Global cases are now more than 15 million and died more than 630,000 from COVID-19. USA has more than 4 million cases, Brazil tops 2.2 million and India has more than 1.2 million cases. Russia has nearly 800,000 COVID-19cases. USA, Latin America and South Asia are still hot spots, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
JHU recorded the first case of coronavirus in the United States on January 21:
- It took the country 99 days to reach 1 million cases on April 28.
- It then took 43 more days to reach 2 million cases on June 10.
- It took another 28 days to surpass 3 million cases on July 8.
- It has taken the United States only 15 additional days to surpass 4 million cases.
The US is the global leader in Covid-19 cases, followed by Brazil, India, Russia and South Africa.
24 July, CNN
Whether COVID-19 will be mother of all pandemics in death and destruction of the World?
Your question is also in the mind of most of the people of the world but nobody can definitely answer about the final death toll of COVID-19.
It all depends on if a COVID-19 vaccine can significantly prevent the SARS-CoV-19 transmission and can reduce the lethal complications in COVID-19 affected patients OR the Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 self-mutates to a relatively harmless virus like the viruses causing Common cold.
"Hope for the the best, but be prepared for the worst."
Hope God will take pity on the hapless world.
Hong Kong officials continue to battle Covid-19 "third wave"
23 July, CNN
Pandemic is roaring across the world:
More than 68,000 new coronavirus cases in the US in 24 hours
India reports 49,000 new coronavirus cases in past 24 hours
Japan records highest daily infection rate since the beginning of the outbreak
24 July, CNN
And in Africa, SARS-CoV-19 is playing havoc in South Africa and Egypt.
Therefore, the relative protection theory of Africa in has bubbled out.
Covid-19 cases triple in one month in southern Brazil
24 July, CNN
In one month, the number of cases in the three states that make up the South Region of Brazil has tripled.
On June 23, Paraná, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul had registered 55,961 confirmed cases of Covid-19. That number spiked to 172,556 cases on July 22.
Global cases are now more than 16.4 million and died nearly 660,000 worldwide from COVID-19. USA has nearly 4.3 million cases, Brazil tops 2.4 million and India has more than 1.4 million cases. Russia has more than 800,000 COVID-19 cases and South Africa tops 400,000 cases. USA, Latin America and South Asia are still hot spots, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
Covid-19 is "easily the most severe" global health emergency the World Health Organization (WHO) has ever declared, the head of the WHO, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, said.
After six months of Corona crisis we have gathered more experiences from different countries from their mistakes and successes. World war has been started against a tiny virus and we actually failed in the initial stage. There is still chance to control the spread of coronavirus to save lives.
Data source: 27 July 2020, BBC & JHU