Worldwide COVID-19 Cases Surpass 2 Million... 105 Days Since Outbreak

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Heung-soon] On the 14th, the total number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) worldwide surpassed 2 million. It has been 105 days since December 31 of last year, when 27 cases of pneumonia of unknown cause were reported in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.

According to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University in the United States, as of 9 a.m. on that day, the cumulative number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in 185 countries worldwide was 2,019,320. The global cumulative confirmed cases exceeded 1.5 million on the 100th day since the outbreak, April 9, and increased by more than 500,000 again within five days. Since surpassing 1 million on April 3, an average of 80,000 to 100,000 new cases have been reported daily.

By country, the United States has the highest number of confirmed cases at 682,619. Spain (170,099), Italy (159,516), France (137,875), and Germany (130,072) each have more than 100,000 cumulative cases. Recently, while the United States and some parts of Europe have shown a trend of new cases peaking and slightly decreasing, some countries such as Russia, where 2,558 new cases were reported in one day, are experiencing a spread, so the overall scale of new cases is not decreasing.

The total number of deaths worldwide due to COVID-19 has been reported as 119,483.

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