Coronavirus Watch

Global Statistics

Country	Total Cases	New Cases	Total Deaths	New Deaths	Total Recovered	Active Cases	Total Tests
World	81,133,837	+410,120	1,771,467	+7,041	57,282,997	22,079,373
USA	19,573,847	+127,740	341,138	+1,215	11,495,875	7,736,834	246,709,973
India	10,208,725	+20,333	147,940	+281	9,781,945	278,840	168,102,657
Brazil	7,484,285	+18,479	191,146	+331	6,515,370	777,769	28,600,000
Russia	3,050,248	+28,284	54,778	+552	2,450,829	544,641	89,000,000
France	2,559,686	+8,822	62,746	+173	189,941	2,306,999	34,273,124
Africa	2,678,022	+18,553	62,903	+432	2,237,159	377,960
South Africa	1,004,413	+9,502	26,735	+214	844,874	132,804	6,445,318
Morocco	432,079	+1,517	7,240	+36	398,060	26,779	4,394,830
Egypt	132,541	+1,226	7,405	+53	110,015	15,121	1,000,000
Tunisia	131,592	+1,362	4,466	+40	100,207	26,919	586,247
Ethiopia	122,864	+451	1,909	+8	109,293	11,662	1,780,961
Namibia	21,923	+525	191	+4	18,039	3,693	200,615
Zambia	19,834	+163	383	+1	18,210	1,241	563,804
Mozambique	18,265	+103	161	+2	16,119	1,985	266,841
Botswana	14,025		40		11,627	2,358	523,759
Zimbabwe	13,077	+114	349	+8	10,593	2,135	197,887
Eswatini	8,484	+117	165	+2	7,016	1,303	75,038
Malawi	6,354	+11	188		5,682	484	84,080
Lesotho	2,725		51		1,466	1,208	31,256

There have been at least 19,573,847cases of coronavirus in the United States and at least 341,138 people have died from Covid-19 since the start of the pandemic, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. 

December has been the US’s deadliest month since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic — with more than 63,000 Americans lost to the virus in the past 26 days. By comparison, the entire month of November saw about 36,964 deaths. The grim death toll comes on the heels of several brutal months for the US, with Covid-19 ravaging communities from coast to coast, crippling hospital systems and prompting widespread new restrictions.

Covid-19 hospitalization numbers across the US are already at record levels. On Sunday, the country recorded its fourth-highest number of hospitalizations with more than 118,720 Covid-19 patients nationwide, according to the Covid Tracking Project. This is the 26th consecutive day that the US has remained above 100,000 current hospitalizations. All of the five highest days for hospitalizations have been in the last week.

The United Kingdom on Sunday reported 30 501 new COVID-19 cases, government statistics showed, with a further 316 deaths within 28 days of a positive coronavirus test. The government’s coronavirus portal said the figures reflected data from England and Wales but said there was no new data from Northern Ireland and no new deaths data from Scotland owing to the Christmas holidays.

Cumulatively, Africa has recorded 2 678,022 cases, with 2,237,159recoveries and 62 903 deaths. A new variant of the coronavirus was detected in South Africa this week, causing some countries to close their borders to travellers from the African nation, over concerns the variant could be related to or as infectious as one first discovered in the United Kingdom, which appears to spread more easily than previous variants of the virus.

South Africa on Sunday breached one million cumulative cases of Covid-19, with a cumulative total of 1 004 413 cases reported. The grim milestone comes just nine days after the country, the worst hit in the continent, reported 900 000 cases. The country had taken two weeks to reach 900,000 from the 800,000 seen early in December. Recoveries currently stand at 844 874. This represents a recovery rate of 84, 1%.

KwaZulu-Natal currently has the most active cases with 46 710 confirmed cases while the Eastern Cape has recorded the highest total number of Covid-19 related deaths with the death toll at 6 925. The new variant of the novel coronavirus is believed to be driving the surge in coronavirus infections on the country.

Zimbabwe has now recorded 13 077 cases, 10 593 recoveries, 2 135 active cases and 349 deaths. An additional eight Covid-19 deaths have been reported, all from Harare, to take the overall death toll to 349 since the pandemic was first reported in Zimbabwe. All eight are community deaths in the last seven days, but had not yet been reported. The deaths come at a time when the country recorded 114 new cases yesterday. A daily Covid-19 update from the Ministry of Health and Child Care last night said all the 114 cases were local transmissions. Another 83 new Covid-19 cases were recorded on Saturday. Seventy-four new recoveries were reported yesterday, leaving the National Recovery rate at 81 percent.

Metal Prices Asia/Europe/NY markets

28/12/2020

METAL	BID	ASK	CHANGE	LOW	HIGH
GOLD	1895.00	1896.00	+16.30	1893.00	1896.80
SILVER	26.61	26.72	+0.84	26.50	26.73
PLATINUM	1033.00	1043.00	+16.00	1031.00	1043.00
PALLADIUM	2246.00	2396.00	+20.00	2215.00	2400.00
RHODIUM	14100.00	16100.00	0.00	–	–

(Source: Kitco)