Stock market opened with modest gain on Wednesday marking third consecutive session in the upward gain
The Americas still account for more than half of all fatalities worldwide owing to high death counts in Mexico, Peru, Colombia, Chile and Ecuador.
An average of more than 5,600 people die each day from Covid-19, according to Reuters calculations based on data from the last two weeks. The rate of deaths is holding steady taking 18 days to climb from 800,000 to 900,000 deaths. It took 17 days to go from 700,000 to 800,000.
India's fatality rate is around 1 per cent, while Brazil and the United States have mortality rates of around 3 per cent, in line with the world average.
While both deaths and cases in the United States are down from a July peak, cases are rising in about 40% of the country, exacerbated in part by a return of students to college towns.
As cases rebound in parts of Europe, countries have recently seen single-day records in new cases similar to those seen during the spring, signaling a second wave is underway.
The sharp rise of almost 3,000 new cases in the UK over the weekend was the highest jump since May, prompting a ban on gatherings of more than six people as prime minister Boris Johnson tries to control the spike.
The UK, which has the fifth-highest death toll of 41,594, has a 14-day quarantine for returners from European holiday destinations such as some Greek islands, France, Croatia and Spain which are experiencing similar spikes.
Spain was the first country in western Europe to record more than half a million cases on Monday and now has 552,000 total infections.
The first death linked to Covid-19 was reported on Jan. 10 in Wuhan, China, after the coronavirus first emerged there in December.
Stock market opened with modest gain on Wednesday marking third consecutive session in the upward gain
Union warned it could order several days of strike action over a busy May holiday weekend if its demands are not met
Humidity is set to rise during the night and into Thursday morning
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The building in Muhaisnah 4 had suffered structural damage last week and has been sealed off as authorities conduct investigations
Al Ain, which knocked out Cristiano Ronaldo's Al Nassr in the quarterfinals, reached the final for the first time since 2016
Defeat leaves Chelsea still in ninth, three points adrift of the European places
Liverpool left some key players out of their starting line-up for Sunday's 3-1 win at Fulham