UN chief appeals for ‘responsible’ pandemic leadership

The secretary-general of the UN, Antonio Guterres, called Tuesday for ‘responsible leadership’ in a message released to mark the stunning one million deaths globally from COVID-19.

"Our world has reached an agonizing milestone: the loss of one million lives from the COVID-19 pandemic," Guterres said in the statement.

"It's a mind-numbing figure. And still there is no end in sight to the spread of the virus, the loss of jobs, the disruption of education, the upheaval to our lives," he continued. The world "can overcome this challenge," Guterres said.

"But we must learn from the mistakes. Responsible leadership matters. Science matters. Cooperation matters -- and misinformation kills," he warned.

As anger stays high in many countries over social distancing measures, he urged populations to hold the course.

"Keeping physical distance. Wearing a mask. Washing hands. A vaccine must be available and affordable to all," he said.

The coronavirus pandemic has caused at least 1,005,981 deaths worldwide since the outbreak began in China in December last year, according to a compilation of official figures by AFP at 1100 GMT.

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Global COVID-19 cases surpass 33 million: WHO

The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide surpassed 33 million, while the death toll exceeded 996,000 as of 15:52 Central European Summer Time (CEST) on Monday, according to the latest data from the World Health Organization (WHO).

The WHO coronavirus disease dashboard shows that the total number of confirmed cases reached 33,034,598, including a death toll of 996,342 worldwide, on Monday.

The United States, India and Brazil remain the most affected countries, leading the world in both confirmed cases and deaths. Brazil has the world's second-highest COVID-19 death toll after the United States and the third-largest outbreak behind the United States and India.

The United States remains the worst-hit country in the world, with the highest caseload and death toll. The nationwide caseload amounted to 7,147,751, with the death toll reaching 205,062, as of 22:23 Eastern Standard Time on Monday, according to Johns Hopkins University.

The number of new COVID-19 cases in the United States has risen for two weeks in a row in 27 of the 50 states, with North Carolina and New Mexico both reporting increases of more than 50 percent over the previous week, according to a Reuters analysis.

The United States recorded 316,000 new cases in the week that ended on Sept. 27, up 10 percent from the previous seven days and the highest in six weeks, according to the analysis of state and county data.

India reported 82,170 new cases in the last 24 hours and 1,039 people lost their lives, according to its health ministry on Monday. The fresh addition lifted the country's COVID-19 tally to 6,074,702, including a death toll of 95,542.

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India's health authorities said although the country's coronavirus case tally topped 6 million with a death toll close to 100,000, its recovery cases have surpassed five million with a mortality rate of only around 1.6 percent.

However, Indian experts said it is too early to be optimistic about the current trend as India's epidemic is approaching the peak, noting that the high recovery rate is because the majority of infections are those with mild or no symptoms. They said high population density and mobility make it hard to track close contacts.

The cumulative number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Latin America surpassed 9.21 million as of Monday, with the total count in Brazil alone exceeding 4.74 million.

Brazil recorded 13,155 new cases and 317 more deaths on Monday, according to data from its health authorities. So far, it has registered 4,745,464 cases of the virus since the outbreak, with the death toll reaching 142,058.

Russia registered 8,135 new COVID-19 cases in a span of 24 hours, above 8,000 for the first time since three months ago, taking its caseload to 1,159,573, according to the country's COVID-19 response center on Monday. At the same time, the country reported 61 new fatalities, taking the death toll to 20,385.

Japan saw another 302 coronavirus cases as of 23:30 Monday, bringing the nation's tally to 82,598, according to the national broadcaster NHK. Eleven people died from the disease on the day, raising the death toll to 1,561.

(Source: Agencies)

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