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The world surpassed this Monday (28) the mark of 1 million deaths caused by the new coronavirus, according to Johns Hopkins University. The United States and Brazil are the countries with the highest number of deaths.
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Johns Hopkins monitoring shows more than 1 million deaths from Covid-19 in the world – Photo: Reproduction
In addition to the brand, the speed of the pandemic is also strikingWhile it took the world six months to register the first 500,000 deaths, it only took three months to register the other 500,000 deaths. The last 100,000 deaths were recorded in 12 days. (Look down).
the five countries with the most deaths are the United States, Brazil, India, Mexico and the United Kingdom (see graph). The Brazilian figures are from the press media consortium, of which the G1 is part of it -, which pointed to more than 142 thousand deaths in the country from Covid-19 until 8 pm this Monday.
Global data is from Hopkins monitoring, current as of Monday night (10pm ET).
Countries with the most deaths from Covid-19 (09/28)
Source: Johns Hopkins University, Media Consortium (Brazil)
According to the Johns Hopkins numbers as of 10 p.m. this Monday, Coronavirus deaths in Brazil and the US together accounted for about 34% of total Covid-19 victims.. For comparison, the populations of the two countries together represent only 7% of the total world population.
On the 17th, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned of the acceleration of the pandemic in Europe in September, driven by increases in daily broadcasts, mainly in France and Spain.
The United Kingdom, which also appears with European neighbors in the list of the ten countries with the most deaths in the world, is experiencing a wave of new infections: there were two days of daily records in the last week (watch video).
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Due to the increase in cases, several European countries have announced or are planning new restrictions to contain the spread of the virus.
The Madrid region of Spain is rushing to extend the restrictions already in place to new areas. As of Monday (28), an additional 167,000 inhabitants, thus exceeding one million people, will be able to leave their neighborhoods just to work, go to the doctor or take their children to school, according to the France Presse news agency.
In the UK, almost half of Wales will be in local lockdown – starting at 6pm. M. (Local time; 2 pm Brasilia) this Sunday, entry or exit to the cities of Cardiff and Swansea will be prohibited, except for professional or student reasons.
A couple wear masks to protect against Covid-19 in Cardiff, South Wales, on September 27. – Photo: Geoff Caddick / AFP
In France, a group of doctors called for the implementation of drastic measures “from this weekend”, to avoid “a second wave more difficult to manage for hospitals and intensive care units (ICU) than the first.”
In Brussels, Belgium, bars and cafes must close their doors at 11 pm starting on Monday (28). And in Italy, the fans are very frustrated because, at the moment, the stadiums of the peninsula cannot receive more than a thousand fans per game.
The strict measures have sparked outrage and protests around the world, such as in London, where on Saturday (26) at least 16 people were arrested and four policemen were injured in a demonstration that brought together thousands of opponents of the restrictions.
The world reached 100,000 deaths from Covid-19 on April 10, just over three months after the first confirmed case of the new coronavirus. In just 15 days, the number of victims of the disease doubled to 200,000.
Watch the dates in which the world reached each of the 100,000 deaths to 1 million deaths, according to Johns Hopkins:
- April 10: 100,000 dead
- April 25: 200 thousand dead
- May 14: 300 thousand dead
- June 7: 400 thousand dead
- June 28: 500 thousand dead
- July 19: 600,000 dead
- August 5: 700 thousand dead
- August 22: 800 thousand dead
- September 9: 900 thousand dead
- September 28: more than 1 million deaths
The WHO issued the first alert for Covid-19 on December 31, 2019, after Chinese authorities reported cases of a mysterious pneumonia in the city of Wuhan, a Chinese metropolis with 11 million inhabitants.
The first death was registered on January 9. He was a 61-year-old Chinese man. The patient was hospitalized with respiratory difficulties and severe pneumonia, and died after cardiac arrest. At that time, 41 people had already been infected.
In the United States, the virus was detected around January 20. In Brazil, the first case was confirmed by the Ministry of Health on February 26, in the São Paulo capital.
On March 11, the WHO declared that the world was experiencing a coronavirus pandemic.
