Corona virus reaches 94 countries, 3,491 deaths so far

Corona virus reaches 94 countries, 3,491 deaths so far

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New Delhi: The number of people infected with the corona virus worldwide reached 1,01,988 on Saturday. So far 94 countries have been hit by it and 3,491 people have lost their lives. These figures have been given on the basis of information received from the governments of these countries.

According to this, in the last one day (Friday evening to Saturday evening) 1,146 new people suffering from the virus have been detected and 35 deaths have occurred. The World Health Organization has described the infection as a ‘deep concern’.

The virus was detected in China in late December last year. So far, 3,070 people have lost their lives and 80,651 infected people have been detected. Other than China, 421 people have been killed and 21,337 people have been found infected. Region-wise, Asia is at the top due to China. Here 89,021 people are infected and 3,131 have died. In Europe, 215 died and 7,503 were infected, 127 died in the Middle East and 5,032 were afflicted. So far, 264 infected people have been detected in the US and Canada and 16 have died. 50 people have been detected in Latin America and the Caribbean and 42 in African countries.

America is battling to prevent its infection on a cruise called the Grand Princess. The ship has been parked off the coast of San Francisco since Wednesday. In this, virus infection has been found in 21 people. One has also died. After this crisis, US Vice President Mike Pence had to announce that the ship would be brought to a non-commercial dock by the end of this week and that all 3,533 passengers and crew would be tested. Grand Princess is the ship of a company called Princess Cruises. It is the same company whose ship was parked off the coast of Japan and in which 700 people were found to be coron victims.

Meanwhile, the US state of Florida has confirmed that there have been two deaths from the corona virus. In this way, the death toll from this virus has increased to 16 in the US. The list of canceled events due to Corona has also included the South West Festival in Austin, Texas, and the Ultra Electronic Dance Festival in Miami.

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