In April, the number of new cases did not exceed 100,000 in one day, but since May 21, there have been just under 100,000 in five days, according to data from
Johns Hopkins University. Newly reported cases peaked at 130,400 on June 3.
The epidemics of different nations followed different paths. the number of
New cases It slowed in many countries severely affected earlier by the epidemic, including China, the United States, the United Kingdom, Italy, Spain and France.
But many countries, especially in South America, the Middle East and Africa, still seem to be moving at an accelerating rate, according to CNN.
analyzing Johns Hopkins University data.
In Libya, Iraq, Uganda, Mozambique, and Haiti, data show that the number of known cases is doubling every week. In Brazil, India, Chile, Colombia and South Africa, cases double every two weeks.
“The Americas are still responsible for most cases. For several weeks, the number of cases reported every day in the Americas was more than the rest of the world combined,” said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Gebresus.
Wednesday.
“We are particularly concerned about Central and South America, where many countries are witnessing an acceleration of epidemics.”
Dr. Mike Ryan, Executive Director of the WHO Emergency Health Program, said he did not believe Central and South America had arrived
summit In the transmission.
Period
Global deaths It also continues to rise in South America and the Caribbean.
Brazil recorded more than 30,000 new cases on Thursday, bringing the total to nearly 615,000 total, along with 1,473 new deaths, bringing the total death toll to more than 34,000.
Its number is second only to the United States, with fewer than 1.9 million deaths and 108,211 deaths reported. At its peak, the United States was seeing an increase more than
30,000 new cases day; As of Friday, there were about 21,000 news stories and 942 deaths per day, on average, over seven days.
Since then, a number of countries have seen their initial peaks – such as South Korea, Germany and China
New groups Of infection after relaxing movement restrictions, which raised fears of a
The second wave.
Authorities in 214 countries and territories have reported about 6.6 million Covid-19 cases and 391,000 deaths since China reported to the World Health Organization its first case in December.
Possibly the real number of the virus
worst Of numbers, as a slight or asymptomatic infection is often diagnosed.