COVID on Friday, with 262 in intensive care units as figures continue to trend downwards.This is down by 13 hospitalizations and a decrease of five in ICUs since the previous day.

Last Friday, there were 1,003 hospitalizations with 297 in ICU.The province recently began distinguishing between those who were admitted to hospital directly because of COVID, and those who were admitted for other reasons but tested positive for the virus.Of the 821 people in hospital with COVID-19, 44 per cent of them were admitted because of the virus, while 56 per cent were admitted for other reasons but tested positive for COVID-19.Of the 262 people in ICUs with the virus, 80 per cent were admitted because of COVID, while 20 per cent were admitted for other reasons.

Ontario will lift mask mandates by end of March if COVID-19 keeps declining, top doctor says Meanwhile, Ontario also reported 2,085 new lab-confirmed COVID-19 cases on Friday, though that is an underestimate of the true widespread transmission of the virus due to testing restrictions.

The provincial case total now stands at 1,109,493.Of the 2,085 new cases recorded, the data showed 207 were unvaccinated people, 54 were partially vaccinated people, 1,638 were fully vaccinated people.

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Wearing a mask has been part of a daily routine for nearly two years now.

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COVID-19: What past pandemics can tell us about how this one will end

After two years of COVID-19 lockdowns and travel advisories, things are beginning to return to normal as countries around the world lift restrictions.

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Kerala records steady decline in new Covid cases; active caseload at 9,530

Kerala reported 1,088 new COVID-19 cases and 31 related deaths in the past 24 hours, the state health department data showed. The active case tally stands at 9,530, of which only 9.5 per cent are in hospitals, the data shows.

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Maharashtra records 324 new Covid-19 cases, Mumbai sees no fatality for sixth day in a row

Maharashtra in the last 24 hours, taking the cumulative caseload to 78,70,951, the state health department said on Saturday.

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West Point cadets on spring break overdose on fentanyl-laced cocaine in South Florida vacation home

(Courtesy: WSVN) WILTON MANORS, Fla. - Four West Point cadets on spring break in South Florida overdosed on cocaine laced with fentanyl, with two other cadets becoming exposed to the drug after they began performing CPR on their friends. All had to be hospitalized, with at least one person in critical condition, rescue officials said.In the front yard of the vacation rental home, multiple people were found in cardiac arrest Thursday when emergency crews responded to the 911 call, Fort Lauderdale Fire Department Battalion Chief Steve Gollan told news outlets."We are being told that four of those people had taken a substance that was believed to be cocaine laced with fentanyl when they went down into cardiac arrest," Gollan told WSVN.That’s when first responders said two friends of the victims began performing mouth-to-mouth CPR, which then exposed them to the dangerous drug as well and caused them to overdose.RELATED: 5 Florida children face hate crime charges for attacking white students"We were able to get some of those individuals back, so their heart was beating again, with a Narcan.

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COVID-19: What you need know as Quebec lifts vaccine passport system, other measures

COVID-19 restrictions.The vaccine passport, which came into effect last September, has been gradually phased out over the past weeks. It was required to enter restaurants, gyms and bars, among other establishments.Health Minister Christian Dubé announced earlier this month that the government bumped up the timeline to eliminate the passport system by two days following discussions with public health officials.

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We are not done with pandemic: Expert warns on emergence of new COVID variants

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Covid-19 update: India reports 3,614 fresh cases, 89 deaths in last 24 hours

Covid-19 cases continued the declining trend with the country logging 3,614 fresh Covid-19 cases on Saturday, taking the Covid-19 tally to 4,29,87,875, as per the Union Health Ministry updated data. Additionally, India on Saturday recorded a massive decline in Covid-19 deaths logging 89 fatalities in the last 24 hours, taking the total death toll to 5,15,803, as per Health Ministry data.

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Local man who had near-deadly bout with COVID-19 still dealing with lingering symptoms

PHILADELPHIA - A Bucks County man who was one of the first people diagnosed with COVID-19 in the area during the onset of the pandemic said he's still experiencing symptoms long after recovering. Rico Rodriguez was in the hospital for two months with coronavirus in early 2020 and needed to be on a ventilator. He said most of his time spent in the hospital was a blur and he lost 45 pounds. "My doctor said when I first woke up that my lungs will come back, maybe not 100%, so I still do have breathing issues and shortness of breath from the longs sentence," Rodriguez said.Two years later, Rodriguez now considers himself a COVID-19 long hauler – a term for people still experiencing symptoms long after surviving the disease. Long COVID is usually diagnosed many weeks after a bout with COVID-19.

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China sees biggest surge in Covid-19 cases in two years, locks down Changchun city. 5 things to know

omicron variant spawning outbreaks at a scale only seen at the peak of the start of the pandemic, China’s daily Covid-19 caseload exceeded 1,000 for the first time in two years. Here is a look at what is going on in the country.

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3-year-old dies after being pinned between grandmother's car door, tree in Mayfair: police

"It's an absolute tragedy, there's nothing more to be said about it," Pace said. "It's not something that was intentional in anyway, it was just a tragic set of circumstances that lead to the death of this poor, innocent little girl." PHILADELPHIA - Authorities say a child was killed when she tried to open her grandmother's car door while she was parking and became pinned between the door and a tree. Emergency responders were called to the 3000 block of Aldine Street around 8 p.m.

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Changes to regulated health professionals vaccine order causing confusion

The province is taking a step back on one of its COVID-19 orders and extended health care workers now only have to report their vaccination status. The previous version of the order required all workers to be vaccinated and the change is causing some confusion for those involved.

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Prince Harry & Meghan Markle Sign Letter Highlighting Vaccine Inequity on COVID-19 Pandemic Anniversary

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are signing their names on an open letter which called out loosening COVID-19 policies across the world.

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The losses and lessons learned after 2 years of the COVID-19 pandemic

After six million people died, public health measures that came and went, and an unprecedented vaccine rollout, the world is marking two years since the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Winnipeg high school students dedicate song to health-care workers

River East Transcona School Division has released a music video dedicated to lifting the spirits of Manitoba’s health care workers.“The project began when we had our first choir meeting of the year,” Kildonan East music teacher Janet Isaac-Martens said.“Our students and I were having ideas on how we could perform when we couldn’t perform to an audience.”About 65 students from Kildonan East Collegiate, River East Collegiate and Murdoch MacKay Collegiate spent months working on the collaborative virtual video.“A boost to them is kind of necessary,” Kildonan East Grade 12 student Aiden Ordonez said. “To just reach out on our end and let them know that they’re appreciated.

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Speculative and misinformed: Govt rejects report claiming Covid-19 death toll in India much higher

Covid deaths between January 2020 and December 2021 were around eight times higher than reported.

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COVID-19: Masks still required in some indoor public spaces, despite lifting of B.C.’s mandate

Junior hockey: With mask mandate lifted, teams hoping to see increase in fans This is not the only place still requiring masks. Airports fall under federal mandates and Transport Canada regulations still state that everyone must have a mask or face covering during their journey.Kelowna International Airport director, Sam Samaddar, explains where masks must be worn.“As you enter and go through the pre-boarding screening, you will have to have a mask and really maintain that through boarding an aircraft and also on board the aircraft,” Samaddar said.Samaddar is concerned about travellers not following the rules, now that the provincial mask mandate has been lifted in most other indoor settings.

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COVID-19: B.C. reports three new deaths, fewest cases in ICU since mid-August

B.C. health officials released a written report with daily COVID-19 numbers on Friday, March 11 — the second anniversary of officials declaring the pandemic.

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18,699 community cases; 853 in hospital; 17 in ICU; 7 deaths

Today we are reporting 18,699 new community cases, 853 people in hospital with the virus, and seven additional COVID-19 related deaths.

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'He didn't deserve this': Man slain in Philadelphia's 100 homicide was "hardworking" father, fiancé

PHILADELPHIA - Authorities believe a Philadelphia father and soon-to-be husband was shot and killed during an attempted robbery Thursday night to become the city's 100th homicide so far this year. Family members say 28-year-old Bryheem Barr was walking to his car to go to work just before 11 p.m. near the intersection of North 53rd and Arch streets when the deadly shooting happened. According to police, Barr was found shot multiple times and driven to Penn Presbyterian Hospital by officers where he died. A police source told FOX 29's Kelly Rule that they believe the deadly shooting happened during a robbery and the shooter took Barr's legally-owned firearm.Bryheem Barr, 28, was shot and killed during an attempted robbery in West Philadelphia.

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Battle brewing between Ontario government and school boards over masking

Two school boards in the GTHA have indicated they want to keep masking rules in place past March 21. The Ford government is telling them to get in line, but some experts say the timeline doesn’t make scientific sense. Matthew Bingley reports.

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Toronto opera singer commemorates those lost to COVID-19

It’s been two years since the WHO made the declaration and the world was officially plunged into a pandemic. Now in 2022, there’s been much talk about moving on and returning to normal.

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Alberta surpasses 4,000 COVID-19 deaths 2 years after pandemic began

COVID-19 pandemic on Friday.More than 4,000 Albertans have lost their lives to the disease since the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020.In the last 24 hours, 11 deaths were reported to Alberta Health. The province’s death toll from COVID-19 has now reached 4,003.The number of people in hospital with COVID-19 declined slightly overnight, to 1,045 people.

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Police say woman gave birth on sidewalk and walked away

Portland police officers at the scene where a woman gave birth and allegedly walked away and left the child on a sidewalk. (Portland Police Bureau) An Oregon woman gave birth to a baby girl on a sidewalk and then walked away and left the child, authorities said Thursday. The Portland Police Bureau said officers and first responders received a report Wednesday of a woman who had given birth just before 11 a.m. They were dispatched when it was reported the mother allegedly walked away. Officers arrived on bicycle and checked on the newborn, who was being cared for by paramedics, police said. "They said the mother, the woman, was stumbling away eastbound on Market with a lot of blood and amniotic fluid all over her," officer Kirby-Glatkowski told KOIN-TV. The mother was not cooperative and was taken to a hospital for a mental health evaluation, police said. "My partner and I went to try and engage her, contact her, talk to her see what was going on.

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Q&A: Dr. Alex Summers, London-Middlesex MOH, reflects on 2 years of COVID-19 pandemic

COVID-19 a global pandemic, changing the world overnight and marking the start of what would become one of the deadliest pandemics in world history.London had already seen one confirmed case of the virus by the time the WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic on March 11, 2020, while the province had recorded at least 42 cases, along with its first death. (The death wouldn’t be officially confirmed as COVID-19-related until the following week.) School boards ‘expected’ to follow province in lifting mask mandate, Ontario government says Two years later, the London-Middlesex region has seen more than 32,500 lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 — an undercount due to testing eligibility changes — and has recorded more than 350 deaths, while across Ontario, more than 1.12 million people have tested positive and 12,227 have died during the pandemic.Globally, more than 454 million people have tested positive for COVID-19 while more than six million people have died, according to figures released by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at John Hopkins University.To mark the two-year anniversary of the pandemic, 980 CFPL’s Mike Stubbs sat down with Dr.

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Millions at risk of losing Medicaid coverage once COVID-19 public health emergency ends

our health care system, serving millions of children, pregnant women, seniors, those living with disabilities and other adults, and its enrollment only skyrocketed over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic.However, millions of Medicaid enrollees risk losing their coverage once the official public health emergency ends in the United States. One analysis by the Urban Institute, an economic and policy think tank, projects this could be as many as 15.8 million people, depending on its end date. The analysis, co-authored by senior fellow Matthew Buettgens, aims to highlight the massive scale of coverage transition that awaits — and what happens to those losing coverage.

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Global COVID-19 deaths may be 3 times higher than recorded

Today in The Lancet researchers say excess deaths data indicate that the global death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic may be more than three times higher than officially record.

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McMaster researchers say new ‘repellent wrap’ appears to resist all viruses and bacteria

McMaster University researchers in Hamilton say a promising pathogen-repellent wrap they’ve created could protect against contamination on high-touch surfaces such as door handles and railings.The so-called ‘RepelWrap’ is a simple plastic wrap with a built-in microscopic structure that helps to repel things like bacteria and viruses.Dr. Leyla Soleymani, associate professor Tohid Didar and others with the McMaster School of Biomedical Engineering published their first proof-of-concept research in December 2019, on the eve of the COVID-19 pandemic.The inventors believe their licensed technology has huge potential amid a worldwide viral crisis that led to more than 450 million COVID-19 cases between 2020 and 2022.“So … if you touch with a contaminated hand a regular surface, contamination will get transferred to it,” Soleymani told 900 CHML’s Good Morning Hamilton.“But if you touch the repel wrap, it doesn’t get contaminated.

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COVID-19: MLHU reports death of woman in her 90s, LHSC caring for 38 COVID-19 inpatients

Last Friday, LHSC was caring for 43 COVID-19 inpatients with six in adult critical care. LHSC says five or fewer of its COVID-19 inpatients are in Children’s Hospital, while zero are in pediatric critical care. Last week, there were five or fewer COVID-19 inpatients in Children’s Hospital with five or fewer in pediatric critical care.

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Waterloo Region student immunizations set to return but suspensions a ways off: Aoki

COVID-19.While many resources were thrown at fighting the virus, other items such as school vaccinations were left in the wings. WRDSB to hold meeting Friday night to discuss provincial COVID-19 changes for schools David Aoki, Waterloo Public Health’s director of infectious diseases, who is currently leading the region’s COVID vaccination effort, says that thousands of kids need to get their other childhood vaccinations up-to-date.“We’re still doing that digging into how many shots were missed,” he told reporters on Friday, although he was able to provide an estimate for the Grade 7 shots he referred to as school program.“Because of the two years of school that we haven’t offered in-school vaccines, we’ve probably missed about 15,000 to 20,000 students that haven’t had their Grade 7 shot.”Normally, Waterloo Public Health would be providing clinics to get that age group their hepatitis B, meningitis and human papillomavirus vaccines.“We obviously haven’t been able to run those clinics since March of 2020, and actually even a little bit before if you remember some of the rotating teacher strikes.

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Chinese provincial capital locks down as country's COVID cases rise

China's COVID-19 cases today continue to rise to their highest levels since February 2020, with the capital of Jilin province, Changchun, now on lockdown to curb the spread of the virus.

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Washington, Oregon to end mask mandates in schools, most public places on March 12

OLYMPIA, Wash. - Washington and Oregon will drop masking requirements for schools and most public places on March 12, the states jointly announced."With declining case rates and hospitalizations across the West, California, Oregon and Washington are moving together to update their masking guidance," the governors said in a statement. There are more than 7.5 million school-age children across the three states.The new guidance will make face coverings a recommendation rather than a requirement at most indoor places in California starting March 1 and at schools on March 12, regardless of vaccination status.

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New Brunswick reports slight increase in COVID 19 hospitalizations in last daily report

New Brunswick are reporting a two-patient rise in COVID-19 hospitalizations, for a total of 103.The government’s COVID-19 dashboard indicates 14 people are in intensive care, a decrease of four patients since Thursday’s update.Officials are reporting one new COVID-19 death, bringing the total count in the province to 317. Pandemic, fuel prices contribute to New Brunswick’s booming bicycle business The new death involves someone in their 60s in the Miramichi region.Officials are reporting 403 new PCR-confirmed cases.New Brunswick now has 4,055 active reported infections.This will be the last daily report, as the province prepares to lift most COVID-19 restrictions next week.The COVID-19 dashboard will now be updated on a weekly basis every Tuesday with data up until, and including, the previous Saturday.Beginning Monday, masking will no longer be required in public spaces.

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Prince Harry And Meghan Markle Among Those Slamming West’s COVID-19 Policies: ‘The Pandemic Is Not Over’

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are continuing to do their bit to make sure everyone around the world is protected against COVID-19.

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Health Matters: Recombinant COVID-19 variant & new health-focused school

Health Matters March 9: A COVID-19 recombinant variant has surfaced in Europe. And an Edmonton doctor is helping to start a new K-9 school in Parkland County with a focus on health and the outdoors. Jamie Mauracher and Su-Ling Goh report.

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School board ‘expected’ to follow province in lifting mask mandate: Ontario government

Ontario are “expected” to follow the province’s plan to lift mask mandates on March 21, a statement from the education minister’s office says, despite concerns from some boards.Earlier this week, chief medical officer of health Dr. Kieran Moore announced a plan to lift remaining COVID-19 restrictions in Ontario, including the mask mandate in many public settings and schools after March break.“Of all the provinces to release plans to lift masking requirements in schools, Ontario has one of the most cautious timelines,” a statement from Education Minister Stephen Lecce’s office said Friday.

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Kids with asthma not at higher risk of COVID-19, study finds

Children and adolescents diagnosed as having asthma are at similar risk for COVID-19 infection as those without asthma, according to a study today in Pediatrics that controlled for factors tied to SARS-CoV-2 testing.

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Quebec adds 13 new COVID-19 deaths as hospitalizations continue to drop

COVID-19 as hospitalizations remained on the downswing Friday.Pandemic-related hospitalizations stood at 1,126, a drop of 36 from the previous day. This comes after 68 people were admitted and 104 were discharged.A total of 65 Quebecers were in intensive care units, a decrease of three in the last 24 hours.The province logged 1,179 new novel coronavirus cases.

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Everything we know about the new hybrid Covid-19 variant 'Deltacron'

Deltacron has now officially been declared a COVID-19 strain. Concerns about a mutation combining features of both the Delta and Omicron variants first arose earlier this year, following an investigation that took place in a Cyprus lab. Virologists in Paris have now confirmed its existence.

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Ontario updates reporting for COVID-related deaths, removes 411 deaths

COVID-19 has been modified to 12,227, which is down from the previous day as 411 deaths were removed.The Ontario government announced earlier this week that it was going to change and update how it reports deaths to be consistent with categorization from the World Health Organization.The province said it will exclude deaths where a person was infected with COVID-19 but the virus did not cause or contribute to the fatality.Officials said the change would take effect Friday and noted that deaths unrelated to COVID-19 were “significantly higher” in the most recent wave of the virus.The province said Wednesday that deaths due to causes unrelated to COVID-19 made up eight per cent of all fatalities in the fifth wave. Since the pandemic began, around 4.2 per cent of fatalities involving people infected with COVID-19 were not related to the virus, officials said.It is unknown how many new recent deaths there were due to the significant removal of incidental deaths.“The net change in deaths is not available today due to a planned change in reporting methods,” the report indicated.

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Canada adds 337K jobs in February, unemployment drops below pre-pandemic levels

unemployment rate fell below the February 2020 level.The unemployment rate fell to 5.5 per cent in February compared with 6.5 per cent in the first month of the year.That is the lowest it’s been since it was 5.7 per cent in February 2020 just before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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WRDSB to hold meeting Friday night to discuss provincial COVID-19 changes for schools

Waterloo Region District School Board has a meeting scheduled for Friday night to discuss the recent changes announced by the province with regard to COVID-19.The agenda for the meeting is unclear as the only item listed is “response to March 9, 2022, announcement from the chief medical officer of health.” Lifting of mask mandates in Ontario schools being met with mixed reaction Global News has reached out to the WRDSB for further details on the meeting.On Wednesday, the province announced it would be lifting the mandates for masks in schools on March 21, when students return from spring break. In addition, they would also lift cohorting and physical distancing requirements.“As we continue to ease public health measures, we are also working with the Ministry of Education to align measures in schools and child care with those in the community as much as possible,” said Dr.

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Delhi sees decline in new Covid-19 cases, positivity rate at 0.45%

Delhi in the last 24 hours, taking the cumulative tally to 18,62,641, said the state health department on Friday. The positivity rate has reached 0.45%.

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Maharashtra: 318 new Covid cases, 1 death in 24 hrs; active cases down to 2,925

Covid-19 cases in the state stand at 2,925. Total 355 patients were discharged today, taking the total tally of recovered patients to 77,19,949. The state, which has been one of the most affected in terms of Covid, has a 98.09 per cent recovery rate. Maharashtra's case fatality rate stands at 1.82 per cent.Maharashtra reports 318 fresh COVID cases, 355 recoveries and one death in the last 24 hoursTotal Active cases: 2,925 pic.twitter.com/DEGKIsD8Dl

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‘Wrong anniversary’: Two years since declaration of Covid-19 pandemic, WHO voices frustration

World Health Organization first declared Covid-19 as a pandemic. But the UN health body has voiced its frustration at people marking 11 March as the second anniversary of the public health emergency, stating that the real alarm came six weeks earlier.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

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