As of today, Tuesday, April 28, 2020, the world now has over three million confirmed cases of Covid-19, and has seen over 211,000 deaths from the disease to date.
The United States, a country with less than five percent of the world’s population, has had almost one-third of the confirmed cases.
Indeed, it has happened. It took a few months since the very first coronavirus case was confirmed in this country, but we now have over one million people who have gotten Covid-19 here in the United States. To date, over 56,000 people have died from the coronavirus, while on a more hopeful note, more than 139,000 have recovered.
We Americans also have a sitting president who seems to take it upon himself to provide medical advice and suggestions, despite his lack of qualifications to do so, and despite receiving serious blowback on what many consider ridiculous and even dangerous medical advice. The efforts of Trump and his administration have been greatly criticized, and many feel that they have actively gotten in the way of serious efforts to keep the coronavirus crisis in check.
The United States has far and away more confirmed Covid-19 cases than any other country in the world. The deficit between it and the other leading countries has been steadily growing, both in terms of confirmed cases, and in terms of total deaths.
That said, there are other countries that have serious coronavirus crisis issues. This is particularly true in Europe, where the epidemic may not have started, but where it really has hit hardest (along with here in the United States). Spain has the second most amount of confirmed cases of the coronavirus, with over 229,000 cases, and has seen well over 23,000 deaths. Italy has just shy of 200,000 cases, and has seen almost 27,000 deaths, which puts it at number two in total deaths to date from the Covid-19, behind the United States. France is fourth, for now, both in terms of confirmed Covid-19 cases, at over 165,000, and with deaths, at more than 23,000. Germany has the fifth most confirmed Covid-19 cases at over 158, 000, although the death rate there remains very ow compared to the other European countries with over 100,000, having suffered just over 6,000 deaths so far. The United Kingdom has over 157,000 infected, and has seen over 21,000 deaths. Finally, Turkey is the seventh country to reach the grim milestone of over 100,000 confirmed cases, although they have not yet reached even 3,000 confirmed deaths.
One huge country that has been steadily rising both in terms of confirmed cases and deaths is India, the nation with the second largest population in the world. It is a country that many experts around the world are concerned about, because it is a largely impoverished nation without the resources that wealthier nations have. Also, there are a lot of poor people there living in tight slums, and without much in the way of a real chance to practice social distancing. To this point, India has just under 30,000 confirmed cases, and for now, has not yet reached 1,000 deaths. But the number of infected, as well as deaths, has been consistently on the rise.
No comments:
Post a Comment