The world recorded more than 22 million people infected with nCoV, more than 780,000 people died, many countries continue to see a sudden increase in new cases.

213 countries and regions recorded 22,276,286 cases and 782,962 deaths caused by nCoV, an increase of 246,811 and 6,339 cases after 24 hours, while 15,023,082 people recovered, according to the update page.

The US, the world's largest epidemic zone, recorded 5,652,064 cases and 174,920 deaths, an increase of 42,405 and 1,294 cases compared to a day earlier.

US President Donald Trump said the federal government will provide up to 125 million reusable masks to school districts across the US, while urging states to allow students to return to school, despite warnings

Meanwhile, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced that more than 96% of schools in California, the state most heavily affected by Covid-19 in the US, will begin the new school year online.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on August 18 criticized the Trump administration's response to the nCoV "European virus" when speaking at the Democratic national conference.

In Brazil, the world's second-largest epidemic region, deaths increased to 110,019 after an additional 1,365 cases were recorded.

The survey results published on August 15 in the Folha de Sao Paulo newspaper showed that 47% of participants believed that Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was not responsible for the Covid-19 epidemic in the country, while 11%

Mexico, Latin America's second-largest economy and the region's third-largest epidemic region, reported 525,733 cases and 57,023 deaths after recording 3,571 and 266 additional cases, respectively.

Chile recorded 388,855 infections and 10,546 deaths, an increase of 1,353 and 33 cases compared to the previous day.

Residents can leave their homes on weekdays without police permission like before.

South Africa, the fifth epidemic region in the world, is the country most affected by the pandemic in Africa with 592,144 cases and 12,264 deaths, an increase of 2,258 and 282 cases, respectively.

Gauteng Financial Center and two tourism development provinces, the West Cape and the East Cape, have seen a sharp increase in the number of infections over the months.

Russia, the world's fourth-largest epidemic region, reported 132 more deaths, bringing the total number of deaths to 15,875.

The Russian Ministry of Health announced over the weekend that the production of a CoV vaccine developed by the Gamaleya Institute for Scientific Research on Epidemiology and Microbiology had begun.

Russian officials say they are capable of producing up to 500 million doses of the Sputnik V vaccine in the next 12 months.

He reported an additional 1,089 nCoV infections, bringing the total to 320,286, of which 41,381 died, an increase of 12.

Restrictions have recently been re-imposed in locations in central and northern England and the Scottish city of Aberdeen, where pubs and restaurants are closed, while restrictions on travel are warranted.

However, despite the complexity of the epidemic, Scottish children return to school for the first time in five months, as leaders across the UK are trying to reopen education.

Iran, the Middle East's largest epidemic zone, recorded an additional 168 deaths, bringing the total number of deaths in the country to 19,972.

The number of nCoV infections and deaths in Iran has tended to increase again since the end of June. The government has ordered the mandatory wearing of masks in enclosed public spaces, and provinces are also empowered to consider re-pressurization.

India, the third largest epidemic region in the world, reported an additional 65,022 infections and 1,098 deaths, bringing the total to 2,766,626 and 53,023, respectively.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on August 11 called on local leaders to increase contact testing and tracing, in the context of experts worried that the health system, which is burdened with unable to cope with the pandemic.

According to the Pune city authorities, south of Mumbai, home to about 3.5 million people, antibody tests in the five most affected areas by Covid-19 in the city showed 51,

China has not released the data yet.

In Southeast Asia, the Philippines is the region's largest epidemic with 169,213 infections and 2,687 deaths, an increase of 4,836 and 6 cases, respectively.

The Philippines on August 14 banned imports of poultry meat from Brazil after two Chinese cities discovered nCoV on frozen goods, including chicken wings from Brazil.

Indonesia, the region's second largest outbreak, recorded 143,043 cases, an increase of 1,673 cases compared to the previous day, of which 6,277 died, an increase of 70 cases.

The capital Jakarta extended social restrictions to August 27, requiring restaurants, places of worship and public transport to operate with limited capacity.

Singapore is the region's third largest epidemic region with 55,938 infected people, an increase of 100 cases, and 27 deaths from CoV.

Dr Mike Ryan, director of emergency situations at the World Health Organization (WHO), affirmed that stopping outbreaks from spreading in the community is the key to coping with Covid-19.

WHO Director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that the situation of countries putting their own interests first in securing supplies of Covid-19 vaccine made the pandemic worse.

"The strategic global sharing of finite supply is truly for the good of each country. No one is safe until all is safe," he said during the meeting.