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Freelance journalist in the EU. Formerly News Director and Talk Show host @RadioNLNews, former journo @CKNW, and @CBCVancouver. Email: shanewoodford@hotmail.com

Sep 23, 2020, 9 tweets

Final #coronavirus numbers for Sept 22nd. The world added 276,367 new #COVID19 infection cases yesterday while losing another 5,721 lives to the virus. Yesterday total to date global deaths shot past 970,000 and today could surpass 980,000 as the Tuesday surge arrived.

#India added 80,391 new #COVID19 infections yesterday while losing another 1,056 lives to the #coronavirus. Total to date deaths in India now exceed 90,000.

The #USA saw another 35,696 new #COVID19 infection cases yesterday while another 969 Americans lost their lives to the #coronavirus.

In #Europe both #Spain and #France registered over 10,000 new #COVID19 infections each yesterday. In #Spain’s case a very sharp day to day increase in infections, and its highest daily infection numbers since Mar 20th.

Yesterday the #UK added 4,926 new #COVID19 infections, its highest number of daily infections since May 7th, as PM Boris Johnson warned if behavior doesn’t change another lockdown may be unavoidable. Yesterday the #Netherlands saw its highest to date number of #coronavirus cases

In the #CzechRepublic #COVID19 infection numbers headed back up yesterday after a couple days of respite. While #Greece continues to struggle with a major resurgence of #coronavirus cases.

#Canada is seeing #COVID19 infection numbers trend back upwards. Tonight PM @JustinTrudeau will address the nation.

In #SouthAmerica #Argentina saw its new #COVID19 infection numbers increase yesterday while it also registered its deadliest day of the #coronavirus pandemic yet with 470 virus deaths.

Elsewhere in the world #Lebanon continues to battle a surge in #COVID19 infections as it also struggles with so much else. #SouthKorea appears to be stamping out a resurgence of #coronavirus infections.

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