Globally, with more than one million deaths in more than 35.6 million people infected with nCoV, WHO estimates the virus has spread to 10% of the world's population.

214 countries and territories recorded 35,661,027 cases and 1,045,228 deaths caused by nCoV, an increase of 284,929 and 3,977 cases after 24 hours, while 26,841,117 people have recovered, according to the site's statistics.

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Medical staff transport patients in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on 5/10 Photo: AFP

The US, the world's largest epidemic zone, recorded 7,674,451 cases and 214,959 deaths, an increase of 40,982 and 363 cases from the previous day.

US President Donald Trump left the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on the evening of October 5 (morning of October 6, Hanoi) after three days of hospitalization with Covid-19 infection and returned to the White House for further treatment.

Nine states in the US reported a record increase in nCoV cases over the past week, mainly in the western region.

India, the world's second-largest epidemic zone, yesterday reported 59,893 more infections and 886 deaths, bringing the total number of people infected and dead from Covid-19 to 6,682,073 and 103,600, respectively.

Initially, Covid-19 severely affected major cities including the financial center of Mumbai and the capital New Delhi, but later spread to rural areas where the health care system was weak

Brazil, the third largest epidemic region in the world, recorded 300 more deaths from Covid-19, bringing the total number of deaths to 146,675.

The state government of Sao Paulo, Brazil's most populous state, earlier this month asked health regulator Anvisa to register to use the Covid-19 vaccine developed by Chinese company Sinovac Biotech Ltd.

Brazilian experts say the models show that the country has passed the epidemic peak, but still warn that the situation could suddenly deteriorate if the local government allows the economic reopening too soon, without tightening the measures.

Russia reported an additional 117 deaths, bringing the total number of deaths to 21,475.

Schools in the capital Moscow started an unplanned break on October 5, with businesses being required to have a minimum of 30% of their employees work remotely.

South Africa, the world's 10th largest epidemic region and the country most severely affected by the pandemic in Africa, recorded 682,215 cases and 17,016 deaths, up 926 and 40 cases respectively.

The South African government opened borders with all African countries from October 1, while still banning visitors from 50 countries with high rates of infection, including the UK, the US, India, Russia, and France.

Spain, Europe's largest epidemic region, recorded 2,099 more cases and brought the total number of infected people to 852,838, of which 32,225 people died, an increase of 46 cases compared to a day earlier.

The capital Madrid and 9 surrounding cities from October 2 started partial blockade in 14 days.

The number of new infections in France also increased again after the period of Covid-19 was contained.

The capital Paris is set on maximum Covid-19 alarm, meaning every bar must be closed for two weeks from October 6 and restaurants must apply strict hygiene measures.

French Prime Minister Jean Castex's office said the situation has not improved since Paris recorded all three criteria to trigger maximum alarm status in the middle of last week, calling on businesses to prioritize working from home and giving lectures.

He recorded 515,571 cases and 42,369 deaths, an increase of 12,594 and 19 cases respectively.

Iran, the Middle East's largest epidemic region, reported 27,192 deaths, an increase of 235, while the total number of infections was 475,674, an increase of 3,902.

Schools, libraries, mosques and other public facilities in the capital, Tehran, began to close for a week from October 3 to prevent increased infections.

In Southeast Asia, the Philippines is the region's largest epidemic with 324,762 cases and 5,840 deaths, up 2,291 and 64 respectively.

The Philippines imposes restrictions on the capital Manila and surrounding areas until October 31.

Indonesia, the region's second largest epidemic, recorded 307,120 cases, an increase of 3,622 from the previous day, of which 11,253 died, an increase of 102 cases.

The administration of President Joko Widodo is being criticized for its economic priority over public health.

President Widodo dismissed the criticism, saying that the current Covid-19 situation in Indonesia is "quite good".

Singapore is the third largest epidemic area in the region with 27 deaths and 57,819 infected people, an increase of 7 cases.

Mike Ryan, director of emergency situations at the World Health Organization (WHO), warns Covid-19 could have infected 10% of the world's population and disease will continue to spread.

"This number depends on the country, the urban and rural areas, and the different population groups. However, it shows that the majority of the world's population is still in danger. We are entering.