As of 13:00 on February 7, Beijing time, there were 395 million confirmed cases of covid-19 pneumonia worldwide (data from Johns Hopkins University). Last week (from 13:00 on January 31 to 13:00 on February 7), there were 2015.3 million new confirmed cases worldwide, down for two consecutive weeks; There were 75000 new deaths, nearly 50% higher than the weekly average level in the previous three months. The number of new deaths worldwide has increased significantly in the past two weeks.
The global epidemic situation is still grim. In the past five weeks, more than 100 million people worldwide have been infected with covid-19 virus, accounting for more than one quarter of the total confirmed cases. In some countries, the epidemic has a trend of easing. Last week, more than half of the newly confirmed cases in developed countries have been decreasing. Among them, the new cases in the United States (2044000 new cases), Spain (421000 new cases) and Israel (366000 new cases) have decreased by more than 40% month on month.
Last week, 12.122 million new cases were diagnosed in developed countries, the lowest in five weeks; There were 32000 new deaths, a new high in nearly a year. The easing of the epidemic in some developed countries began to ease the pressure on the medical system. Taking the United States as an example, the number of hospitalizations in the United States due to covid-19 pneumonia has continued to decline since mid January (the week ending January 15).
Last week, 8.031 million new cases were diagnosed in developing countries, down for the first time in five weeks; There were 42000 new deaths, rising for four consecutive weeks. Among major developing countries, Russia (1065000 new cases) and Turkey (712000 new cases) accelerated the spread of the epidemic, and the new cases reached a new high (excluding the rise of new cases caused by Turkey’s inclusion of asymptomatic infection in the statistics in the week of December 13, 2020).
