Mexico on Monday reported a sharp increase in the daily number of coronavirus infections and deaths, breaking previous records due to what the government said was a change in methodology.
United States coronavirus cases topped 4 million on Thursday, with over 2,600 new cases every hour on average, the highest rate in the world. Infections in the US have rapidly accelerated since the first case was detected on Jan. 21.
The coronavirus is finding new victims worldwide, in bars and restaurants, offices, markets and casinos, giving rise to frightening clusters of infection that increasingly confirm what many scientists have been saying for months: The virus lingers in the air indoors, infecting those nearby.
Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed her frustration in a party meeting on Monday that moves to edge Germany out of lockdown had led to discussion orgies in some regions that risked higher rates of coronavirus infection, German media reported.