America’s top infectious disease expert Dr Anthony Fauci has said that about 99.2% of recent Covid-19 deaths in the United States involved unvaccinated people.

Fauci said “it’s really sad and tragic that most all of these are avoidable and preventable,” news agency AP reported on Sunday.

The news agency quoted Fauci’s remarks at NBC’s “Meet the Press” programme where he said that it’s frustrating “where you have a formidable enemy” in the coronavirus and “yet we do have a countermeasure that’s highly, highly effective. And that’s the reason why it’s all the more sad and all the more tragic why it isn’t being completely implemented in this country.”

Fauci cited the reasons for opposition to the vaccine by some Americans, whether it’s “ideological” or whether some “are just fundamentally anti-vax or anti-science.” He said the country does “have the tools to counter” the pandemic and he’s asking people to “put aside all of those differences and realize that the common enemy is the virus.

He noted that the United States is very fortunate that it has enough vaccines to vaccinate essentially everybody in the country. And there are people throughout the world who would do anything to get vaccines.

The United States has registered over 605,000 deaths in the Covid-19 pandemic, the highest national toll in the world.
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WORLD STATS

Coronavirus Cases:

184,644,577

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Deaths:

3,994,990

Recovered:

168,966,712

Columns 

		Total Cases	New Cases	Total Deaths	New Deaths	Total Recovered	New Recovered	Active Cases	Serious, Critical	Tot Cases/ 1M pop	Deaths/ 1M pop	Total Tests	Tests/ 1M pop	Population
	World	184,644,577	+92,260	3,994,990	+1,643	168,966,712	+69,182	11,682,875	77,770	23,688	512.5
1	USA	34,592,377		621,293		29,096,816		4,874,268	3,814	103,895	1,866	507,748,050	1,524,973	332,955,517
2	India	30,585,229	+357	402,758		29,700,430	+7,444	482,041	8,944	21,946	289	419,777,457	301,209	1,393,642,378
3	Brazil	18,769,808		524,475		17,082,876		1,162,457	8,318	87,677	2,450	54,003,112	252,258	214,079,196
4	France	5,786,203		111,161		5,630,193		44,849	1,104	88,448	1,699	94,321,875	1,441,813	65,418,945
5	Russia	5,635,294	+24,353	138,579	+654	5,083,441	+14,540	413,274	2,300	38,599	949	152,300,000	1,043,169	145,997,494
6	Turkey	5,444,786		49,924		5,314,930		79,932	684	63,868	586	61,671,470	723,410	85,251,095
7	UK	4,903,434		128,222		4,334,656		440,556	300	71,851	1,879	214,786,845	3,147,298	68,244,848
8	Argentina	4,535,473		95,904		4,156,006		283,563	5,671	99,434	2,103	17,029,887	373,358	45,612,717
9	Colombia	4,350,495		108,896		4,047,147		194,452	8,155	84,594	2,117	20,384,649	396,373	51,427,935
10	Italy	4,263,317		127,649		4,091,004		44,664	197	70,617	2,114	72,340,685	1,198,244	60,372,239
11	Spain	3,833,868		80,911		3,606,789		146,168	586	81,968	1,730	52,691,812	1,126,543	46,773,020
12	Germany	3,738,451		91,584		3,629,300	+900	17,567	546	44,477	1,090	63,813,168	759,196	84,053,641
13	Iran	3,254,818		84,792		2,926,266		243,760	3,229	38,259	997	23,967,488	281,729	85,072,794
14	Poland	2,880,308	+38	75,085	+1	2,652,228	+63	152,995	86	76,189	1,986	17,591,621	465,327	37,804,845
15	Mexico	2,540,068	+2,611	233,622	+42	2,014,868	+4,114	291,578	4,798	19,495	1,793	7,580,614	58,181	130,294,173
16	Indonesia	2,313,829	+29,745	61,140	+558	1,942,690	+14,416	309,999		8,370	221	20,621,055	74,598	276,430,420
17	Ukraine	2,237,823	+270	52,484	+14	2,171,601	+419	13,738	177	51,481	1,207	10,925,065	251,331	43,468,779
18	Peru	2,065,113		193,230		N/A	N/A	N/A	2,312	61,769	5,780	14,373,931	429,932	33,433,062
19	South Africa	2,062,896		61,840		1,808,082		192,974	546	34,347	1,030	13,450,014	223,944	60,059,815
20	Netherlands	1,689,106		17,756		1,641,643		29,707	113	98,358	1,034	14,730,069	857,743	17,173,047
21	Czechia	1,667,935		30,310		1,636,178		1,447	4	155,461	2,825	30,265,111	2,820,873	10,728,987
22	Chile	1,569,784		33,103		1,509,297		27,384	2,823	81,415	1,717	17,227,555	893,490	19,281,193
23	Philippines	1,441,746	+5,392	25,192	+43	1,364,960	+6,477	51,594	1,881	12,983	227	15,175,343	136,658	111,045,862
24	Canada	1,416,969		26,360		1,384,448		6,161	437	37,215	692	36,946,410	970,362	38,074,871
25	Iraq	1,371,475		17,316		1,265,455		88,704	620	33,348	421	11,890,105	289,109	41,126,751
26	Sweden	1,090,880		14,592		1,064,620	+989	11,668	37	107,342	1,436	10,828,578	1,065,530	10,162,618
27	Belgium	1,086,508		25,185		1,040,178		21,145	126	93,340	2,164	15,423,491	1,324,998	11,640,387
28	Romania	1,080,951		33,928		1,045,351		1,672	67	56,570	1,776	9,897,988	517,996	19,108,249
29	Pakistan	963,660	+1,347	22,427	+19	907,934	+650	33,299	1,894	4,279	100	14,778,275	65,625	225,192,965
30	Bangladesh	944,917		15,065		833,897		95,955	1,182	5,681	91	6,723,560	40,421	166,338,597
31	Portugal	889,088		17,112		833,852		38,124	128	87,451	1,683	13,332,860	1,311,419	10,166,742
32	Israel	843,123	+154	6,428		834,098	+47	2,597	35	90,406	689	15,199,746	1,629,825	9,326,000
33	Hungary	808,262	+65	29,996	+4	740,195	+634	38,071	18	83,883	3,113	6,164,167	639,727	9,635,628
34	Japan	806,834	+1,488	14,848	+6	775,042	+1,562	16,944	491	6,399	118	16,658,153	132,117	126,086,194
35	Malaysia	785,039	+6,387	5,574	+77	710,018	+4,532	69,447	923	23,947	170	14,899,543	454,497	32,782,525
36	Jordan	753,192		9,781		736,699		6,712	472	73,090	949	7,947,011	771,184	10,304,948
37	Serbia	716,873		7,058		708,092		1,723	9	82,381	811	4,442,861	510,563	8,701,890
38	Switzerland	703,334		10,894		685,337		7,103	35	80,673	1,250	8,359,875	958,890	8,718,280
39	Austria	650,817	+80	10,713	+4	638,378	+59	1,726	44	71,849	1,183	56,937,916	6,285,854	9,058,103
40	Nepal	644,622		9,225		609,218		26,179		21,732	311	3,368,542	113,562	29,662,471
41	UAE	639,476		1,834		617,767		19,875		63,881	183	58,856,656	5,879,520	10,010,452
42	Lebanon	545,570		7,861		533,150		4,559	54	80,294	1,157	4,731,376	696,341	6,794,628
43	Morocco	534,550		9,319		519,696		5,535	149	14,312	250	6,908,167	184,957	37,350,103
44	Saudi Arabia	492,785		7,876		472,939		11,970	1,348	13,937	223	22,286,997	630,323	35,358,062
45	Ecuador	462,142		21,660		423,688		16,794	427	25,801	1,209	1,559,227	87,049	17,911,985
46	Bolivia	444,968	+878	16,951	+31	368,327	+1,388	59,690	200	37,604	1,433	1,861,754	157,337	11,832,923
47	Tunisia	443,631		15,377		362,236		66,018	526	37,146	1,288	1,787,563	149,676	11,942,907
48	Kazakhstan	436,962	+3,031	4,469	+25	402,121	+1,248	30,372	221	22,995	235	11,575,012	609,136	19,002,348
49	Paraguay	428,743		13,346		380,290		35,107	573	59,378	1,848	1,552,150	214,963	7,220,552
50	Greece	425,964		12,716		405,847		7,401	177	41,070	1,226	10,787,512	1,040,089	10,371,718
51	Bulgaria	422,053		18,084		395,381		8,588	152	61,205	2,623	3,236,650	469,374	6,895,678
52	Belarus	421,350		3,185		414,460		3,705		44,605	337	6,866,341	726,890	9,446,192
53	Panama	408,123		6,574		388,293		13,256	84	93,116	1,500	3,050,346	695,959	4,382,939
54	Slovakia	391,720	+3	12,513		378,813	+1	394	31	71,713	2,291	2,984,432	546,369	5,462,306
55	Uruguay	372,709		5,689		355,420		11,600	203	106,921	1,632	2,843,000	815,583	3,485,849
56	Costa Rica	371,206		4,686		296,096		70,424	396	72,207	912	1,509,763	293,678	5,140,884
57	Georgia	369,048		5,347		353,612		10,089		92,692	1,343	5,908,308	1,483,959	3,981,450
58	Kuwait	363,672		2,017		343,265		18,390	301	83,912	465	3,034,132	700,080	4,333,976
59	Croatia	360,246	+9	8,219	+1	351,528	+67	499	11	88,301	2,015	2,166,780	531,108	4,079,734
60	Azerbaijan	336,417		4,978		330,433		1,006		32,882	487	3,787,089	370,156	10,231,058
61	Dominican Republic	328,942		3,857		269,326		55,759	354	30,020	352	1,733,312	158,189	10,957,252
62	Palestine	314,569		3,573		308,774		2,222	5	60,260	684	1,911,414	366,158	5,220,195
63	Guatemala	302,012		9,461		269,019		23,532	5	16,550	518	1,613,457	88,419	18,247,945
64	Denmark	295,317		2,537		289,066		3,714	10	50,805	436	69,954,070	12,034,622	5,812,735
65	Thailand	289,233	+6,166	2,276	+50	223,437	+2,534	63,520	2,147	4,133	33	8,129,670	116,177	69,976,325
66	Egypt	282,082		16,264		214,087		51,731	90	2,705	156	2,869,589	27,521	104,269,989
67	Lithuania	278,906	+18	4,391	+1	267,958	+48	6,557	39	103,917	1,636	3,798,636	1,415,327	2,683,928
68	Venezuela	277,635		3,190		258,954		15,491	360	9,791	113	3,359,014	118,464	28,354,731
69	Oman	276,736	+1,570	3,316	+33	244,782	+1,908	28,638	506	52,846	633	1,550,000	295,992	5,236,632
70	Ethiopia	276,435		4,331		261,025		11,079	131	2,346	37	2,885,486	24,492	117,814,659
71	Ireland	274,306		5,000		258,720		10,586	14	54,936	1,001	4,729,538	947,194	4,993,210
72	Honduras	267,858	+940	7,089	+8	93,204	+245	167,565	613	26,619	704	806,489	80,146	10,062,708
73	Bahrain	266,426		1,360		262,814		2,252	77	151,325	772	5,089,411	2,890,683	1,760,626
74	Sri Lanka	265,630		3,236		233,317		29,077		12,353	150	4,056,906	188,662	21,503,615
75	Slovenia	257,429	+8	4,420	+1	252,584	+18	425	16	123,810	2,126	1,353,560	650,992	2,079,226
76	Moldova	256,970		6,196		249,936		838	55	63,851	1,540	1,280,788	318,247	4,024,514
77	Armenia	225,606	+53	4,527	+1	217,198	+67	3,881		75,992	1,525	1,205,632	406,098	2,968,820
78	Qatar	222,574		592		220,449		1,533	45	79,270	211	2,187,170	778,961	2,807,805
79	Bosnia and Herzegovina	205,047		9,667		183,663		11,717		62,893	2,965	1,033,373	316,963	3,260,237
80	Cuba	204,247		1,351		183,520		19,376	209	18,044	119	5,257,936	464,496	11,319,651
81	Libya	195,824	+782	3,213	+2	179,398	+303	13,213		28,115	461	1,135,104	162,970	6,965,125
82	Kenya	185,868		3,675		127,625		54,568	113	3,382	67	1,981,951	36,063	54,958,049
83	Nigeria	167,859		2,121		164,382		1,356	11	795	10	2,300,266	10,889	211,254,877
84	Myanmar	165,405		3,419		138,715		23,271		3,020	62	2,772,361	50,612	54,776,716
85	Zambia	164,282		2,443		143,128		18,711	1,274	8,693	129	1,913,525	101,250	18,898,964
86	S. Korea	160,795	+711	2,028	+2	150,044	+430	8,723	139	3,134	40	10,700,134	208,524	51,313,625
87	North Macedonia	155,710		5,486		150,073		151	25	74,742	2,633	890,381	427,392	2,083,288
88	Algeria	141,471		3,755		98,387		39,329	33	3,169	84	230,861	5,171	44,645,295
89	Latvia	137,653	+22	2,528		134,354	+40	771	16	73,803	1,355	2,943,176	1,577,985	1,865,148
90	Albania	132,535		2,456		130,027		52	3	46,105	854	818,263	284,650	2,874,631
91	Kyrgyzstan	132,070	+1,437	2,046	+9	113,212	+568	16,812	102	19,913	308	1,343,843	202,624	6,632,207
92	Norway	131,949		794		88,952		42,203	4	24,149	145	6,166,657	1,128,624	5,463,872
93	Estonia	131,207	+19	1,270	+1	127,584	+25	2,353	5	98,843	957	1,538,894	1,159,300	1,327,434
94	Mongolia	126,811	+1,551	629	+12	87,145	+2,326	39,037	126	38,067	189	3,303,023	991,520	3,331,272
95	Afghanistan	125,937		5,283		74,480		46,174	1,124	3,164	133	630,736	15,845	39,806,652
96	Uzbekistan	113,072	+475	751	+4	109,068	+304	3,253	23	3,330	22	1,377,915	40,579	33,956,204
97	Montenegro	100,327		1,615		98,424		288	6	159,719	2,571	456,278	726,388	628,146
98	Finland	96,569	+106	973		46,000		49,596	9	17,402	175	5,469,389	985,584	5,549,388
99	Ghana	96,317		796		93,948		1,573	9	3,036	25	1,292,900	40,756	31,723,032
100	Namibia	95,703		1,649		70,383		23,671	106	36,993	637	543,309	210,010	2,587,060
101	China	91,869	+22	4,636		86,804	+21	429	6	64	3	160,000,000	111,163	1,439,323,776
102	Uganda	83,636		1,111		55,551		26,974	1,086	1,773	24	1,355,146	28,720	47,184,530
103	Cameroon	80,858		1,324		78,224		1,310	152	2,972	49	1,751,774	64,386	27,207,419
104	Mozambique	80,151		904		71,634		7,613	32	2,494	28	611,476	19,031	32,131,360
105	El Salvador	79,790		2,409	+6	73,293		4,088	47	12,239	370	1,074,483	164,820	6,519,139
106	Cyprus	78,022		379		72,816		4,827	19	64,152	312	8,019,095	6,593,571	1,216,199
107	Maldives	74,351		213		70,889		3,249	21	135,161	387	1,033,080	1,878,006	550,094
108	Botswana	71,443		1,158		66,323		3,962	1	29,778	483	1,321,854	550,950	2,399,226
109	Luxembourg	71,031		818		69,750		463	1	111,649	1,286	3,095,813	4,866,116	636,198
110	Singapore	62,630	+13	36		62,286		308	2	10,621	6	13,607,805	2,307,732	5,896,613
111	Cambodia	55,187	+896	748	+28	47,386	+646	7,053		3,256	44	1,384,980	81,703	16,951,312
112	Zimbabwe	54,474		1,878		40,239		12,357	10	3,612	125	699,217	46,367	15,080,149
113	Jamaica	50,354		1,088		31,545		17,721	13	16,930	366	446,292	150,056	2,974,175
114	Ivory Coast	48,564		315		47,936		313		1,797	12	714,429	26,429	27,032,259
115	Senegal	43,768		1,174		41,683		911	14	2,547	68	572,857	33,334	17,185,500
116	DRC	42,617	+436	962	+2	28,523	+11	13,132		462	10	214,942	2,329	92,283,217
117	Rwanda	42,585		470		27,606		14,509	61	3,208	35	1,672,746	126,020	13,273,670
118	Madagascar	42,311		922		40,722		667	57	1,490	32	215,256	7,578	28,403,562
119	Angola	39,230		913		33,669		4,648	13	1,158	27	653,817	19,293	33,888,047
120	Malawi	36,926		1,208		33,326		2,392	83	1,882	62	273,402	13,932	19,624,721
121	Sudan	36,709		2,760		30,543		3,406		818	62	234,414	5,224	44,874,700
122	Trinidad and Tobago	33,428		892		26,003		6,533	22	23,808	635	234,443	166,976	1,404,050
123	Cabo Verde	32,735		288		31,842		605	23	58,242	512	176,994	314,905	562,056
124	Australia	30,803	+46	910		29,405		488	1	1,194	35	21,318,899	826,405	25,797,155
125	Malta	30,652		420		30,164		68		69,235	949	996,631	2,251,119	442,727
126	Réunion	30,583		237		28,585		1,761	32	33,916	263	102,720	113,913	901,739
127	French Guiana	27,730		148		9,995		17,587	40	90,493	483	290,892	949,290	306,431
128	Syria	25,653		1,887		21,850		1,916		1,431	105	103,566	5,777	17,926,356
129	Gabon	25,076		159		24,784		133	11	11,006	70	894,604	392,657	2,278,332
130	Guinea	23,807		172		22,528		1,107	24	1,765	13	470,111	34,851	13,489,209
131	Suriname	22,380		545		18,345		3,490	34	37,809	921	81,231	137,234	591,917
132	Mauritania	21,076		489		19,934		653	16	4,417	102	313,555	65,708	4,771,970
133	Guyana	20,378		478		18,304		1,596	18	25,783	605	193,306	244,576	790,372
134	Vietnam	20,261	+328	86		7,819		12,356		206	0.9	8,434,266	85,872	98,219,110
135	Mayotte	19,405		174		2,964		16,267	6	69,451	623	176,919	633,197	279,406
136	Eswatini	19,084		678		18,107		299	10	16,280	578	225,813	192,634	1,172,237
137	Haiti	19,053		456		12,906		5,691		1,651	40	91,867	7,959	11,542,170
138	French Polynesia	19,011		142		18,855		14		67,286	503	26,355	93,278	282,542
139	Papua New Guinea	17,098		173		16,518		407	7	1,875	19	131,712	14,447	9,116,981
140	Guadeloupe	17,028		230		2,250		14,548	23	42,549	575	226,329	565,550	400,193
141	Seychelles	15,857		71		14,651		1,135		160,236	717	21,504	217,300	98,960
142	Taiwan	15,030		688		12,170		2,172		630	29	2,551,269	106,926	23,860,184
143	Somalia	14,977		775		7,247		6,955		917	47	152,960	9,363	16,336,773
144	Mali	14,449		527		10,082		3,840		694	25	322,812	15,494	20,834,158
145	Togo	14,069		131		13,535		403		1,660	15	368,173	43,452	8,473,058
146	Andorra	13,918		127		13,721		70		179,845	1,641	193,595	2,501,583	77,389
147	Tajikistan	13,597		93		13,365		139		1,394	10			9,752,261
148	Burkina Faso	13,494		168		13,308		18		628	8	197,682	9,204	21,476,721
149	Belize	13,343		330		12,684		329	1	32,956	815	156,985	387,744	404,868
150	Bahamas	12,735		246		11,603		886	3	32,076	620	107,478	270,711	397,021
151	Congo	12,695		166		11,211		1,318		2,245	29	158,304	27,998	5,654,077
152	Martinique	12,374		98		98		12,178	1	33,000	261	200,461	534,603	374,972
153	Curaçao	12,349		126		12,199		24	4	74,948	765	140,043	849,941	164,768
154	Hong Kong	11,944	+1	211		11,637		96	1	1,580	28	20,066,916	2,655,006	7,558,144
155	Djibouti	11,605		155		11,445		5		11,577	155	175,568	175,143	1,002,425
156	Lesotho	11,568		329		6,492		4,747		5,357	152	115,657	53,562	2,159,327
157	Aruba	11,144		107		11,009		28	14	103,934	998	177,885	1,659,035	107,222
158	South Sudan	10,866		117		10,514		235		959	10	174,045	15,367	11,325,580
159	Timor-Leste	9,512	+36	25	+1	8,562	+25	925		7,079	19	93,497	69,586	1,343,626
160	Equatorial Guinea	8,759		122		8,553		84	1	6,045	84	149,330	103,055	1,449,029
161	Benin	8,199		104		8,000		95	5	659	8	604,310	48,574	12,440,993
162	Nicaragua	8,178		191		4,225		3,762		1,220	28			6,703,738
163	CAR	7,141		98		6,859		184	2	1,453	20	54,814	11,155	4,914,012
164	Yemen	6,929		1,361		4,104		1,464	23	227	45	114,939	3,770	30,484,146
165	Iceland	6,654		30		6,600		24	1	19,373	87	778,558	2,266,736	343,471
166	Fiji	6,513	+352	33	+3	1,287	+78	5,193	21	7,213	37	213,292	236,209	902,979
167	Eritrea	6,088		25		5,718		345		1,693	7	23,693	6,589	3,595,709
168	Gambia	6,079		181		5,858		40	3	2,447	73	82,460	33,189	2,484,580
169	Sierra Leone	5,793		106		3,664		2,023		712	13	156,766	19,260	8,139,595
170	Niger	5,506		194		5,210		102	2	220	8	119,421	4,761	25,081,131
171	Burundi	5,494		8		773		4,713		449	0.7	345,742	28,236	12,244,853
172	Saint Lucia	5,326		85		5,141		100		28,872	461	54,315	294,435	184,472
173	San Marino	5,091		90		5,000		1		149,722	2,647	68,523	2,015,205	34,003
174	Chad	4,951		174		4,775		2		293	10	126,660	7,496	16,897,250
175	Channel Islands	4,521		86		3,994		441		25,765	490	563,229	3,209,758	175,474
176	Liberia	4,520		133		2,411		1,976	2	873	26	120,475	23,272	5,176,739
177	Gibraltar	4,366		94		4,240		32		129,628	2,791	281,762	8,365,607	33,681
178	Barbados	4,086		47		4,008		31		14,201	163	187,754	652,538	287,729
179	Comoros	3,958		146		3,766		46		4,456	164			888,165
180	Guinea-Bissau	3,881		69		3,595		217	4	1,926	34	73,770	36,618	2,014,585
181	Liechtenstein	3,042		59		2,964		19	3	79,554	1,543	49,126	1,284,743	38,238
182	New Zealand	2,758	+7	26		2,693		39		551	5	2,317,171	463,240	5,002,100
183	Sint Maarten	2,620		33		2,561		26	2	60,417	761	28,642	660,487	43,365
184	Monaco	2,587		33		2,537		17	1	65,457	835	54,960	1,390,618	39,522
185	Bermuda	2,516		33		2,471		12	7	40,551	532	326,621	5,264,175	62,046
186	Turks and Caicos	2,425		18		2,398		9	2	61,794	459	94,789	2,415,437	39,243
187	Sao Tome and Principe	2,376		37		2,323		16		10,643	166	14,270	63,922	223,241
188	Saint Martin	2,314		37		1,399		878	7	58,838	941	40,350	1,025,987	39,328
189	Laos	2,300	+56	3		2,075	+44	222		312	0.4	303,454	41,110	7,381,557
190	St. Vincent Grenadines	2,233		12		2,110		111	2	20,064	108	55,630	499,843	111,295
191	Bhutan	2,159		1		1,870		288		2,767	1	798,573	1,023,620	780,146
192	Mauritius	1,858		18		1,534		306		1,459	14	358,675	281,558	1,273,893
193	Caribbean Netherlands	1,651		17		1,619		15		62,377	642	12,091	456,816	26,468
194	Isle of Man	1,638		29		1,571		38	1	19,161	339	80,001	935,837	85,486
195	Antigua and Barbuda	1,264		42		1,222		0		12,801	425	16,700	169,124	98,744
196	St. Barth	1,005		1		462		542		101,443	101	26,385	2,663,268	9,907
197	Faeroe Islands	781		1		767		13		15,923	20	313,863	6,398,838	49,050
198	Diamond Princess	712		13		699		0
199	Cayman Islands	614		2		605		7		9,233	30	108,198	1,627,111	66,497
200	Tanzania	509		21		183		305	7	8	0.3			61,435,925
201	Saint Kitts and Nevis	492		3		237		252	1	9,183	56	21,622	403,569	53,577
202	British Virgin Islands	456		1		300		155		14,984	33	57,201	1,879,572	30,433
203	Wallis and Futuna	445		7		438		0		40,308	634	20,508	1,857,609	11,040
204	Brunei	262		3		250		9		593	7	142,228	322,009	441,690
205	Dominica	194				191		3		2,688		19,197	266,012	72,166
206	Grenada	161		1		160		0		1,424	9	28,684	253,733	113,048
207	New Caledonia	129				58		71		448		34,704	120,393	288,257
208	Anguilla	111				109		2		7,333		24,074	1,590,303	15,138
209	Falkland Islands	63				63		0		17,593		7,307	2,040,491	3,581
210	Macao	55				51		4		84		4,574	6,949	658,224
211	Greenland	51	+1			50		1	1	897		30,133	529,867	56,869
212	Vatican City	27				27		0		33,624				803
213	Saint Pierre Miquelon	26				26		0		4,510		6,128	1,062,966	5,765
214	Montserrat	20		1		19		0		4,004	200	1,408	281,882	4,995
215	Solomon Islands	20				20		0		28		4,500	6,394	703,750
216	Western Sahara	10		1		8		1		16	2			612,044
217	MS Zaandam	9		2		7		0
218	Vanuatu	4		1		3		0		13	3	23,000	73,171	314,334
219	Marshall Islands	4				4		0		67				59,592
220	Samoa	3				3		0		15				199,740
221	Saint Helena	2				2		0		328				6,095
222	Micronesia	1				1		0		9				116,235
	Total:	184,644,577	+92,260	3,994,990	+1,643	168,966,712	+69,182	11,682,875	77,770	23,688.2	512.5

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SANTIAGO, July 4 (Reuters) – Delegates chose a woman on Sunday from Chile’s majority indigenous Mapuche people to lead them in drafting the country’s new constitution – a dramatic turnaround for a group that is unacknowledged in the country’s present rule book.

Elisa Loncon, 58, a political independent, is a Santiago university professor and activist for Mapuche educational and linguistic rights. She was picked by 96 of the 155 men and women, including 17 indigenous people, who make up the constitutional body that will draft a new text to replace Chile’s previous magna carta produced during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet.

Loncon accepted the position with fist clenched above her head, telling her colleagues to noisy celebrations: “I salute the people of Chile from the north to Patagonia, from the sea to the mountains, to the islands, all those who are watching us today,” she said.

“I am grateful for the support of the different coalitions that placed their trust and their dreams in the hands of the Mapuche nation, who voted for a Mapuche person, a woman, to change the history of this country.”

Her election represents a high point in a day of high drama which included the suspension of the delegates’ swearing in after protests outside and inside the venue, and clashes with police forced a delay to the event.

Problems arose after marches organised by independent, left-wing and indigenous groups fielding delegates for the constitutional body, as well as other interest groups, met heavily armed police manning barricades outside Santiago’s former congress building where the ceremony was being held.

Delegates inside the event then remonstrated with the organisers over heavy-handed police tactics, banging drums and shouting over a youth classical orchestra playing the national anthem.

A constitutional assembly member gestures as they gather for the first session to draft a new constitution, in Santiago, Chile July 4, 2021. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado

Amid demands by delegates for “repressive” special forces police to be withdrawn, the electoral court official presiding over the ceremony agreed to suspend the event until midday.

The fracas underscored the intense challenges for the drafting of a new magna carta against a backdrop of deep divisions that still simmer after Chile was torn apart by massive protests that started in October 2019 over inequality and elitism and were fueled by a fierce police response.

The constitutional body was picked by a popular vote in May and is dominated by independent and leftist candidates, some with roots in the protest movement, with a smaller share of more conservative candidates backed by the current centre-right government.

The delegates have vowed to address topics including water and property rights, central bank independence and labour practices, prompting jitters among investors of potentially significant changes to the free market system of the world’s top copper producer.

Before the ceremony began, Aymara and Mapuche delegates held spiritual ceremonies with song and dance in the downtown streets surrounding the body’s new headquarters and on a nearby hillside.

Unrecognised in the current constitution, they are hoping a new text will afford their nations new cultural, political and social rights.

The commission has up to a year to agree a common rulebook, establish committees and draft a new text.

Leandro Lima, a Southern Cone analyst for Control Risks, said the independents brought “legitimacy” to the process given Chileans’ deep mistrust in established politics but a paucity of policymaking experience and deep ideological divisions could cause critical delays to the drafting of the text itself.

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MIAMI (CBSMiami) – As Tropical Storm Elsa gets ready to move across central and western Cuba, tropical storm warnings and watches have been extended along the state’s west coast.

As of 5 a.m. Monday, Elsa was 110 miles east-southeast of Cayo Largo, Cuba, and 220 miles southeast of Havana, Cuba.

The storm’s sustained winds were 65 mph with higher gusts as it moves toward the northwest near 14 mph.

This general motion is expected to continue through Monday, followed by a turn toward the north-northwest on Tuesday.

On the forecast track, Elsa is expected to move across central and western Cuba on Monday and pass near the Florida Keys early Tuesday. Elsa is then forecast to move near or over portions of the west coast of Florida on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Some strengthening is possible before Elsa moves over Cuba, followed by some weakening while the center moves over
land. Slight restrengthening is forecast after Elsa moves over the southeastern Gulf of Mexico.

Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 70 miles from the center

Three people in the Caribbean have died as Tropical Storm Elsa makes its way north to Cuba.

The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency said in a situation report on Saturday that one death was reported in Soufriere, a town in Saint Lucia.

According to The Associated Press, a 15-year-old boy and 75-year-old woman died Saturday in the Dominican Republic.

Elsa strengthened to a category 1 hurricane on Friday, the first of the Atlantic season, while it moved through Barbados and continued moving through the Caribbean.

It was downgraded to a tropical storm on Saturday.

As of 8 p.m. EDT, the center of the storm was moving west-northwest at about 23 miles per hour. Maximum sustained winds remained near 70 miles per hour, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Elsa is forecasted to move near Jamaica and parts of eastern Cuba on Sunday.

By Monday, the storm is expected to move across central and western Cuba, which would move it toward the Florida Straits. On Tuesday, the storm is forecasted to move near or over portions of the west coast of Florida.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has declared a state of emergency ahead of Elsa’s expected landfall.

Officials in the state decided to halt rescue efforts for bodies after the collapse of a residential building in Surfside, Fla., as authorities look to demolish the remaining structure ahead of the impending storm.

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The remaining section of a partially collapsed apartment block near Miami has been demolished over safety fears as a tropical storm approaches Florida.

On Sunday night, explosive charges were used to bring down the last standing part of Champlain Towers South, which had been evacuated.

On 24 June, part of the block suddenly collapsed. Twenty-four people are known to have died and 121 are still missing.

Crews resumed the search for victims within a few hours of the demolition.

They are now hoping to be able to get into the apartment block’s underground garage, which they could not access safely before, and get a clearer picture of any voids that may exist in the rubble.

No survivors have been pulled from the rubble at the site in Surfside since the first few hours after the structure’s collapse.

The demolition operation was brought forward after concerns were raised over the approaching Tropical Storm Elsa, which could reach Florida on Tuesday.

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On Sunday, the town’s Mayor Charles Burkett said there was a danger that strong winds could bring down additional debris and endanger the lives of search crews.

He said demolition experts would be able to control how the structure fell, and that the explosion could “potentially open up a third of the pile [of rubble]” for emergency teams to access.

The existing rubble, meanwhile, was covered with a tarpaulin to protect it from any dust or debris caused by the collapse.

While no other buildings in the area were evacuated, nearby residents were advised to stay indoors and close their windows until at least two hours after the demolition.

Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said the controlled implosion went “exactly as planned”.

“I feel relief because this building was unstable. The building was hampering our search efforts,” she told the Associated Press.

Ms Levine Cava expressed sympathy for the families of the missing and said those who were forced to evacuate the remaining part of the block had “left their entire lives behind”.

She said teams scoured the structure using drones with thermal imaging cameras to make sure there were no pets still in the building.

Meanwhile, officials are investigating other tower blocks in the area for potential structural faults.

What caused the 40-year-old Champlain Towers South to crumble remains unclear. A 2018 inspection, however, warned of “major” flaws in the original design.

The building association’s board has said it will appoint an “independent receiver… to oversee the legal and claims process”.

‘Dark pit of pain’: families grieve victims lost to unimaginable in condo collapse

The Miami-Dade mayor, Daniella Levine Cava, told reporters two more bodies were found in the ruins of the condo building, which collapsed last month.

The number unaccounted for was 124, after closer inspection of the missing persons list reduced the number from 145 when duplicates were eliminated and some reported missing turned up safe.

Discoveries on Friday included the body of the seven-year-old daughter of a Miami firefighter. The girl and another victim were found overnight. Two more bodies were found on Friday. The discovery of the girl’s remains was especially hard, Levine Cava said.

“It was truly different and more difficult for our first responders,” she said. “These men and women are paying an enormous human toll each and every day, and I ask that all of you please keep them in your thoughts and prayers.”

On SaturdayLevine Cava said she had signed an emergency order to demolish the remaining part of the building – which the Surfside mayor, Charles Burkett, said had become “an obvious problem” – as early as

“The fear was that [Tropical Storm Elsa] may take down the building for us and may take it down in the wrong direction on top of the pile where we have victims,” Burkett said at a press conference on Saturday morning, referring to a storm, formerly a category 1 hurricane, headed for Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

The demolition “will allow our rescue workers to pore all over the entire site without fear of any danger from falling debris or falling buildings”, Burkett said.

Rescuers will have access to the garage area of the building for the first time once the remnants of the demolition are removed. That will give officials a clearer picture of whether any gaps in the rubble could be holding survivors. No one has been rescued since the first hours after the 24 June collapse.

The Florida governor, Ron DeSantis, underscored the necessity of bringing the structure down in a controlled manner, ahead of the arrival of Elsa.

“We have a building here in Surfside that is tottering, it is structurally unsound,” DeSantis said. “If the building is taken down this will protect our search and rescue teams.”

DeSantis, who said he would not attend a rally staged by Donald Trump in Sarasota on Saturday night, declared a state of emergency before the storm’s expected arrival early next week.

In another challenge to the rescue effort, one firefighter taskforce was demobilized after six members tested positive for Covid-19.

On Thursday, Joe Biden saluted the “resilience” of authorities and searchers and “their absolute commitment and willingness to do whatever it took to find the answer”.

“The families are realistic,” the president said. “They know that the chances are, as each day goes by, diminished slightly, but at a minimum they want to recover the bodies.

“They’re going through hell, those who survived the collapse, as well as those who are missing loved ones. The really hard part is not knowing whether they’re surviving or not, to have no idea.”

A few miles away in North Miami Beach, meanwhile, residents of a high-rise were forced to evacuate on Friday, loading clothes and valuables into suitcases and laundry baskets and wheeling them to waiting cars.

The building, Crestview Towers, was found to be unsafe in a review prompted by the deadly Surfside collapse.

The audit found that the 156-unit condo in North Miami Beach had been deemed structurally and electrically unsafe in January, the city said. Authorities went door-to-door, telling residents they had to leave the 49-year-old structure.

One resident, Harold Dauphin, said he had grabbed what he could and left.

Joe Biden comforts ‘amazing, resilient’ families at site of Miami condo collapse

“It’s unfortunate,” he said, “but I understand. Knowing what happened in Surfside, you know, it’s understandable.”

Officials did not immediately release details about the structural problems that prompted the evacuation in North Miami Beach but Crestview Towers reported millions of dollars in damage from Hurricane Irma in 2017.

It is the first building to be evacuated since officials in south Florida and statewide began scrutinizing older high-rises to ensure structural problems are not ignored.

A letter posted less than two weeks ago on the community website said repairs were under way or expected to begin soon after delays. Plans included a new roof, replacing a generator and changing lighting.

“Last year has been a different year due to the pandemic and many things have been postponed for countless reasons, but this year we have started to work hard,” the letter said.

The condo association could not be reached for comment.

Darwin Reyes said he lived in the building during Hurricane Irma and a chunk of the balcony above his fell on his during the storm. He listed other complaints, including elevators that often didn’t work and pipes that didn’t drain well. He said he had been planning to move.

On Friday, Reyes woke from a nap. He checked his Instagram feed and saw a notice that said his building was being evacuated. He looked into the hallway and saw people with bags and suitcases. He and his wife packed what they could.

“Right now I’m officially homeless,” he said.

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RIO DE JANEIRO/BRASÍLIA, July 3 (Reuters) – Protesters took to the streets in Brazil on Saturday demanding the impeachment of President Jair Bolsonaro and more vaccines to fight the coronavirus pandemic, as the country faces the world’s second deadliest outbreak after the United States.

On Friday, Supreme Court Justice Rosa Weber authorized the opening of an investigation into Bolsonaro over alleged irregularities in procurement of vaccine developed in India.

The protests were originally scheduled for July 24, but were brought forward after evidence of irregularities related to that vaccine deal were presented before a Senate committee investigating the federal government’s handling of the pandemic.

Brazil’s COVID crisis has been compounded by a slow vaccine rollout.

“It was not denialism, it was corruption,” said a banner held by 71-year-old Marilda Barroso in Rio de Janeiro.

By 2 p.m. local time, protests had drawn thousands of people in at least 13 state capitals, according to local media reports. Demonstrations were scheduled to take place in 315 Brazilian cities and in 15 countries, local media reported citing the organizers of the acts.

More protests were scheduled to take place in the afternoon, including in Brazil’s biggest city of São Paulo.

Reporting by Maria Carolina Marcello and Rodrigo Viga Gaier; Additional reporting by Sérgio Queiroz Writing by Ana Mano; Editing by David Gregorio

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NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (July 3, 2021) — The following is a media release issued by the Ministry of Health in the Nevis Island Administration.

One additional case of COVID-19 was recorded on Nevis on July 2, 2021. This brings the total number of cases on Nevis to 18 with 15 persons recovered and three active cases. This case which is imported, is fully vaccinated and has been in quarantine at one of our COVID-19 certified quarantine sites on island since arrival on June 27, 2021.

Case 18 was identified as a result of pre-departure screening conducted by the Ministry of Health. All persons leaving the Federation, while still within their quarantine period, are required to undergo exit testing. The case is isolated and stable. Contact tracing has commenced.

This case represents a vaccine breakthrough infection, defined as the detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA or antigen in a respiratory specimen collected from a person 14 days or more after they have completed all recommended doses of an authorized COVID-19 vaccine. COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective and an important tool that can be used to end this pandemic. However, as with all vaccines, a very small percentage of vaccinated individuals will become infected, but most of these persons will have mild disease or will be asymptomatic. Persons are therefore encouraged to join the over 50 per cent of the target population that is fully vaccinated with Astra Zeneca/Oxford COVID-19 Vaccine to prevent themselves getting severe disease, being hospitalized, or dying as a result of COVID-19 infection.

The Ministry of Health wishes to remind all persons, including those who interact with persons in quarantine, to follow all COVID-19 prevention and control protocols. Always wear a mask covering your nose and mouth when in public spaces and when interacting face-to-face with others, wash your hands thoroughly with soap and water or sanitize your hands properly and often throughout the day, maintain a distance of six feet or more from others, frequently sanitize high touch surfaces throughout the day and wash/sanitize your hands after doing so, keep your hands out of your face, eyes, nose and mouth. If you work at quarantine site you are reminded to consistently follow all COVID-19 prevention protocols at your place of work.

Persons who need further information about COVID-19 prevention and control measures, including quarantine, isolation, and symptoms of COVID-19 are asked to call 311, 661-5051 or 665-5473.

July 3, 2021

Office of the Medical Officer of Health

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BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, July 02, 2021 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – The Government of St. Kitts and Nevis has secured an additional five thousand (5,000) doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine as part of its drive to ensure at least 70 percent of the population is inoculated against the deadly COVID-19 disease, thereby achieving herd immunity in the Federation.

“Given the general global shortage of vaccines, I have been engaged with a number of CARICOM Heads and through bilateral diplomatic arrangements, we have secured an additional 5,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines. These vaccines have an expiration date of August 31, 2021. I am happy to report that these additional doses are already in our possession,” said Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris in a televised address to the nation today, Friday, July 03.

With the additional doses of the vaccine, the prime minister said the Government will restart its vaccination programme on Thursday, July 08, 2021.

Prime Minister Harris, in his address, reminded the nation that vaccines are a scarce and precious commodity, and as such he is encouraging those who have not yet been vaccinated to make use of the opportunity to become vaccinated while supplies last.

Dr. Harris said, “This will enable us to achieve in the shortest possible time on the stronger and safer future that you deserve. The pathway to economic recovery including job growth, high incomes, business openings, a flourishing tourism sector, etc depends on a critically high proportion of the population being vaccinated and adhering to the protocols.”

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NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (July 02, 2021) – – The island of Nevis will go into full 24-hour lock down for one week starting Saturday, July 03 until Monday, July 12, 2021.

Hon. Dr. Timothy Harris, Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, made the announcement during a national address on July 02, 2021. He said the enhanced restriction became necessary as case #16 on Nevis works in an environment with extremely vulnerable persons and contact tracing has already resulted in an additional positive case of COVID-19 being recorded on July 01.

“Given the risks associated with case 16 and the ongoing contact tracing on Nevis which has already led to case 17, I have been in close contact with the Premier of Nevis [Hon. Mark Brantley]. We have agreed that in an effort to save lives and avoid any further escalation of the situation on Nevis, the island of Nevis should as of Saturday, July 03 at 6:01 p.m. be under the same regime of restrictions as currently in place on St. Kitts…

“The period of the enhanced restrictions on Nevis will run until 5 a.m. on Monday, July 12, 2021 in the first instance,” he said.

During the 24-hour lockdown period all businesses and government offices and agencies shall close and a Shelter in Place Order will be imposed. This means that persons shall remain confined to their place of residence, inclusive of their yard space, with the exception of essential workers who are required to report to work.

There will be limited movement for limited operation of essential businesses including supermarkets and pharmacies from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Thursday, July 08 and Friday, July 09 and return to full 24-hour lockdown on Saturday, July 10 and Sunday July 11.

During this period special arrangements will be made to accommodate persons traveling overseas, students currently sitting overseas examinations, essential workers, and those with medical and other emergencies.

Prime Minister Harris said the necessary Statutory Rules and Orders (SR&O) will be published to reflect the enhanced restrictions as it relates to Nevis.

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