COVID-19 – May 2 News and figures of cases and deaths of the COVID-19 pandemic
ANDl coronavirus it has already affected more than 3,344,000 people worldwide, while the death toll already amounts to more than 238,700 and the number of recovered exceeds one million.
The impact of the pandemic of COVID-19 In Spain, he leaves the following data, according to figures made public by the Ministry of Health this Saturday, in the last 24 hours 276 people had died in our country, accumulating 25,100 deaths, 216,582 infected and 117,248 recovered.
Updated data from # COVID19 by CCAA at this link: https://t.co/wEXAsGZxtT#EsteVirusLoParamosUnidospic.twitter.com/Y71DVXpU81
? Ministry of Health (@sanidadgob) May 1, 2020
Today is the day in which people over 14 years old can go for a walk and do individual sports, respecting some schedules and the safety distance, some outings that add to the walks of the children who began to be allowed last Sunday after six weeks of confinement by the coronavirus. The measures set by the Ministry of Health establish schedules so that people over 14 who do sports or walk with those who are over 70 years old or with children who go out with an adult do not coincide:
Citizens over the age of 14: the practice of individual sport and the walks can only be carried out between 6:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. and between 20:00 and 23:00.
People over 70 years of age and those who need to be accompanied for reasons of need, They will be able to walk between 10:00 am and 12:00 pm and between 7:00 pm and 8:00 pm.
Children, accompanied by an adult, They can take a daily walk, maximum one hour long and at a distance of no more than one kilometer from their home, between 12:00 hours and 19:00 hours.
The number of deceased in Spain due to coronavirus, it continues gradually its decrease when it was counted yesterday 276, according to the data provided this Saturday by the Ministry of Health, 5 less than Friday. Daily infections diagnosed using a PCR test are 1.147 and cured 2,570, for a total of 216,582 infected and 117,248 recovered. The total of deceased now amounts to 25,100.
The gradual reopening of economic activity in the US In the midst of the coronavirus crisis, it began this Friday without federal coordination with half of the states, including Colorado and Texas, lifting several of the restrictions, while others such as California, Michigan and New York maintained the control measures.
The coronavirus alarm state has already affected more than 16,000 weddings in Spain (10% of the annual total), according to the sector portal Bodas.net, which warns that extending confinement until the end of June could harm up to 60,000 links . “We are already talking about the high season of weddings, and therefore the number of affected weddings will rise to 20% until the end of May, or up to 36% in the event of reaching the end of June,” sources at the portal said. It brings together more than 45,000 companies.
According to a survey carried out in late April, only 5% of couples who were getting married from March to August canceled the wedding; 48% keep the date in the second semester; 46% have postponed the party to 2021 due to the current uncertainty, while the remaining 1% do not know what to do.
The Municipal Police of Bilbao has announced this morning that it finally allows hiking in the Biscayan capital, after the “responsible participation of the citizen”.
After a meeting held with @ertzaintzaEJGV and due to the responsible participation exercised by the citizens during this morning, it has been decided to ALLOW hiking in #Bilbao.
? Bilbao Polizia (@Bilbao_Polizia) May 2, 2020
The Deputy Mayor of Madrid, Begoa Villacs, acknowledges errors in the massive closing ceremony of the IFEMA temporary hospital, which she herself attended and where she assures that “the safety distances were not respected”, something that he hopes will “not happen again” in the future. This act will be investigated by the Government Delegation in Madrid to check if the security standards established in the royal decree of the alarm state were complied with. “It was a hopeful act because of what IFEMA means: solidarity and an example of how Madrid does things well. It could have been organized, it is true that security distances were not respected, but in this type of mass event it is difficult to anticipate” Villacs has said.
After having been closed since the start of the state of alarm, as of today Barcelona opens 70 parks, although with a different function than usual, they will be areas of passage or walk, but in no case will residents be allowed to sit on their banks and socialize with each other. The other side of the coin is Madrid, which will keep its parks closed for now.
From 10.00 it is the turn of those over 70 and dependent people, who can walk until 12.00 (and in the afternoon from 19.00 to 20.00). From 6.00 to 10.00 the athletes had permission to practice outdoor exercise individually, but until 20.00 (and until 23.00) they will not be able to do it again. Children can go outside from 12.00 to 19.00
The Official State Gazette (BOE) has published this Saturday the agreement between the Ministry of Transport, Mobility and the Urban Agenda and the Official Credit Institute (ICO) for a period of up to 14 years by which to enable a line of guarantees with coverage state so that, in turn, the banks offer credits to the tenants with difficulties.
A man does surfing first thing in the morning.
A crowd of citizens exercises or walks along the Paseo Martimo in Barcelona, this Saturday
The Prime Minister calls for responsibility, prudence and respect to comply with the new relief measures.
Today we take a new step in the measures of relief of the confinement but we must do it with prudence and responsibility. The virus is still there.
Let’s respect the indications, follow the hygiene and distance guidelines. #EsteVirusLoParamosUnidospic.twitter.com/R0zrD2ahQ4
? Pedro Snchez (@sanchezcastejon) May 2, 2020
The first time slot, from 6:00 to 10:00 is reserved for over 14 years who want to take a walk or do sport. The second, from 10:00 to 12:00is reserved for those over 70. The third, from 12:00 to 19:00, is for the children under 14 (accompanied by an adult). The quarter is again for over 70 and it is from 19:00 to 20:00. And the last it is again for over 14 and athletes and covers from 20:00 to 23:00.
Today you can go jogging, walking, cycling …
Over 14 years:
From 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. and from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.Dependent people and over 70 years:
From 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. and from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.Children:
12 a.m. to 7 p.m.#EsteVirusLoParamosUnidos#HappySaturdaypic.twitter.com/dfQCcBP5os? Ministry of Health (@sanidadgob) May 2, 2020
It’s a slightly declining balance from the previous day, according to a count by Johns Hopkins University. With these 1,883 new deaths, the pandemic has claimed the lives of more than 64,700 people in that country.
It is his worst daily day, in which the Ministry of Health confirmed 499 new cases and 21 deaths, which raises the total deaths to 314, including a baby of only one month. A good part of the new infections occurred in Bogot, which added 146 cases. After Bogot, which concentrates 2,772 cases, Valle del Cauca is the second place with the most infections (1,013), followed by Antioquia and Meta, which have 475 each; Atlntico (363) and Bolvar (308). The Meta department, whose main focus is the Villavicencio prison, the capital, where according to the authorities there are 421 of the 475 infections in that region, remains in a critical state.
The capital of Argentina, has declared the use of masks in public spaces as mandatory as of Monday to prevent new infections by the coronavirus. Due to the increase in cases and the circulation of people in the city, the local government has decided to extend the use of masks. “It is because two out of three people do not have symptoms or have mild symptoms and the face mask reduces the possibility of contagion,” they explained in a statement.
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver and the board of governors have continued talks on Friday in preparation for the 2020-2021 season and are already working on the option not to start it until next December, according to the information offered by various sources close to the league.
The final decision of the plan that was defended from the beginning by Silver will be made in the coming days, regardless of what happens with the resumption of competition for the remainder of the 2019-2020 season, which was suspended last March. due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Paraguay confirmed this Friday the detection of 67 new cases of coronavirus in the country, 63 of them from travelers from Brazil, three from other countries and a last case by local contact, bringing the total number of infected to 333 .
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has granted a credit of 643 million dollars to Ecuador through the Quick Financing instrument to face the impacts of COVID-19, reported the Ecuadorian Ministry of Economy and Finance.
Mexico has exceeded 20,000 infections by COVID-19 and is close to reaching 2,000 deaths after a day in which it has registered 1,515 cases, the highest number for a single day, reported the country’s health authorities. When the 40 days of the measures declared to stop the advance of the pandemic were completed, the country reached 20,739 cases and 1,972 deaths from the coronavirus.
The European Union (EU) donate to Guatemala 70,000 tests to detect the coronavirus “in real time”, which has already caused the death of 16 people in the Central American country. Guatemala has counted 644 people infected since the start of the pandemic.
Panama has recorded four more deaths from COVID-19, bringing the death toll to 192, while the confirmed infections amount to 6,720 with 188 new cases in the last 24 hours, according to the health authorities of the Central American country.
A caravan of several dozen cars and a group of health sector workers demonstrated on Friday in front of the Transitional Center of Broward County, Florida, to demand that the US authorities release the immigrants detained for “the lack of measures to prevent transmission by COVID-19 “.
According to the latest data provided by the government, the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement Service (ICE) has examined a total of 1,030 detainees for coronaviruses, of which 490 have been positive, although health officials believe that these figures they do not correspond to reality.
The closure of educational centers and the confinement due to the coronavirus have caused that at least half of the 2.9 million students in Honduras do not receive classes, mainly those in the rural area, because they do not have a computer or the internet to carry distance classes.
According to a study by the Francisco Morazn National Pedagogical University of Honduras, more than 1.4 million students, mainly from the public sector, have kept educational activity at a distance, while another 1.4 million, those with less resources, have “left out”.
The state of Florida has recorded 1,038 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, going from 33,690 to 34,728, while deaths increased by 28, from 1,286 to 1,314, according to the latest data from the state Department of Health. , while Governor Ron DeSantis has announced the reopening of state parks.
The number of new cases is more than double than in the previous 24 hours, when there were 497 ms. Statewide hospitalizations totaled 5,767 (5,589 on Thursday) and testing 404,467 (384,153), of which 8.6% were positive, up from 8.8% on Thursday. Florida, which had its first confirmed case on March 1, enter Monday in the First Phase of the three established for the “reopening”.
China has registered in the last 24 hours a single new case of coronavirus contagion in the entire country corresponding to a traveler from abroad, which is the lowest growth recorded in the Asian country since the pandemic began, the Commission reported this Saturday. National Health.
The previous day, twelve new infections had been registered, six from abroad and another six locally, compared to the four detected on Thursday and the 22 on Wednesday. The total number of cases detected in the Asian country since the start of the pandemic rises to 82,875, of which 77,685 have been discharged and 4,633 have died.
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