The following are the updates on the contagious disease.
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WASHINGTON — The death toll from COVID-19 in the United States jumped by 884 over the past 24 hours, setting a new one-day record for the country, according to Johns Hopkins University on Wednesday evening.
So far, the total COVID-19 death toll the United States reaches 4757.
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CANBERRA — Researchers from Australia’s national science agency have begun testing vaccines for COVID-19.
The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) on Thursday announced that it has commenced the first stage of testing at the Australian Animal Health Laboratory (AAHL) in Geelong, 75 kilometers southwest of Melbourne.
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CAPE TOWN — South Africa on Wednesday launched dozens of mobile sampling and testing units for COVID-19, in a bid to scale up the capacity of testing as more cases were reported nationwide.
The National Health Laboratory has purchased 60 mobile sampling and testing units to be deployed nationwide, by which medical workers will go out to test citizens for COVID-19, said Health Minister Zweli Mkhize.
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RIO DE JANEIRO — The Brazilian government on Wednesday unveiled a new initiative to systematically detect COVID-19 infections among the population.
The Health Ministry will robocall 125 million people, 60 percent of the total, asking them questions about their state of health.
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WASHINGTON — The United States became the first nation with more than 200,000 COVID-19 infections on Wednesday, according to a new tally from Johns Hopkins University.
As of Wednesday afternoon, a total of 203,608 confirmed cases have been reported in the United States, with 4,476 deaths, showed the tally updated by the university’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering.
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