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(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) More than 30 million confirmed cases worldwide are still accelerating
China News Service, Beijing, September 18. Full News: Real-time statistics released by Johns Hopkins University in the United States show that at 6:22 a.m. on Beijing 18, the cumulative number of confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia worldwide has exceeded 30 million . There were 3,003,378 cases and a total of 943,203 deaths.
Statistics show that the worldwide spread of the new corona epidemic is still accelerating. The cumulative number of confirmed cases worldwide surpassed 10 million on June 28 and more than 20 million on August 10. It took 43 days to go from 10 million to 20 million, and only 38 days to go from 20 million to 30 million. .
According to data released by the World Health Organization on the 17th, at 3:35 p.m. on the 17th of Central Europe (9:35 p.m. Beijing time), the number of confirmed cases worldwide increased by 292,307 compared to the day before, reaching 29,737,453; deaths increased by 6,057 cases, reaching 937,391 cases.
WHO Director-General Tan Desai said on the 17th that among patients worldwide diagnosed with a new coronary pneumonia, the proportion of infected medical personnel is around 14%, while in some countries the proportion of personnel infected doctor has reached 35%. Tan Desai called for the establishment of contact points for law enforcement personnel in hospitals and the improvement of the mental health of medical personnel to ensure the safety of medical personnel, providing them with a safe environment, necessary training and full respect.
Americas: more than 6.67 million confirmed cases in the United States
Real-time statistics released by Johns Hopkins University in the United States show that at 11:23 am on the 18th Beijing time, there were 66,744,411 confirmed cases in the United States and 19,763 deaths.
The United States House of Representatives voted on the 17th to pass a resolution condemning discrimination against Asian groups during the new corona pneumonia epidemic. Although the resolution is only symbolic, Democratic lawmakers believe the resolution demonstrates Congressional support for Asian groups and condemnation of discrimination against Asians.
According to data published by the Brazilian Ministry of Health on the night of the 17th, local time, that day there were 36,303 new confirmed cases in the country, and a total of 4,455,386 confirmed cases; 829 new deaths and a total of 134,935 deaths. Currently, Brazil’s confirmed cases rank third in the world, second only to the United States and India. According to statistics from the Brazilian Ministry of Health, the spread of the Brazilian epidemic has slowed even more from the 6th to the 12th of this month, and the number of new confirmed cases has decreased by approximately 30% compared to the previous week, which is the biggest drop in the epidemic so far. Brazilian health experts generally believe that the first peak of the country’s epidemic has passed, but a rebound in the epidemic has yet to be avoided.
The Argentine Ministry of Health announced on the 17th that there were 12,701 new confirmed cases in the country, with a total of 601,713 confirmed cases; 345 new deaths, with a total of 12,460 deaths; and a total of 456,347 cases cured. The number of new confirmed cases and the number of new deaths in a single day reached new highs. The Argentine government has previously announced that the sanitary isolation and social distancing measures implemented on March 20 will run until September 20.
On August 10 local time, Paris, France officially implemented mandatory outdoor masks to slow the spread of the virus and cause the epidemic to spiral out of control.
Europe: WHO calls for cooperation to counter rebound in epidemic
Kluge, director of the WHO Regional Office for Europe, said on the 17th that European countries should strengthen coordination and cooperation to respond to the rebound in the new corona epidemic with a scientific attitude. He said the number of new confirmed cases each week in Europe has surpassed the situation at the peak of the epidemic in March this year. “This should sound the alarm for all of us.”
On the 17th, the number of new confirmed cases in France once again surpassed 10,000 in a single day, reaching 10,593, a new record since the outbreak, with a total of 415,481 confirmed cases and 31,095 deaths. According to data published by the French Ministry of Health, the number of infected people per 100,000 inhabitants in France is currently 83, but the value in some areas has far exceeded the warning value. For example, in the Rhone estuary in southern France, the number of infections per 100,000 inhabitants has reached 215.
Data from the epidemic released by the German Federal Agency for Disease Control and Prevention on the 17th showed that 2,194 people were diagnosed with the new coronavirus that day, a record since the epidemic leveled off in April this year. . Germany has classified parts of France, the Netherlands, Austria and other countries as high-risk areas and has formulated specific epidemic prevention measures. Drossten, a famous German virologist and director of the Institute of Virology at the Charité School of Medicine in Berlin, said on the 17th that the German epidemic is now in a “rising stage” again. He noted that unlike August, which was dominated by imported cases, the current newly confirmed cases are primarily from infections in Germany, indicating that there may be groups of infected people in Germany that have yet to be identified.
Asia: Indonesia added more than 3,000 cases in a single day for 10 consecutive days
According to the epidemic data released by Indonesia’s National Disaster Relief Agency on the 17th, the number of confirmed cases in the country increased by 3,635 from the previous day. These are the 10 consecutive days in the country with more than 3,000 new cases confirmed in a single day, with a total of 232,628 confirmed cases; a total of 9,222 deaths; A total of 166,686 cases were cured.
The epidemic data released by the Indian Ministry of Health on the 18th showed that the cumulative number of confirmed cases in India increased by 96,424 compared to the previous day, reaching 5,214,677, and the cumulative number of deaths reached 84.372.
According to the South Korean Anti-Epidemic Countermeasures Headquarters report on the 17th, 63 new confirmed cases of new crowns were confirmed in Seoul from 00:00 on the 16th to 00:00 on the 17th local time, showing an upward trend for two consecutive days. The Epidemic Prevention Department of the Seoul Metropolitan Government stated that an important feature of the recent new cases is the high proportion of unknown infection routes, which means that there are asymptomatic latent infections in the local community.
Under the Israeli government’s agreement, the country will implement a three-week “city closure” measure nationwide starting at 2:00 pm local time on the 18th. This is the second nationwide “closed city” in Israel since the outbreak. According to data released by Israel’s Ministry of Health on the 17th, that day there were 4,791 new confirmed cases in the country, a total of 175,256 confirmed cases, and a total of 1,169 deaths.
Africa: South Africa restarts clinical trials of new Oxford corona vaccine
The latest data released by the African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that as of 5 p.m. on East Africa on the 17th, 54 African Union countries have reported a total of 1,374,616 confirmed cases, a total of 33,262 deaths and a total of 1,127,939 cured cases.
The University of Oxford in the UK announced on the 17th that a new corona vaccine project involving the school team had previously suspended vaccination from the clinical trial due to a safety assessment. The current clinical trial in South Africa has resumed vaccination of subjects. The clinical trials in South Africa are implemented by the University of Wies in South Africa. (Finish)
