Daily coronavirus cases are back to the highest in the US after almost two months of India being the bearer of the same. Since August 6, India was recording the highest daily coronavirus cases, which has now been overtaken by the US in the past two days.
Daily Coronavirus Cases has the US in the lead followed by India
In the previous two days, Thursday and Friday, the US reported 66,131 and 71,687 coronavirus cases, respectively, while India reported 64,237 and 62,587 COVID cases, respectively.
This change has been reported after 71 days of the US being second to India in the daily record of reported infections. In a collective caseload, the US is the leading country with 8.3 million cases, while India is second with 7.5 million cases.
US and European Nations to witness the next wave of coronavirus
The US and the European Union nations continue to see record numbers in the daily coronavirus cases, and experts suggest that with new cases spiking in the US Midwest, America may have entered its third wave of infections. The past week saw a surge in the daily coronavirus cases with an average of 50,000 daily coronavirus cases. These may be a result of lifted lockdowns and pandemic fatigue.
Americans who have started going out casually and are unaware of the local transmission may end up contracting the virus easily. Also, schools and businesses have reopened, which may give false impressions to the public about the safety of their environments. US cases that saw a high in Northeast states initially shifted to the South and Sunbelt. And the recent cases are concentrated in the Midwest.
According to reports by John Hopkins University, many states US states, including rural towns of Wisconsin, Montana, North, and South Dakota, have seen a surge in daily coronavirus cases for the last two months. In comparison, countries like the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Russia, Germany, and Belgium are also home to the highest number of COVID cases. Phases Lockdowns are being imposed in Madrid and France to help control the infections.
The coronavirus-related deaths globally are the highest in the US i.e., 224,295, followed by Brazil with 153,690, and then India has reported 114,154 deaths so far, according to data by worldometers. A total of 1,115,898 people globally have claimed their lives to the deadly coronavirus.
When can we expect the coronavirus vaccine?
While major developments have been made since the coronavirus update, scientists and big manufacturing units rushing to make the vaccine available, but there’s still some waiting to do. The experts suggest that the vaccine can be expected at the earliest from anywhere between December 2020 to Mid-2021. In the international market, two vaccines have got approval, both in Russia. While Sputnik-V was the first approved vaccine developed in Moscow, there has been considerable reluctance among the public, as the vaccine has not yet done the Phase 3 trials. Other countries candidates also have their top scientists, doctors, and companies working around the clock to devise the vaccine for coronavirus. There are hundreds of top labels in the race.
