Global coronavirus cases pass 3 mil.
28 April, 2020
Global confirmed coronavirus cases surpassed 3 million on Monday, as america neared 1 million cases, according to a Reuters tally.
It comes as much countries are taking steps to ease lockdown measures which may have brought the world to a standstill in the last eight weeks.
The first 41 cases were confirmed in Wuhan, China, on Jan. 10. The 3 million confirmed infections in under four months are comparable in number with the roughly 3-5 million cases of extreme illness due to seasonal influenza all over the world each year, based on the World Health Organisation.
Typically 82,000 cases have been reported per day previously week. Over a quarter of all cases are in america, and over 43% have been recorded in Europe.
The death toll from the virus stood at more than 205,000 by Monday, and almost one in seven reported cases of the condition has been fatal.
The true mortality rate is likely to be substantially lower as the tally of infections does not include many mild or asymptomatic and unconfirmed cases.
Some severely damaged countries in Europe, including Italy, France and Spain, have recorded a drop in daily case numbers over recent weeks, but nonetheless recorded 2,000-5,000 new infections each day in the past week.
Total cases rose 2.5% on Sunday, the lowest daily rate in almost 8 weeks, and down from a peak in late March when the full total was rising by a lot more than 10% a day.
AMERICA has reported an average of more than 30,000 new cases a day during the past week, and today represents around a third of most new cases.
Italy said it will permit some factories to reopen on May 4 within a staggered reopening, while Spain relaxed lockdown rules on Sunday, allowing children outside under supervision.
Several U.S. states have reopened businesses amid predictions that the jobless rate could hit 16% for April.
In Asia, which makes up about just under 7% of all cases, some countries are struggling to keep new infections in balance. They include Japan and Singapore, which saw cases rise in April despite earlier successful efforts to slow the spread.
Others in the region have managed to rein in outbreaks, including South Korea, which includes reported around 10 cases a day during the past week, down from a peak of over 1,000 in February.
In China, where in fact the virus first emerged, officials reported just three new infections for Sunday and said all patients in Wuhan, the initial epicenter, had now been discharged.
Case numbers continue steadily to rise faster compared to the global average in Latin America and Africa. Total cases in Mexico grew 7-10% a day in the past week, reaching 13,800, while cases in Brazil surpassed 60,000 on Sunday.
Over 40% of Africa’s 32,600 cases are in the north, where Morocco, Egypt and Algeria are reporting serious outbreaks.
Source: the-japan-news.com
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