Health: Updates on COVID-19

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CORONAVIRUS UPDATES:

Victoria's daily coronavirus cases at seven week low

  • Australia's second-most populous state of Victoria has reported the lowest daily rise in new infections in seven weeks. 
  • The use of plasma treatment has been given the greenlight by the Food and Drug Administration in the US, the country worst-affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
  • More than 23.3 million people around the world have been diagnosed with COVID-19, and more than 15 million have recovered. At least 806,500 people have died, according to Johns Hopkins University.
  
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Here are the latest updates:

Monday, August 24

01:47 GMT - South Korea cases down, but nationwide pandemic alert still up

The new coronavirus cases in South Korea slowed down slightly on Monday with 266 new cases, but the country remains on high alert nationwide.

Yonhap news agency quoted the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as saying that 258 of the new reported cases were local transmission.

The country now has a total of 17,665 cases, with no new fatality keeping the death toll at 309.

01:20 GMT - China reports 16 imported coronavirus cases

China's National Health Commission reported on Monday 16 imported coronavirus cases in the mainland as of the end of Sunday, slightly up from 12 imported cases the previous day.

The commission also said that for the eighth consecutive day, there were no new local infections detected in the country, although 27 new people were said to be asymptomatic.

China has a total of 84,967, while the death toll remains unchanged at 4,634.

00:40 GMT - Seoul to mandate masks starting on Monday

South Korea
According to reports, there have been more than 2,600 cases in the past 10 days in South Korea prompting the government to warn of a resurgence of COVID-19 nationwide [Ahn Young-joon/AP]

The use of masks while outdoors is now mandatory in Seoul, South Korea's capital.

Seo Jeong-hyup, acting mayor of Seoul, issued the order hours after the country reported 397 new coronavirus cases on Sunday - the highest since early March.

According to reports, there have been more than 2,600 cases in the past 10 days. The country has reported almost 17,400 cases and 309 deaths.

00:05 GMT - Australia's Victoria reports lowest daily rise in infections in seven weeks

Australia's second-most populous state of Victoria has reported 116 new cases of coronavirus, the lowest daily rise in seven weeks. 

Melbourne, the state's capital, has been in a strict lockdown and curfew since a new wave of the outbreak emerged a few weeks ago.

Officials say 15 people died from the disease over the past 24 hours.

Australia now has more than 24,800 cases and over 500 deaths, according to the Johns Hopkins University tally.

Melbourne, Australia
Australia now has more than 24,800 cases and over 500 deaths, according to the Johns Hopkins University tally [File: James Ross/EPA]

00:01 GMT - Pakistan's Peshawar shuts hotels after employees test of COVID-19

Pakistani authorities have closed about two dozen hotels in a scenic tourist area in the country's northwest after dozens of hotel employees tested positive for the coronavirus, according to the Associated Press news agency.

As many as 47 hotel employees who tested positive for COVID-19 were quarantined at the hotels where they worked.

Pakistan has confirmed more than 275,000 coronavirus infections and nearly 6,300 deaths since reporting its first case in February.

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