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Hind Al Soulia - Riyadh - The World Health Organisation reported a record increase in global coronavirus cases on Sunday, with the total rising by 230,370 in 24 hours.
The biggest increases were from the United States, Brazil, India and South Africa, according to a daily report. The previous WHO record for new cases was 228,102 on July 10. Deaths remained steady at about 5,000 a day.
Global coronavirus cases were approaching 13 million on Sunday, marking another milestone in the spread of the disease that has killed more than 565,000 people in seven months.
The death toll from in the Middle East passed 20,000 on Sunday as the number of reported infections reached 907,736. Iran, which accounts for 12,829 of the deaths in the region, has been struggling to contain a resurgence of its outbreak that began in February.
Friends walk down the Corniche in Abu Dhabi to get some exercise during the coronavirus pandemic. Victor Besa / The National
A sign at Reem Beach in Abu Dhabi reminds residents exercising to be responsible amid the coronavirus outbreak. Victor Besa / The National
A member of the Syrian Civil Defence, also known as the "White Helmets" disinfects a room at a physiotherapy centre in Syria's rebel-held northwestern city of Idlib. AFP
The audience wear face masks and listen to the first concert of Cairo Symphonic Orchestra after coronavirus lockdown at the Opera House Theatre, in Cairo, Egypt. EPA
A young girl wearing a face mask to protect against the spread of coronavirus, walks her cat in a public garden, in Ankara, Turkey. AP Photo
In order to raise awareness against the spread of the coronavirus, a worker at Madame Tussauds attraction in Istanbul, places a mask on the wax figure of Albert Einstein during a photo-op. AP Photo
In order to raise awareness against the spread of the coronavirus, a mask is placed on the wax figure of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart at Madame Tussauds attraction in Istanbul. AP Photo
Coaches wear face shields during swimming classes at a sporting club in Cairo, Egypt. EPA
Coaches wear face shields during swimming classes at a sporting club in Cairo, Egypt. EPA
A Lebanese pupil looks out of the window as he sits in his empty classroom after coming to collect the books he left before the lockdown, at Our Lady of Lourdes school in the Lebanese city of Zahle, in the central Bekaa region. AFP
Iran's 257,303 cases make it the ninth-worst-affected country in the world but saw its daily infection rate decline before starting to rise again since early May.
The country reported another 194 deaths and 2,186 new cases on Sunday as its supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called on its more than 80 million people to observe health precautions to slow down the spread of the virus.
"Let everyone play their part in the best way to break the chain of transmission in the short term and save the country," Mr Khamenei said in a video conference with lawmakers, according to his office.
Neighbouring Iraq is the second-most affected nation in the region bounded by Iran in the north and east, Israel in the west and Yemen in the south, with 3,055 deaths and 75,194 infections, followed by Saudi Arabia with 2,181 deaths and 229,480 infections.
Iran also ranks as the region's worst-affect country on a per-capita basis, with 153 deaths per million – 25th worldwide – followed by Kuwait with 90 deaths per million and Saudi Arabia with 63.
According to an AFP tally, the average number of deaths in the region is 43 per million inhabitants, against a global average of around 70.
The Middle East represents around 3.5 per cent of all global deaths, far behind Europe (one third), North America (one quarter) and Latin America and the Caribbean (one quarter).
The United States accounts for nearly 3.4 million cases and is experiencing records surges in daily infections, with Florida setting a new high for a single state with 15,300 new cases reported on Sunday.
Brazil is also reporting large daily increases, with nearly new 5,500 cases taking its total to 1,846,249, according to a tally by Worldometer, but the 28,133 cases reported by India, the third worst-affected country with nearly 879,000 infections, was the highest 24-hour increase among all countries on Sunday .
Updated: July 12, 2020 10:08 PM
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