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Oct 1, 2020 • 4 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X
Breaking: Coronavirus Update

US yesterday 42,185. The positive testing rate in some NY and NJ counties saw notable increases recently. Argentina yesterday reported new high of 13,477. Mexico yesterday 4,446, average slowly trending down.

See Argentina below:
UK yesterday reported a new high of 7,156, along with 71 deaths - the highest since July. Russia today reported 177 deaths, the highest since mid-July. France 11k+ cases again after two days of low increases.
Several African countries yesterday reported their lowest increase in weeks, including Rwanda, Eswatini, and Namibia. In September, more than half of the African countries are decreasing in daily cases, with Ghana, Gambia, Kenya, South Africa leading the improvement.
Uganda, Burkina Faso, Mozambique, and Botswana see increases of more than 50% (compared to last month) due to recent outbreaks.

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