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Global COVID-19 Tracker – September 24

by Tom Lake

COVID-19 Trends and Developments

  • The United Kingdom registered its highest 24 hour total of new cases on record on September 23, with new 6,178 cases added to the tally, exceeding the previous high of 5,490 new cases recorded on April 22. Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak to deliver a statement to the House of Commons later today regarding a new tranche of economic support from the government following the imposition of tighter COVID-19 restrictions coming into force today.
  • The average daily increase in new cases in Spain across the past week to September 23 stands at 11,314 cases per day, the highest seven-day average on record. The total number of cases in Spain has risen by just under 100,000 in the past nine days. PM Pedro Sanchez has raised the prospect of reactivating emergency powers provided to the government earlier in the course of the pandemic in order to enforce the stricter lockdown conditions in the capital, Madrid.
  • Turkey's case total rose 1,767 on September 23, the highest one day increase since May 8. Turkey's case total of 308,069 means it has the 19th highest caseload globally, while the country's death toll from the virus of 7,711 means it has the 22nd highest number of fatalities globally.
Chart 1. COVID-19 Cases and Fatalities, Nominal and % Chg Day-to-Day (5dma)

Source: JHU, MNI. As of 0600BST September 24. N.b. Each dot represents a single day's figures, data for past three months

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