“Although the situation in Europe is improving, globally it is worsening,” World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said this month. But in Latin America, the WHO has made it clear that the first phase of the pandemic is still going strong. Other countries have moved to lift lockdown restrictions even as the number of coronavirus cases continues to rise. On Thursday, Mexico’s health ministry reported a record 5,662 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infections and 667 additional fatalities, bringing the country’s total to 165,455 cases and 19,747 deaths. On Thursday, the Indian health ministry reported a record spike in the number of coronavirus cases, bringing the total to nearly 400,000.

Source: Huffington Post June 19, 2020 13:41 UTC