Worldometer statistics show that the world currently has 31,750,321 cases of Covid-19 and 974,024 deaths.
According to WHO, nearly all regions of the world saw an increase in cases last week, of which cases in Europe increased by 11% and in the Americas by 10%. Only Africa seems to remain relatively unaffected by the pandemic and avoids the trend of overtime. The number of new cases here decreased by 12% and the number of deaths decreased by 16% from a week earlier.
WHO said that although the number of new cases has increased globally, the number of new deaths is declining, mainly in the Americas - an area that has been strongly affected for a long time. Here, the number of new deaths is 22% lower than last week. Meanwhile, the Americas still account for half of all cases and 55% of all deaths worldwide. The decline in the number of deaths on the continent is reflected mainly in Colombia, Mexico, Ecuador and Bolivia.
The US has reached a sad milestone when there are more than 200,000 Covid-19 deaths as of yesterday (September 22) when voters are only a few weeks away from deciding whether Trump will be in office or not. According to statistics from Johns Hopkins University, the US has 6.86 million people infected with nCov and 200,182 people died. For months, the number of deaths in the US was the highest in the world, ahead of Brazil with 137,272 cases and India with 88,935 cases. The US accounts for 4% of the global population but 20% of all Covid-19 deaths.
In Europe, countries France, Russia, Spain and the UK reported the highest number of new cases in the past week, while Hungary and Denmark had the highest number of deaths respectively.
In the UK, Prime Minister Boris Johnson told people to work from home if possible and ordered the early closure of restaurants and bars in response to the second wave of nCov infections occurring. The accompanying anti-epidemic measures can last up to 6 months. Military forces can be deployed to ensure measures are followed.
After scientists warned that the number of deaths could rise sharply without urgent action, Johnson hesitantly hesitated to blockade the country a second time as did in March but said other measures could be imposed. if the disease is not contained.
