America has undercounted its Covid-19 deaths: Fauci

The United States US has undercounted the number of deaths caused by the Covid19 pandemic currently the highest in the world Anthony Fauci the countryrsquos top infectious disease expert saidHe made the remarks on Sunday during a TV programme while responding to a question as to whether he believes the true death toll is as high as suggested by a new study from the University of Washington reports Xinhua news agencyldquoYou know the model says that itrsquos a significant amount as you mentioned correctly 900000 Thatrsquos a bit more than I would have thought the undercounting was but you know sometimes the models are right on line sometimes theyrsquore a bit offrdquo he saidAnthony Fauci PicAFPldquoBut I think therersquos no doubt that we are and have been undercounting What that tells us is something that wersquove known You know wersquore living through a historic pandemic the likes of which we havenrsquot seen in over a 100 yearsrdquo Fauci addedAs of Monday the USrsquo Coronavirus death toll has increased to 581752 according to the Johns Hopkins University The countryrsquos caseload stood at 32707359 also the largest in the worldSaudi to hold Haj under safety measuresSaudi Arabia has announced its plan to hold this yearrsquos Haj pilgrimage under Covid19 safety measures that will ensure preserving the health and safety of the worshippers state media reported The health authorities in the Kingdom continue to assess conditions and take all measures to protect the health and wellbeing of the public state media quoted the Ministry of Haj and Umrah as saying on Sunday It added that organisation details of the Haj season will be announced later Xinhua news agency reportedLanka identifies six Covid19 variantsSri Lankan health experts have said a total of six Covid19 variants have been identified in the island nation amid an ongoing resurgence of new cases The Coronavirus variants including the more contagious B1617 first reported in India were identified by the Department of Immunology and Molecular Medicine of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura reports Xinhua news agencyIsrael approves aid to support aviation industryThe Israeli government has approved an aid plan to support the countryrsquos Coronavirushit aviation industry the Finance Ministry said in a statement The government approved agreements signed between the Ministry and countryrsquos two largest airlines El Al and Israir reports Xinhua news agency citing the statement as saying on Sunday677545No of new cases reported globally in the past 24 hours158434226Total no of cases worldwide3295405Total no of deaths worldwideSource WHOJohns HopkinsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever