Week 9 of Coronavirus 'Staycation'

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In the news:

Brazil has reported 16,409 cases of novel coronavirus over the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide total to 514,849.

Brazil is second only to the United States in its number of coronavirus cases.

Dr. Carissa Etienne, the director of the Pan American Health Organization, said earlier this week that the Americas have “become the epicenter of the Covid pandemic.”

Brazil also recorded 480 new coronavirus-related fatalities over the past 24 hours, according to its health ministry, raising the overall death toll to 29,314.

Brazil has the fourth-highest number of coronavirus deaths globally, according to Johns Hopkins University.

Queen Elizabeth II has been pictured riding a pony on the grounds of Windsor Castle, in her first photographed appearance since the coronavirus lockdown started in the UK.

The 94-year-old Queen has been a passionate horse lover throughout her reign and was photographed over the weekend riding one of her ponies, a 14-year-old Fell Pony called Balmoral Fern. On Sunday, the Royal Family’s verified Twitter page posted photos of the Queen riding.

The Queen has made two televised addresses during the lockdown, the first assuring those in isolation that "we will meet again" and the other to mark VE Day.

The number of coronavirus cases in Peru rose to 164,476 on Sunday, an increase of 8,805 from the previous day, according to the country's Health Ministry.

The spike follows a trend of increasing reports of new cases in recent days, which have seen Peru go from reporting about 4,000 to more than 7,000 new cases each day.

The country also reported 135 new coronavirus-related deaths, taking the national death toll to 4,506, according to the Ministry.

The capital city of Lima has the largest concentration of infections, according to the Health Ministry, which reported on Sunday that the city has recorded 100,526 virus cases.

Peru has the second-highest number of coronavirus cases in Latin America, behind Brazil.

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My thoughts:

Hello my fellow readers! Of course, I've spent a good amount of time talking with my family about the Coronavirus. What we've decided is everything will slowly start going back to normal until they get a vaccine which will most likely happen between December and April{ish}. So far, they've started opening up restaurants to pick food up and other things will slowly start opening {have you heard about Disney World reopening in late July? That'll be fun going with even less people to worry about than before, to any of you Disney fans!}. I think the highlight of this week for me was Sunday, because I got to spend a lot of time with my family, and we went out to get frappes which ended up being really good. Do you guys prefer frappes or just regular ice cream? Feel free to comment below! My mom also made this lovely picture of our dog, Brady, which came out really well!

Happy pride month to anyone who celebrates it and remember to stay safe and have a wonderful week! Remember, there's a new post coming out on Friday!