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Countries across the globe are breaking new daily highs of COVID-19 infections.
The U.S., Europe and Japan are among many regions faced with the virus spiraling out of control.
Choi Min-jung reports.
Countries around the world are seeing record-high new daily cases with soaring COVID-19 infections.
According to Johns Hopkins University data, the U.S. reported the highest single-day tally last Friday,… with over 184-thousand cases.
This comes just a little more than a week after the country first surpassed 100-thousand daily infections.
On Saturday, the country continued to see similarly high numbers,… marking 12 consecutive days passing the 100-thousand mark.
The situation in Europe got worse over the past week,… with countries reporting new daily records and imposing new lockdowns.
On Saturday, Russia confirmed over 22-thousand new daily cases for the first time since the pandemic began,… bringing their official total to 1-point-9 million.
Following record high daily figures over in Austria, the government announced a full lockdown,.. which is set to take effect from Tuesday local time.
During the tougher 3-week lockdown, people will be restricted from leaving their homes with the exception of buying everyday goods.
"My urgent request for the next few weeks is: Don't meet anyone. Every social contact is one too many. Spend your free time only with the people you live with in the same household".
Japan also hit new daily highs on Saturday with over 1-thousand-700 cases.
The country has seen new case records for 3 days in a row,… with daily cases topping 1-thousand for the sixth consecutive day as of Sunday.
Choi Min-jung, Arirang News.