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On January 1, a large number of the faithful visited Meiji Jingu.
REUTERS / Kim Kyung-Hoon
2020 was a year that started in Corona and ended in Corona.
On December 29, the World Health Organization (WHO) updated the latest 2020 Situation Reports on the new corona virus. The cumulative number of infected people in the world was more than 79 million (data collected by 27).
And on January 1, New Years, the cumulative number of infected people worldwide80 million peopleBeyond.
Considering that the cumulative number of infected people surpassed 45 million in early November, almost 40 million more infected people were confirmed in just two months. It can be said that the rate of expansion of the new corona virus is still accelerating.
Also in Japan, the number of recently reported infected people in Tokyo on December 31 exceeded 1,300 and, for the first time, the number of infected people nationwide exceeded 4,000 per day.So far, the total number of infected people has been about 230,000 and the number of deaths has exceeded 3,000.
Furthermore, on January 2, the heads of the three Kanto prefectures (Saitama, Kanagawa and Chiba), including Tokyo, requested the government to issue an emergency declaration.
In the future, there are concerns about the domestic epidemic of a mutant (variant) strain of the new coronavirus, which appears mainly in the UK and South Africa and is believed to have high infectivity. What is the situation in Japan and the world now?
I would like to give up and face the current infection situation.
If we look at the accumulated number of infected people in the world, infections in America and Europe represent 74% of the total. The region that includes Japan is the “Western Pacific”, which has the lowest number of infected people in the region.
Breakdown of the number of infected people in the world. In some areas not included in any of the six WHO regional divisions, a small number of infected people have been identified. Note that the total number of infected people is less than 100 because the total number of infected people in those areas is included.
Source: Created by the editorial department using Flourish from WHO Situation Reports.
As of January 1, the number of infected people in the world is approximately 82 million. The death toll has exceeded 1.8 million. Both the number of infected people and the number of deaths remain high.
出典 ： WHO Coronavirus Disease Control Panel (COVID-19)
Since the end of September, the infection has spread significantly in Europe. Also, around mid-December, there was a time when many infected people were confirmed in the Americas.
出典 ： WHO Coronavirus Disease Control Panel (COVID-19)
In the last 7 days, around 2 million people have been infected in the Americas and around 1.5 million people in Europe.
Source: Created by the editorial department using Flourish from WHO Situation Reports.
Countries with darker colors have more new infections. United States, Russia, United Kingdom, India, etc. they are the most concentrated, and Japan ranks in the category with the next highest number of infected people.
Worldwide infection status.
出典 ： WHO Coronavirus Disease Control Panel (COVID-19)
In the Americas, the number of infected people in the United States is about to exceed 20 million. In addition, the number of infected people in the last 7 days has exceeded 1.3 million, and although vaccination has started, there is still no prospect of convergence.
Source: Created by the editorial department using Flourish from WHO Situation Reports.
In Europe, the infection in Russia does not stop. After collecting data from the WHO, the Russian government has revealed that the death toll has more than tripled (around 180,000). Also, in the last 7 days, there have been many infected people in the UK where mutant strains have appeared.
In Russia, the number of deaths from January to November increased by about 230,000 compared to 2019. He announced that 80% of them were caused by the new corona virus.
Source: Created by the editorial department using Flourish from WHO Situation Reports.
In Southeast Asia, the number of infected people in India has exceeded 10 million. In Indonesia, both the number of infected people and the number of deaths are high, with the fatality rate approaching 3%.
The case fatality rate is the number of deaths divided by the number of infected people.
Source: Created by the editorial department using Flourish from WHO Situation Reports.
In the eastern Mediterranean region, the fatality rate in Iran is close to 5%. The death toll is high in Iraq, with a fatality rate of over 2%.
Source: Created by the editorial department using Flourish from WHO Situation Reports.
On the African continent, the spread of the infection in South Africa is concerning. In the last week, more than 80,000 infected people were confirmed.
Source: Created by the editorial department using Flourish from WHO Situation Reports.
In the western Pacific region, the number of infected people in the Philippines is double that in Japan. However, Japan has the highest number of infected people in the last 7 days. The cumulative number of infected people in China has increased by only about 5,000 since November.
Source: Created by the editorial department using Flourish from WHO Situation Reports.
In the world, Japan is by far the most infected and dead, not a few. However, the current situation is in a phase where both the infected and the dead are increasing.
出典 ： WHO Coronavirus Disease Control Panel (COVID-19)
(Prayer, Takashi Mitsumura)
