Residents of Beijing fretted over anti-virus restrictions curbing their movement while also worrying about the dozens of new Covid-19 cases reported daily, as China's leaders threatened action against critics of their zero-tolerance Covid policy.

Incurring a heavy economic cost and facing rare bursts of public criticism on its tightly-controlled internet, China is increasingly isolating itself from a world in which Covid restrictions are becoming a thing of the past.

Internationally, industry bodies have complained that Covid curbs in China have global economic reverberations. At home, the population is worried about painful, long-term restrictions.

Beijing is racing to avoid an explosive rise in cases like the one that forced the commercial and financial hub of Shanghai into an almost complete lockdown for more than a month.

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Watch Pearl Jam get fan to play drums after Matt Cameron tests positive for COVID-19

Pearl Jam drummer Matt Cameron pulled out of the band’s show in Oakland last night (May 12) after testing positive for COVID-19.It was the first time in 24 years the sticksman has missed a show with the band.As a result, touring member and former Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist Josh Klinghoffer stepped in on drumming duties for a series of tracks including Neil Young’s ‘Rockin’ In The Free World’, ‘Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town’, ‘Why Go’ and ‘Corduroy’.Longtime band collaborator Richard Stuverud also got behind the drums for ‘Quick Escape’ and ‘Superblood Wolfmoon’ before a fan stepped up for the show’s finale ‘Yellow Ledbetter’. You can view footage below.It comes just days after the band honoured Foo Fighters’ late drummer Taylor Hawkins during their LA concert at The Forum by performing 2005 song ‘Cold Day In The Sun’.The original version of the track featured Hawkins on lead vocals and, for the Seattle band’s performance of it, Cameron took on singing duties.Cameron and Hawkins previously worked together in the band Nighttime Boogie Association, releasing two songs together – ‘Long In The Tooth’ and ‘The Path We’re On’ – in 2020.Last week, Pearl Jam took another moment to remember Hawkins as they kicked off their ‘Gigaton’ tour in San Diego.

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Philadelphia teen with autism given prom night bash to remember

PHILADELPHIA - A Philadelphia teenager with autism was given a prom night to remember with help from a local non-profit organization. Dyllion Clark, 17, is a senior at Elwyn Media Campus high school in nearby Delaware County. Elwyn, a school for children with autism, does not offer a prom to its students, but partners with John Bartram High School in Philadelphia to give students the opportunity to attend prom.Local non-profit Autism R.E.C.

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India daily Covid-19 case count increases to 2,858; Delhi accounts for 899 cases

India on Saturday reported 2,858 Covid-19 cases and 11 deaths in 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry said in its report. With this, the caseload has surged to 43,119,112, while the active cases were declined by 508 in 24 hour span. Altogether India has a total of 18,096 active Covid cases as of May 14. The daily recovery has increased to 3,355 while cumulatively 4,25,76,815 have been recuperated to date, accounting for 98.74% of the total cases.

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North Korea reports 21 more deaths from 'fever'

North Korea's state news agency has reported 21 new deaths from what it called a fever of unidentified origin and ordered nationwide lockdowns.

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Over 40,000 have died from COVID-19 in Canada, but hospitalizations are falling again

COVID-19 since the pandemic began more than two years ago, according to provincial data, and more than 70 people are still dying per day.Yet hospitalizations and confirmed cases have fallen over the past two weeks, suggesting the sixth wave may be coming to an end.As of Friday, 40,217 fatalities have been confirmed by provinces and territories to date. Canada’s COVID-19 death toll could be thousands higher than official count: report Experts have previously said the true death toll could be thousands higher than the official count due to gaps in data collection, suggesting around two-thirds of all COVID-19-related deaths may have been missed.Most provinces have shifted to reporting COVID-19 data weekly, a majority of which report on Thursdays.

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New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern tests positive for Covid-19. Read here

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North Korea reports 5.24 lakh fever cases, 27 deaths in past 3 days as it battles Covid-19

North Korea said 243,630 people had recovered and 280,810 remained in quarantine. State media didn’t specify how many of the fever cases and deaths were confirmed as COVID-19 infections.

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Philadelphia welcomes back, in full force, the beloved Dad Vail Regatta

FAIRMOUNT PARK - The Dad Vail Regatta returns to Philadelphia in full force. The longtime event is celebrating 83 years and the city is excited to participate in the festivities after the pandemic.The mighty Schuylkill River shows no mercy as rowers from all across the nation converge in Philly for the country’s largest collegiate regatta, the Jefferson Dad Vail Regatta.Young Addi and her dad drove all the way to Philadelphia from Dallas, Texas to root for their son and brother, competing as a coxswain for Loyola, Maryland.MORE HEADLINES:Addi says Philly is the best.

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Philadelphia school officials announce 'Mask-to-Stay' as an option to remaining in class

School District of Philadelphia PHILADELPHIA - The School District of Philadelphia announced a Mask-to-Stay option for individuals in the district who may have been exposed to COVID-19, but have no symptoms and wish to remain in their classroom environment.Officials announced the following criteria for this new option Friday. They say a person exposed to COVID-19, but not exhibiting symptoms can stay in the building and not quarantine at home if they meet the following qualifications:MORE HEADLINES:No Philadelphia schools are closed.

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North Korea reports first COVID deaths, explosive outbreak spread

News reports, citing North Korea's state media, said the country has reported six COVID-19 deaths, including at least one linked to the Omicron variant, amid explosive spread that has led to about 350,000 people being treated for fevers.

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Fan Sits In With Pearl Jam After Drummer Matt Cameron Tests Positive For COVID-19

Matt Cameron has been behind the drum kit for Pearl Jam since joining the band in 1998, but for the first time since then he was forced to miss a show after testing positive for COVID-19.

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Hospitals stayed financially viable in pandemic—some even did better

A study of 2,163 US hospitals shows that, despite substantially reduced operating margins in 2020, their overall profit margins remained similar to those before the COVID-19 pandemic, and government, rural, and smaller hospitals performed even better than in previous years.

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COVID-19 Scan for May 13, 2022

Persistent SARS-CoV-2 shedding in hospitalized COVID-19 patients is tied to a higher risk of in-hospital delirium and death by 6 months, according to a study published this week in GeroScience.A team led by Northwestern University researchers retrospectively evaluate

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Historic Industrial Revolution era Perth mill reopens after over two years following COVID-19 pandemic

Stanley Mills has reopened to the public after being closed for over two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Fred Ward, 'Tremors' and 'The Right Stuff' actor, dies at 79, according to reports

FILE IMAGE - Actor Fred Ward attends the premiere of "30 Minutes or Less" at Grauman's Chinese Theatre on Aug. 8, 2011, in Hollywood, California.

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Majority of Canadians ready to travel this summer: survey

COVID-19 pandemic having eased over the past several months, a large majority of Canadians are ready for a vacation, according to a new survey.The “road trip” survey, which was conducted by Ipsos for Toyota Canada, reported that 77 per cent of Canadians are ready to or likely to travel outside of their municipality, as 43 per cent of those who responded ready to leave their home province and 24 per cent ready to travel abroad. Pope Francis will visit residential school during Canada trip to 3 cities: archbishop It also found that 33 per cent of Canadians with access to a vehicle are ready to drive at least seven hours as part of a road trip while 31 per cent are willing to sit in their cars for at least four hours.“Over the last few years, many Canadians told us that spending time in nature was the primary goal of their summer road trips,” said Stephen Beatty, vice president, corporate, at Toyota Canada.“By contrast, there’s much more buzz in the air this year as people are excited to take road trips to reconnect with their wider circles of family and friends, and to once again enjoy larger-scale summer events like concerts, festivals and sporting events.”Among the reasons respondents were looking to hit the road are seeing family or friends (56 per cent), overnight stays (52 per cent), hitting a beach (34 per cent) or a national or provincial park (31 per cent).The survey also found that more 39 per cent of Canadians are looking to use more vacation time this summer than they did in 2021.

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Emergency phase of pandemic is not over…: WHO data on current COVID situation worldwide

And so while some countries may have been able to end the emergency phase of this pandemic, we don't see that in all countries worldwide. So we need to continue to fight this at a global level."-@mvankerkhove of @WHO on 10 May. #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/bAPyng2Kno

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Quebec adds 30 COVID-19 deaths as province set to lift mask mandate

COVID-19 health crisis Friday as the province prepares to ease its mask mandate this weekend.Pandemic-related hospitalizations stood at 1,754, a net drop of 67. In the last day, there were 92 admissions and 159 discharges.There were 59 patients with the disease in intensive care units, a decrease of one.The province reported 900 new official cases of the novel coronavirus based on PCR testing, which remains limited to certain groups.Government-run screening sites administered 13,310 tests on Wednesday, the latest day for which that information is available.

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Ontario COVID update: 1,453 people in hospital with the virus, 168 in intensive care

COVID-19. There are 168 people in intensive care with or due to the virus.That marks an increase of two hospitalizations and a decrease of seven people in intensive care compared to Thursday’s report.Last Friday, there were 1,662 people reported to be in hospital with COVID-19, with 210 in intensive care.According to the latest provincial data, 60.08 per cent of people in hospital with COVID were admitted for another reason but tested positive for the virus, while 39.92 per cent were admitted because of COVID.

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Is it time to switch to cash? Study says Covid virus becomes non viable on banknotes

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Richard and Judy’s kids now - pregnancy struggles, Covid wedding and secret twins

Chloe Madeley has almost as much star power as her television icon parents, Richard and Judy – but what about her publicity shy siblings?Iconic television duo Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan have been a staple to British TV screens for years, first presenting This Morning and then the adored chat show Richard & Judy.They met in 1982 when Richard, 65, joined Granada to present alongside Tony Wilson and Judy, 73. At the time, both of them were married – Judy to David Henshaw and Richard to his first wife Lynda.After divorcing their previous partners, the couple married in 1986 in Manchester.The couple are devoted parents to their two children, Chloe and Jack Madeley.

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Covid in China: Beijing works from home, Shanghai aims to defeat virus by May

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North Korea reports first Covid death as fever 'explosively spreads'

At least one person confirmed to have Covid-19 has died in North Korea and hundreds of thousands have shown fever symptoms, state media has said.

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North Korea reports 1st COVID-19 death after ‘explosive’ fever spreads nationwide

COVID-19 has died in North Korea and hundreds of thousands have shown fever symptoms, state media said on Friday, offering hints at the potentially dire scale of country’s first confirmed outbreak since the pandemic began.Some 187,800 people are currently being treated in isolation after a fever of unidentified origin has “explosively spread nationwide” since late April, the official KCNA news agency reported. North Korea confirms COVID-19 outbreak, imposes nationwide lockdown Around 350,000 people have shown signs of that fever, including 18,000 who newly reported such symptoms on Tuesday alone, KCNA said.

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Doctors urge more COVID testing amid recent spike in cases

SOUTH PHILADELPHIA - Flags lowered to half-staff Thursday, as the U.S. commemorates 1 million lives lost to COVID, a grim milestone that once felt unthinkable. Doctors say it’s more important than ever to test when feeling sick.Penn Medicine’s Doctor Mike Cirigliano says at-home rapid antigen tests are the best bet to find out if a person has COIVID-19, especially as cases soar, again."I am literally seeing a higher number of patients in my practice than I ever have," Dr.

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India logs 2,841 Covid cases, 9 death in 24 hrs; active caseload falls to 18,604

daily positivity rate has declined to 0.58% and the weekly positivity rate dipped to 0.69%, according to the ministry.

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North Korea reports 6 deaths after admitting Covid-19 outbreak

North Korea’s health care infrastructure remains broken and many of the North's unvaccinated population are malnourished.

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COVID-19 update, 13 May 2022 1pm

The Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield will today host a media briefing to provide updates on the response to the Omicron outbreak.

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Avoid COVID reinfection this winter

The Ministry has published guidance for health professionals on reinfection from COVID-19.

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US COVID-19 deaths pass 1 million as concerns raised about projections

The Biden Administration observed a grim milestone today as the country topped 1 million COVID-19 deaths.

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What's driving the baby formula shortage?

WASHINGTON (AP) - Many parents are hunting for infant formula after a combination of short- and long-term problems hit most of the biggest U.S. brands.Millions of babies in the U.S.

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South Africa's COVID-19 spike intensifies

As daily COVID-19 cases in South Africa topped 10,000 cases today, officials from the World Health Organization (WHO) African regional office said today that an uptick there and in a few other African countries is an early warning sign for other nations to step up their preparedness.

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Many long-COVID patients report symptoms 2 years later

A pair of new studies describe the effects of long COVID, with one estimating that half of hospitalized patients have at least one persistent symptom 2 years after infection, and the other revealing a fourfold higher risk of abnormal blood clotting in survivors struggling with basic physical activity more than 12 weeks after diagnosis.

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COVID-19 Scan for May 12, 2022

Estimated effectiveness of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine against infection in children 6 to 11 years old was 88% at least 14 days after the first dose amid the Delta variant surge, before the emergence of Omicron, finds an interim analysis from a phase 2/3 clinical trial.Vanderbilt University investigators led the study, which was conduct

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Parades to be held at Kitchener and Cambridge hospitals on Thursday night

COVID-19, according to St. Mary’s General Hospital (SMGH).“It is a show of respect and acknowledgement for the many sacrifices made throughout the pandemic and the exceptional care that is provided to our community for patients and their families,” said SMGH spokesperson Dayna Giorgio in an email.

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Abbott says it will be at least two months before baby formula from shuttered plant hits shelves

Michigan, baby formula manufacturing facility could hit store shelves in the U.S.: At least two months."We understand the situation is urgent – getting Sturgis up and running will help alleviate this shortage," the company said in a statement on Wednesday."Subject to [U.S. Food and Drug Administration] approval, we could restart the site within two weeks," the statement continues.

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Ontario’s top doctor predicts ‘calm summer’ for COVID-19, worries about BA.4, BA.5

COVID-19 indicators are heading in the right direction ahead of what looks to be a “calm summer,” though he is concerned about BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants.Dr. Kieran Moore, the chief medical officer of health, says COVID-19 levels in wastewater are declining, as is the test positivity rate, and the number of people hospitalized due to the virus.Moore predicts a “low level of endemic activity” throughout the summer, but is already preparing for the fall as more activities take place indoors, where the risk of transmission is higher.

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Cost of weddings increased 25% to $27k in 2021, data reveals

LOS ANGELES - From the perfect venue to the dress to the food to the entertainment, it’s no surprise that weddings can be costly — and according to new data, it’s just getting costlier to tie the knot. According to The Wedding Report — a wedding market research company — the average amount spent on a wedding increased to $27,063 in 2021, which is up 25% from $20,286 in 2020. "This is a significant increase over a horrible 2020 and a welcome sign for the industry," the company noted in its recent analysis.Average spending per wedding for market summary (Credit: The Wedding Report) In addition, results illustrate the average cost of a wedding was higher prior to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2019 when comparing the cost in 2020, but was still about $3,000 less than 2021’s momentous price.The data was based on 1,669 cost survey samples from people getting married and nearly 40,000 behavioral data samples from The Wedding Report’s wedding cost estimator. Demographic distribution includes multiple ethnicities, education levels, occupation types, income levels and first, second and third plus marriages.Newlyweds kiss each other behind their bouquet of flowers and two wedding rings lying on the bridge railing.

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Another 11 COVID-19 deaths reported in Manitoba, 183 new hospitalizations

COVID-19 last week while the province saw 11 more deaths linked to the virus.The numbers, found in the province’s weekly epidemiology update covering May 1 to 7, show slightly fewer deaths but similar hospitalization rates compared with data released a week earlier. Manitoba reports 185 new COVID-19 hospitalizations, 14 more deaths From April 24 to 30, Manitoba reported 185 new hospitalizations and 14 deaths linked to COVID-19.Of the latest hospitalizations, 13 required admission to the intensive care unit, according to the data.The province’s weekly updates don’t give the total number of people currently in hospital and ICU as a result of COVID-19, reporting only how many new admissions occurred during the previous week.On average, 832 lab tests for COVID-19 were done daily during the week covered by the latest report, leaving the provincial weekly test positivity rate at 17.6 per cent, down from 20.7 per cent the previous week.

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WHO’s right about covid numbers?

Once a computer scientist, Dilip D’Souza now lives in Mumbai and writes for his dinners. His Twitter handle is @DeathEndsFun

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Over 75% of Canadian nurses burnt out, 42% plan to leave profession, RNAO survey finds

Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO) has found that over 75 per cent of Canada’s nurses are “burnt out.”According to a news release, the RNAO conducted the survey between May and July of 2021, “during the height of Ontario’s third wave” of COVID-19, and collected responses from 5,200 nurses in Canada — most of which were from Ontario.The report, titled Nursing Through Crisis: A Comparative Perspective, found that more than 75 per cent of Canadian nurses who responded to the survey were classified as “burnt out,” with higher percentages reported among those in hospital and front-line workers.“This widespread burnout provides some insight about what life is like for a large percentage of Canadian nurses,” the report reads. “It also implies that leaving their position or their profession may be a future reality for these nurses.”However, when asked, only 26.2 per cent of nurses surveyed said they had taken time off of work to manage stress, anxiety or other mental health issues related to working during the pandemic, or to prevent or deal with burnout.

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Kim Jong-un finally admits Covid is in North Korea as he plunges country into lockdown

North Korean government has always insisted that there had been no Covid-19 cases within its country’s borders.But today Pyongyang admitted for the first time that the pandemic had spread to North Korea.Leader Kim Jong-un has for the last two years been boasting that his country’s strict "quarantine front” had held firm when every other country in the world’s defences had failed.“There has been the biggest emergency incident in the country, with a hole in our emergency quarantine front, that has been kept safely over the past two years and three months since February 2020,” the official KCNA news agency said.Kim has now ordered a strict national lockdown after revealing that there has been an Omicron outbreak in the North Korean capital, Pyongyang.

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Mix and match of Covid-19 vaccine for booster shots unlikely to be allowed: Report

PTI, quoting sources, on Thursday.

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Lindsey Buckingham postpones UK and European tour after contracting COVID-19

Lindsey Buckingham has postponed his upcoming UK and European tour after he and members of his live band and crew recently contracted COVID-19.The former Fleetwood Mac musician had been due to kick off his solo tour in Dublin on Tuesday (May 17), with further dates booked in Glasgow, Liverpool and London.Buckingham has now been forced, however, to postpone those dates as he continues his recovery from COVID-19, which also forced the premature end of his recent North American tour.“It is with great sadness that we are announcing the postponement of Lindsey’s European tour,” a statement posted on the musician’s social media channels this afternoon (May 12) reads.“Along with other members of his band and crew, Lindsey contracted COVID-19 at the end of his latest North American tour, forcing that to end prematurely.News on Lindsey’s upcoming European tour.

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Quebec registers 25 new COVID-19 deaths as hospitalizations continue to drop

COVID-19 as pandemic-related hospitalizations dropped by 26 on Thursday.There were 1,821 patients being treated for the disease in hospitals across the province following 117 admissions and 143 discharges.Intensive care unit cases stood at 60, a decrease of two.The province also reported 767 new novel coronavirus infections. The official count is based on PCR testing, which is only accessible to certain groups like teachers.

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Covid 4th wave: Cases are rising in Mumbai, Pune, Nashik, health min Tope on next pandemic phase

Even as the daily COVID tally is showing an upward trend, the Maharashtra government said that there is no scenario of a fourth wave of the pandemic anytime soon.

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Global Covid summit: PM Modi calls for flexibility in TRIPS for equitable vaccine distribution

TRIPS, need to be more flexible."

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Ontario COVID numbers: 1,451 people in hospital, 175 in intensive care

COVID on Thursday, with 175 in intensive care.This is down by 77 for hospitalizations and a decrease of one for ICUs since the previous day. Last Thursday, there were 1,676 hospitalizations with 205 in ICU.According to latest data for hospitalizations, 60 per cent were admitted for other reasons but tested positive for COVID-19.

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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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