Coronavirus world updates: WHO sounds alarm as global deaths top 4 million, delta spreads to 100 countries – The Washington Post

Here are some significant developments:

• Japan declared a state of emergency in Tokyo that will run throughout the Olympic Games, to combat rising infections in the capital and the spread of the contagious delta variant.
• Health authorities in Australia’s New South Wales on Thursday reported the state’s largest daily increase in local coronavirus cases this year. The delta variant has driven a surge of cases in the state capital, Sydney, which remains shut down until July 16.
• The delta variant is now dominant in the United States, according to new estimates from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Over the two weeks ending July 3, more than 51 percent of new cases were linked to the variant, the agency said.
• England’s coronavirus infections have quadrupled since early June, according to a new study by Imperial College London, as the delta variant gains ground among mostly unvaccinated populations. Despite the surge, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson plans to lift nearly all coronavirus-related restrictions later this month.

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