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RIO – The number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 worldwide exceeded, this Saturday, the mark of 4 millions, as shown by the University survey Johns Hopkins. In total, more than 277 thousand people died after contracting the new coronavirus, whose lethality is 10 times greater than that of H1N1, according to World Health Organization (WHO)
The new number of diagnoses was reached just 12 days after cases reached 3 million on April 27. The same time interval, in turn, separated this mark from the 2 million infected (April 15). The millionth case was reported on April 2, more than three months after the first cases, in Wuhan City, China, on the last day of 2019.
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While the number of cases continues to advance worldwide, the Brazil is rapidly emerging as a new global approach to pandemic of coronavirusonly from behind USES, with more than 1.3 million infected and an average of 2,000 daily deaths. The country recorded 751 deaths on Friday, beating the daily death toll in the United Kingdom, which was 626.
The number of infections in the country has nearly tripled in the past two weeks to more than 148,000, leaving 10,100 dead. Health officials say the numbers are likely to be higher, as the lack of evidence causes underreporting of cases and deaths, which do not count in the official count. Household deaths increased 10% compared to last year.
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Most of the infected people on the planet are in the United States, which is also the country with the highest number of deaths: in total, there are 1.3 million cases of the disease and more than 78 thousand deaths. Most of the cases are concentrated in New York State, where more than 282,000 people were infected and more than 26,000 died. According to Johns Hopkins, there are 126,686 people hospitalized in the United States due to the new coronavirus; At least 5.4 million tests were carried out in the country.
The second country with the highest record of cases is Spain (222,857), followed by Italy (218,268). Among the European nations with the highest number of fatalities are the United Kingdom, with more than 31,000, followed by Spain, which has 26,300, and Italy, more than 30,000. However, as in the United States and much of the planet, cases and deaths are estimated to go unreported.
Infographic: Coronavirus numbers in Brazil and worldwide
The first reports of respiratory illness began appearing just over four months ago in China. With 83,912 Covid-19 diagnoses and 78,306 people recovered, the Asian giant began the gradual resumption of its economy in early April and has been taking containment measures to prevent a second wave of cases brought in from abroad.
