suYZn8
— OTV (@otvnews) March 23, 2020
In his appeal, PM Narendra Modi said, "Even now, many people are still not taking lockdown measures seriously. Please save yourselves, your family by following government's Covid-19 guidelines. I request State governments to make people strictly follow the rules."
It is to be noted that almost all States have declared partial or complete lockdown to contain the spread of this lethal virus.
According to figures revealed by Health Ministry, "A total of 23 patients have been cured and discharged. Seven deaths have been reported across the country."
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Among the 22 states and union territories where the cases were found, Maharashtra had the highest patient count followed by Kerala.
As of 2.30 pm on Sunday, there were 341 cases, of the virus across India, the Union Health Ministry said.
The number of coronavirus active cases in Maharashtra shot up from 74 to 89 with 14 new cases here on Monday, officials said.
The test results of 15 of the 210 suspected cases were detected to be positive and more results are awaited.
The figure shot up even as Health Minister Rajesh Tope warned that the state stood on the threshold of a 'multiplication stage' of the virus.
His statements came in the wake of the death of a 63-year old man late on Saturday at the Sir H. N. Reliance Hospital, the second victim of COVID-19 last week in the state.
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"This is the stage to exercise extreme precaution since we don't want to enter from Phase II to Phase III at any cost," Tope urged.
This is the biggest spurt of positive cases in a single day - from 53 on Friday to 64 on Saturday and from 74 on Sunday to 89 on Monday.
As the state continued to lead in the number of active cases, Tope again urged people to strictly remain indoors as 'isolation' is the key to battling the COVID-19 virus spread.
The lockdown declared by the Delhi government following the spurt in coronavirus active cases has no meaning for people in Outer Delhi as they are violating the norms in areas such as Nangloi, Paschim Vihar, Vikaspuri, Mundka, Peeragadhi, Janakpuri and Tilaknagar without any fear.
In the lockdown situation only the shops that sell essential goods are allowed to open, but here in Outer Delhi, salons, vehicle mechanics and paan shops have been opened since morning.
Moreover, e-rickshaws and gramin sewa tempos were seen plying on road without any hesitation, while Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the press conference on Sunday had clearly stated that these things will be completely banned.
The most surprising thing is that whether it is e-rickshaw or gramin sewa, they were packed with passengers. Shockingly, only a quarter of the riders were seen wearing masks. Some gramin sewa drivers were also seen opting for internal routes to escape lockdown and earn money. The police, however, are monitoring the situation on main routes but they can't even stop these vehicles inside the colonies.
A Reliance Fresh's store in Syed village of Nangloi was full of customers and they were seen pushing each others to purchase the goods.
When IANS contacted the manager of this store, he said that he has instructed the guard to allow only one person from a family to come in and stop those who have not wearing a mask, but people are not following the instructions.
The people apparently came to buy essentials goods for the whole month, hence, almost everyone had a companion but almost a half of these had no masks on their faces.
Moreover, the Section 144 is in forces that prohibits gathering of four and more people at one place at one time. But in areas such as Nihal Vihar, Vikaspuri and Janakpuri, people were moving freely. Customers were also purchasing plants from nursery. A salon was also opened in Nihal Vihar.
Despite the Section 144 is in force, people were seen in groups at many places in these areas. This threatens to spread more of this epidemic. People either lack awareness or are deliberately flouting the rules.
In areas like Tilaknagar and Nihal Vihar, many gurdwaras were seen open against the government's orders.
Kejriwal had said in the press conference that no one will be stopped but people should come out only when its extremely urgent but in such a large areas, no policeman was seen questioning anyone.
(With IANS Inputs)
Outside China, the countries that reported over 10,000 COVID-19 cases included Italy, the US, Spain, Germany, Iran, France and Switzerland. Italy suffered the most deaths from the disease, which stood at 8,165, according to the CSSE, Xinhua reported.
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It took around two days for the total number to jump from 400,000 to 500,000. Over 170 countries and regions have reported COVID-19 cases so far, the CSSE said.
Coronavirus claims over 8,000 lives in Italy
The coronavirus pandemic has claimed 8,165 lives in locked-down Italy by Thursday, with the cumulative number of cases reaching 80,539, according to new data released by the Civil Protection Department.
Speaking during a nightly televised press conference, Agostino Miozzo, director of Civil Protection Department and coordinator of the Technical and Scientific Committee, confirmed that there are 4,492 new coronavirus infections compared to Wednesday, bringing the nationwide active infections to 62,013 cases, Xinhua reported.
Of those infected, 33,648 are under house isolation and 3,612 are hospitalized in intensive care, while 24,753 are in ordinary hospital wards.
He added that there were 999 new recoveries compared to Wednesday, bringing the total to 10,361.
The death toll between Wednesday and Thursday was 662, bringing the total to 8,165 since the pandemic first broke out in northern Italy on February 21.
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The numbers are up from an official tally on Wednesday evening of 57,521 actively infected, 7,503 deaths, and 9,362 recoveries.
Miozzo also confirmed that Civil Protection Department Chief Angelo Borrelli has tested negative for the virus, and that Italian citizens have so far donated over 52 million euros to the Civil Protection Department to fight the emergency. (1 euro = $1.10)
(IANS)
As per the State Health & Family Welfare department, Bhadrak reported two fresh cases today, and Cuttack, Puri, Jajpur have registered one positive case each. It further revealed that 28 persons including 7 foreigners linked to Tablighi Jamaat in Nizamuddin Markaz have been identified in Odisha. While reports of all samples have been obtained, 25 have tested negative, and rest 3 samples have tested positive for COVID-19 (one each in Cuttack, Puri & Jajpur).
Bhubaneswar, on the other hand, is turning out to be a potential COVID-19 hotbed as the city recorded 10 new cases today. Of these, 7 were close contacts of Suryanagar (Patient-5) case including his wife, daughter and tenants while 3 others were from Bomikhal area.
15 COVID Positive cases confirmed today:
7 close contacts of Suryanagar case (including wife, daughter and tenants)
3 persons of Bomikhal
1 case of Cuttack
1 case of Puri
1 case of Jajpur
2 cases of Bhadrak (total positive cases in the State 20)— H & FW Dept Odisha (@HFWOdisha) April 3, 2020
While two positive cases have already been discharged from the hospital after testing negative, there are 18 active cases in State, all under constant supervision of the doctors.
In Odisha, out of the total 1395 samples tested so far, 20 have come out positive for COVID-19. On Friday, 282 samples were tested- 237 at RMRC, 25 at AIIMS and 20 at SCB Hospital.
In #Odisha, out of the total 1,395 samples so far, 20 have tested positive for #COVID19; today 282 samples were tested including 237 at RMRC, 25 at AIIMS, 20 at SCB
(Health Department) pic.twitter.com/oA3ytPpeSx
— OTV (@otvnews) April 3, 2020
It is pertinent to mention that till Thursday, Odisha had recorded only 5 positive cases. The State reported its 6th COVID case this afternoon after a Cuttack resident with recent travel history to Delhi was tested positive. The contact tracing of the patient is underway.
While Surya Nagar in Bhubaneswar was sealed yesterday, Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) today notified Bomikhal area too as a containment zone to check any possible spread of COVID-19 after three persons from the locality were tested positive today. The sealed area covers CCD Lane (Near Ekamra Hall)- Jharpara Canal Road- Jharpara Durga Mandap- Cuttack Puri Road (DCB Bank Square)- CCD Lane.
Unable to establish travel/contact history of the 5th #COVID patient, admin has declared Bhubaneswar's Surya Nagar as containment zone #OdishaFightsCorona pic.twitter.com/cGTzj5v9jw
— OTV (@otvnews) April 2, 2020
BMC has issued an order to declare the below mentioned zone of Bomikhal Zone as containment zone to contain any possible spread of the #COVID19.#WeCareForYou pic.twitter.com/TQYWYURZRs
— BMC (@bmcbbsr) April 3, 2020
Earlier today, Subroto Bagchi, the State government's chief spokesperson on Covid-19 said that 40 people from Odisha who visited the Tablighi Jamaat are in Delhi, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh. "Ten more people from WB linked to the congregation had visited Talcher recently and we have traced the contacts and sent for testing," he said.
Later, Dhenkanal district Collector revealed that there are 10 more people who have attended the Tablighi Jamaat and are now in Odisha. "From intelligence sources, we have come to know that 10 people linked to Tablighi Jamaat came to Dhenkanal via train between March 10 and March 17. We have traced the contacts and 14 people have been kept in quarantine, " the Collector said.
We once again request all who have linkage to Nizamuddin incident to voluntarily call 104 and provide information about their contacts. There is no need to panic and hide. Anyone having any information about such persons may inform 104. Help us to keep you safe.
— H & FW Dept Odisha (@HFWOdisha) April 3, 2020
Earlier today, Odisha government ordered total shut down in the jurisdictions of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack Municipal Corporation and Bhadrak Municipal Area from 8 PM today to April 5 (8 PM) to contain the spread of coronavirus and aggressively trace the contacts of 5th and 6th COVID-19 positive patients.
The health department also appealed people to call Helpline Number 104 if they develop flu-like symptoms.
"One could be infected by COVID unknowingly. We appeal to all with flu-like symptoms to call Health Helpline 104. We shall provide them with all necessary healthcare free of cost. That’s the only way we can prevent further spread. COVID is neither to be feared nor to be hidden," said the health department.
All persons having flu like symptoms are urged to call Health Helpline 104 and report about their personal particulars and health condition.
— H & FW Dept Odisha (@HFWOdisha) April 3, 2020
Global COVID-19 cases nearing 9 mn: Johns Hopkins University
The total number of global COVID-19 cases was nearing 9 million, while the deaths have increased to over 467,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
By Monday morning, the total number of cases stood at 8,927,195, while the fatalities increased to 467,636, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed in its latest update.
With 2,279,306 cases and 119,967 deaths, the US continues with the world's highest number of COVID-19 infections and fatalities, according to the CSSE.
Brazil comes in the second place with 1,083,341 infections and 50,591 deaths.
In terms of cases, Russia ranks third (583,879), and was followed by India (410,461), the UK (305,803), Peru (251,338), Spain (246,272), Chile (242,355), Italy (238,499), Iran (204,952), France (197,008), Germany (191,272), Turkey (187,685), Mexico (180,545), Pakistan (176,617), Saudi Arabia (157,612), Bangladesh (112,306) and Canada (103,078), the CSSE figures showed.
The other countries with over 10,000 deaths are the UK (42,717), Italy (34,634), France (29,643), Spain (28,323), Mexico (21,825) and India (13,254).
WHO reports largest single-day increase in coronavirus cases
The World Health Organization on Sunday reported the largest single-day increase in coronavirus cases by its count, at more than 183,000 new cases in the latest 24 hours.
The UN health agency said Brazil led the way with 54,771 cases tallied and the U.S. next at 36,617. Over 15,400 came in in India.
Experts said rising case counts can reflect multiple factors including more widespread testing as well as broader infection.
Overall in the pandemic, WHO reported 8,708,008 cases 183,020 in the last 24 hours with 461,715 deaths worldwide, with a daily increase of 4,743.
More than two-thirds of those new deaths were reported in America.
UK COVID-19 deaths rise to 42,632 as 43 more die
Another 43 COVID-19 patients have died in Britain as of Saturday afternoon, bringing the total coronavirus-related death toll in the country to 42,632, the British Department of Health and Social Care said.
The figures include deaths in all settings, including hospitals, care homes and the wider community, Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday.
As of Sunday morning, 304,331 people have tested positive for the disease in Britain, a daily increase of 1,221, according to the department.
As of Sunday morning, there have been 7,890,145 tests of the novel coronavirus in the country, with 175,018 tests on Saturday, said the department.
Earlier Sunday, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson insisted he is "sticking like glue" to his plans for easing the coronavirus lockdown for the hospitality industry from July 4.
"The disease is increasingly under control...so, of course, as we make that progress it will be possible to open up more and you will be hearing more about what we want to do with not just non-essential retail but with the hospitality sector from 4 July," Johnson said in a Downing Street interview.
Germany's meat processing company outbreak infects 1,331
The number of persons infected from a COVID-19 outbreak in the meat processing company Toennies in the district of Guetersloh in North-Rhine Westphalia (NRW) had risen to 1,331 as of Sunday afternoon, according to the press release of the district.
The district of Guetersloh said 6,139 tests had been carried out, and 5,899 results are now available, among which 1,331 are positive. Five employees of the company are now in intensive care. The tests showed that the number of positive results outside the decomposition unit is significantly lower than in the decomposition unit, Xinhua news agency reported.
Minister-President of the NRW, Armin Laschet, said on Sunday there is "an enormous pandemic risk," however, the infection can be localized at the company and there is no chain of infection in the rest of the region's population.
Due to several cluster infections in Germany, the daily number of new infections has been significantly higher than weeks ago. Statistics of the disease control agency, Robert Koch Institute (RKI), showed on Sunday that 189,822 people in Germany are proven to be infected with COVID-19, 687 more than the day before. And 8,882 people have died from COVID-19.
Iraq's COVID-19 cases exceed 30,000
Iraqi Health Ministry reported 1,646 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of cases since the outbreak of the disease in the country to 30,868.
The statement also reported 87 deaths during the day, as the total number of deaths climbed to 1,100 in the country, while 13,935 patients have recovered, Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday.
The new cases were recorded after 10,027 testing kits were used across the country during the past 24 hours, and a total of 445,241 tests have been carried out, according to the statement.
In the morning, Iraqis, particularly the football fans, were shocked by the news of the Iraqi football legend Ahmed Radhi's death as a result of complications after he was diagnosed with COVID-19.
China has been helping Iraq fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
From March 7 to April 26, a Chinese team of seven medical experts spent 50 days in Iraq to help contain the disease, during which they helped build a PCR lab and installed an advanced CT scanner in Baghdad.
Turkey's COVID-19 total cases climb to 187,685
Turkey's confirmed COVID-19 cases Sunday increased by 1,192, and 23 more people died, taking the death toll to 4,950, Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said.
The total number of confirmed coronavirus cases stood at 187,685 in the country, the minister tweeted on Sunday, Xinhua news agency reported.
Meanwhile, 1,412 patients recovered in the last 24 hours, making the total number of recovered cases 160,240, he stated.
Koca said 40,496 tests were conducted over the past day, and the overall number of tests reached 2,945,240.
Turkey is currently treating 803 patients in intensive care units, with 327 people intubated, Koca noted.
Turkey reported the first COVID-19 case in the country on March 11 and has stepped up the normalization process since June 1.
Bangladesh reports 3,531 new COVID-19 cases, 39 deaths
Bangladesh recorded over 3,500 more COVID-19 cases, bringing the total in the country to 112,306.
Senior health ministry official Nasima Sultana said in a briefing on Sunday afternoon that "3,531 new COVID-19 positive cases and 39 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours across Bangladesh", Xinhua news agency reported.
"The total number of positive cases is now 112,306 and the death toll stands currently at 1,464," she added.
According to the official, 15,585 samples were tested in the last 24 hours across Bangladesh.
She said 1,084 more COVID-19 patients were announced as recovered during the last 24 hours, bringing the total recoveries so far to 45,077.
(With Agency Inputs)
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Global COVID-19 cases cross 9 mn: Johns Hopkins University
The overall number of global COVID-19 cases has crossed the 9 million mark, while the deaths have surged to more than 471,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
By Tuesday morning, the total number of cases stood at 9,073,386, while the fatalities increased to 471,591, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed in its latest update.
With 2,310,786 cases and 120,393 deaths, the US continues with the world's highest number of COVID-19 infections and fatalities, according to the CSSE.
Brazil comes in the second place with 1,106,470 infections and 51,271 deaths.
In terms of cases, Russia ranks third (591,465), and was followed by India (425,282), the UK (306,761), Peru (257,447), Chile (246,963), Spain (246,504), Italy (238,720), Iran (207,525), France (197,381), Germany (191,768), Turkey (188,897), Mexico (185,122), Pakistan (181,088), Saudi Arabia (161,005), Bangladesh (115,786), Canada (103,418) and South Africa (101,590), the CSSE figures showed.
The other countries with over 10,000 deaths are the UK (42,731), Italy (34,657), France (29,666), Spain (28,324), Mexico (22,584) and India (13,699).
US COVID-19 deaths top 120,000
The number of COVID-19 deaths in the United States topped 120,000, reaching 120,036 as of 12:04 p.m. (1604 GMT), according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University.
A total of 2,286,457 cases have been reported in the country, according to the CSSE on Monday, Xinhua news agency reported.
New York state, which reported 388,488 cases, has seen a total of 31,125 deaths. Other states with over 5,000 COVID-19 deaths include New Jersey, Massachusetts, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and California, the CSSE data showed.
New York City, once the epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak in the country, entered phase two of reopening on Monday, during which hair salons, real estate sales, vehicle sales and rentals, some in-store retails are allowed to reopen. Restaurants can serve customers in the outdoor space, according to New York state's phased reopening strategy.
WHO urges balance between protection against COVID-19
The World Health Organization (WHO) urged a delicate balance between protection against COVID-19 and minimizing social, economic damage therewith, as global daily new cases keeps hitting new record.
"It's not a choice between lives and livelihoods. Countries can do both," claimed WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, as all countries are facing a "delicate balance between protecting their people, while minimizing the social and economic damage", Xinhua news agency reported.
The latest numbers from WHO show that more than 183,000 new cases of COVID-19 were reported on Sunday, which was easily the most in a single day so far. Worldwide, more than 8.8 million cases have now been reported to WHO, and more than 465,000 people have lost their lives.
According to the WHO chief, some countries are continuing to see a rapid increase in cases and deaths, while some others that have successfully suppressed transmission are now seeing an upswing in cases as they reopen their societies and economies.
He urged countries to be careful and creative in finding solutions that enable people to stay safe while getting on with their lives, and to double down on the fundamental public health measures that have been known to work, including finding and testing suspected cases, isolating and caring for the sick, tracing and quarantining contacts, and protecting health workers.
He also urged every individual to take measures to protect themselves and others, such as maintain physical distance, cleaning hands and wearing a mask where appropriate.
The WHO chief also talked about the potential of steroid dexamethasone in treatment of COVID-19, saying "although the data are still preliminary, the recent finding that the steroid dexamethasone has life-saving potential for critically ill COVID-19 patients gave us a much-needed reason to celebrate."
But he reiterated that it should only be used for patients with severe or critical disease and under close clinical supervision.
According to WHO, as of 3:50 p.m. CEST (1750 GMT), the COVID-19 pandemic had infected 8,860,331 people worldwide, causing a death toll of 465,740.
15 more deaths take UK's COVID-19 death toll to 42,647
Another 15 COVID-19 patients have died in Britain, bringing the total coronavirus-related death toll in the country to 42,647, the British Department of Health and Social Care said.
The figures include deaths in all settings, including hospitals, care homes and the wider community.
As of Monday morning, 305,289 people have tested positive for the disease in Britain, a daily increase of 958, according to the department, Xinhua news agency reported.
As of Monday morning, there have been 8,029,757 tests of the novel coronavirus in the country, with 139,659 tests on Sunday, said the department.
Earlier Monday, a spokesperson said 10 Downing Street has concluded review of the 2-meter rule, which would be presented to a meeting of the C-19 committee of senior ministers chaired by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson this afternoon.
The C-19 group will consider the recommendations of the review and the next steps in the coronavirus recovery roadmap. Johnson will make a statement to MPs on the plans Tuesday, said the spokesperson.
Turkey imposes fines for not wearing face masks
Turkey started to impose fines of up to 900 liras (US $131) on those who don't wear face masks in public places as part of the measures to curb the spread of COVID-19.
The measure came after a slight increase in new cases, covering outdoor spaces as well as shops and restaurants in 81 provinces of Turkey, Xinhua news agency reported on Monday.
Turkey confirmed 1,212 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number in the country to 188,897, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca announced Monday.
Meanwhile, 24 more died from the virus, taking the death toll to 4,974, while 1,293 patients recovered in the past 24 hours, raising the total number of recoveries to 161,533, the minister tweeted.
Koca also said 41,413 tests were conducted over the day, increasing the overall number of tests to 2,986,653.
Turkey is currently treating 846 patients in intensive care units, with 345 being intubated, he added.
Turkey reported the first COVID-19 case in the country on March 11 and has stepped up the normalization process since June 1.
(With Agency Inputs)
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On Wednesday morning, the total number of cases stood at 11,798,678 while the fatalities rose to 543,535, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed in its latest update.
The US accounted for the world's highest number of infections and fatalities with 2,993,759 and 131,455, respectively, according to the CSSE.
Brazil came in second place with 1,668,589 infections and 66,741 deaths.
In terms of COVID-19 cases, India ranks third (719,665), and is followed by Russia (693,215), Peru (309,278), Chile (301,019), the UK (287,874), Mexico (268,008), Spain (252,130), Iran (245,688), Italy (241,956), Pakistan (234,509), Saudi Arabia (217,108), South Africa (215,855), Turkey (207,897), France (206,072), Germany (198,343), Bangladesh (168,645), Colombia (120,281), Canada (108,023) and Qatar (100,945), the CSSE figures showed.
The other countries with over 10,000 deaths are the UK (44,476), Italy (34,899), Mexico (32,014), France (29,936), Spain (28,392), India (20,160), Iran (11,931), Peru (10,952) and Russia (10,478).
Chinese mainland reports 7 new imported Covid-19 cases
In China, Twenty Covid-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovery in the Chinese mainland on Tuesday, the National Health Commission said on Wednesday.
There were 390 patients still being treated, including six in severe conditions, the commission said in its daily report, Xinhua reported.
Altogether, 78,548 patients had been cured and discharged from hospitals by Tuesday, the report said.
As of Tuesday, a total of 83,572 confirmed Covid-19 cases had been reported on the mainland, among whom 4,634 died of the disease.
Researchers identify compounds that halt Covid-19 virus replication
In a fight against Covid-19 pandemic, the researchers have found several existing compounds that block replication of the coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) within human cells grown in the laboratory.
According to the study, published in the journal Cell Research, the inhibitors all demonstrated potent chemical and structural interactions with a viral protein critical to the virus's ability to proliferate.
"With a rapidly emerging infectious disease like Covid-19, we don't have time to develop new antiviral drugs from scratch," said study researcher Yu Chen from the University of South Florida in the US.
"A lot of good drug candidates are already out there as a starting point. But, with new information from studies like ours and current technology, we can help design even better (repurposed) drugs much faster," Chen added.
The most promising drug candidates - including the USFDA-approved hepatitis C medication boceprevir and an investigational veterinary antiviral drug known as GC-376 - target the SARS-CoV-2 main protease (Mpro).
Mpro is an enzyme that cuts out proteins form a long strand that the virus produces when it invades a human cell.
Since people do not have the enzyme, drugs targeting this protein are less likely to cause side effects, they explained.
(IANS)
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