Global COVID-19 Cumulative Cases Surpass 19 Million (Update)

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Eun-byeol] The global cumulative number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) has surpassed 19 million.

According to the international statistics site Worldometer, as of 7 p.m. on the 6th, the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide was 19,000,415, with deaths totaling 711,627.

It has been about seven months since COVID-19 was first reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) on December 31 of last year, and about half a year since WHO declared an international public health emergency (PHEIC) on January 30 of this year, when the number exceeded 19 million.

COVID-19 has recently been spreading at an even faster pace. The cumulative confirmed cases exceeded 10 million on June 28, then surged to 15 million in just 25 days on July 22, and since then, the number has increased by 1 million every four days.

By country, the United States (4,973,741 cases) has the highest number of confirmed cases, followed by Brazil (2,862,761), India (1,967,700), Russia (871,894), and South Africa (529,877).

Resurgence is also occurring in Europe and Asia. Germany, which was considered successful in suppressing the spread, reported over 1,000 new confirmed cases for the first time in three months on this day. In Japan, a state of emergency has been raised as the daily new confirmed cases have recorded over 1,000 for three consecutive days recently.

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