Coronavirus Outbreak – It's a Somber Day around the World as it Reaches Two More Unfortunate Milestones

Today (6/28) is a very somber day for the world. The coronavirus pandemic has hofficially hit two new milestones, causing 10M infections and claiming 500K lives, worldwide. 

Out of the 6M closed cases, 500K (8%) have died, while the remaining 5.56M (92%) have recovered. Fortunately, of the 4M active cases, only 1% are in serious-to-critical condition, while the remaining 99% are suffering from mild condition.

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Of the hardest-hit countries in the world (see above table), the USA tops the list with 2.63M cases (26%), followed by Brazil, Russia and India with 1.3M (13%), 634K (6%) and 549K (5%), respectively. The UK occupies the distant fifth position with 311K (3%). 

After the virus had allegedly originated and infected one province in China, it quickly spread to some European countries, followed by the US and Asia. Though the virus hit South America quite late, Brazil, Peru, and Chile are already in the top ten countries. Similarly, India and Mexico are the two more recent large-scale victims. 

In line with the number of cases, the USA also own 25.5% of all deaths thus far, followed by Brazil, the UK and Italy. France, Italy and the UK have recorded the highest death rates, ranging between 14% to 18%. Spain used to be alongside its European counterparts, but there has been some confusion about its reporting in June so the rate has fallen below 10%. Mexico has also been facing high death rate at 12%. Despite 634K cases, Russia's low 1.4% death rate has been met with significant skepticism. 

Brazil, Mexico and Chile have been registering very high positivity rates, followed by Peru, Pakistan and Iran. Brazil's 46% positivity rate is simply menacing. While the UK, Russia and Spain have meaningfully increased per capita testing, registering above 100K each, some of the developing countries like Brazil, India and Mexico have lagged far behind.

These 500K people didn't deserve to die. Sadly!

Stay safe! 

Data Sources: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

-Sid Som

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