UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations’ counterterrorism chief says a 350% increase in phishing websites was reported in the first quarter of the year and many of them targeted hospitals and health care systems, hindering their response to the coronavirus pandemic.Vladimir Voronkov told the U.N. Security Council on Thursday that the upsurge in phishing sites was part of “a significant rise in cybercrime in recent months.” He said global experts don’t yet fully understand “the impact and consequences of the pandemic on global peace and security, and more specifically on organized crime and terrorism.”Voronkov also warned that extremists are taking advantage of the disruption and economic hardship brought by the pandemic to spread fear and division while trying to recruit followers.HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE VIRUS OUTBREAK:— Dr. Fauci says public health safeguards slow virus; hopes for vaccine in 2021— Congressional negotiations on a huge COVID-19 relief package is still ongoing. Kevin Stitt, the first governor in the nation to test positive for the coronavirus, was infected when he hugged two friends from Tulsa.At least one of the two men, whom Hannema did not identify, later tested positive for the virus. He says he no longer was contagious when he attended a public meeting with other legislative leaders and Kelly on July 29.SAN FRANCISCO — A U.S. federal judge has ordered immigration officials to conduct weekly coronavirus testing for more than 100 men held at a California detention center.Judge Vince Chhabria in San Francisco issued the temporary restraining order Thursday.A lawyer tells the San Francisco Chronicle that nearly two dozen inmates and staff members have tested positive for COVID-19 at the Mesa Verde Detention Center in Bakersfield.The judge says ICE has deliberately avoided universal testing out of concern that the agency would have to implement troublesome safety measures.The Chronicle says ICE didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.JOHANNESBURG — South Africa is reporting more than 8,300 new confirmed coronavirus cases as the country with the world’s fifth largest caseload is approaching 10,000 deaths.The new health ministry figures push the total cases on the African continent past the 1 million mark.South Africa has more than half the virus cases in Africa, with 529,877.Health Minister Zweli Mkhize this week expressed cautious optimism as the rate of new cases has slowed. That is the third-highest death toll in the world, behind only the United States and Brazil.The department also reported 6,590 new confirmed coronavirus cases, putting the accumulated total at 462,690.Authorities concede the death and case numbers are significant undercounts, in part due to Mexico’s extremely low level of testing.

A woman wearing a face mask to help protect against the coronavirus walks by a sculpture on display on a park in Beijing, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020.

(AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File) The meeting took place July 10 in Oklahoma City, and was not connected to Stitt’s attendance at a June 20 campaign rally for President Donald Trump in Tulsa.Stitt announced July 15 that he was quarantining himself following a positive test.The Oklahoma State Department of Health on Thursday reported 41,401 coronavirus cases and 593 deaths due to COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, increases of 837 confirmed cases and 10 deaths from those reported Wednesday.CHICAGO — Illinois has reported nearly 2,000 new confirmed COVID-19 cases as public health officials continued warnings Thursday that there could be a reversal in the state’s progress against coronavirus if things don’t change.The Illinois Department of Public Health announced 1,953 confirmed cases, the highest since late May, and 21 deaths. Health worker Ivan Mandujano collects a nasal swab sample from a resident to test for COVID-19, in Xochimilco, Mexico City, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020. The 24-hour case load was down from a record 725 infections reported a week earlier.


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