As of 13:00 on January 24, Beijing time, there were 351 million confirmed cases of covid-19 pneumonia worldwide (Johns Hopkins University data). Last week (from 13:00 on January 17 to 13:00 on January 24), there were 23.011 million new confirmed cases in the world, setting a new high again; There were 55000 new deaths, with a ring on ring growth rate of about 10% for two consecutive weeks, with a rapid upward trend.
The global epidemic situation is still deteriorating. Last week, 44 countries added more than 1% of the total population, and the number of countries increased by 3 compared with the previous week. Among them, more than 4% of people in Israel, Denmark and Andorra were diagnosed. In Andorra, where the epidemic situation is the most severe, 15% of the population has been infected with covid-19 pneumonia virus in the past four weeks.
Last week, 14.647 million new cases were diagnosed in developed countries, a record high, an increase of 1.6% over the previous week; There were 26000 new deaths, the highest since March last year. Last week, nearly two-thirds of the newly confirmed cases in developed countries were still rising, including East Asian countries Japan (294000 new cases) and South Korea (45000 new cases). The month on month growth rate of newly confirmed cases last week has exceeded 50%, and the epidemic has a trend of accelerating the spread.
Among the major developed countries, the epidemic situation in Britain, the United States, Spain and Italy showed signs of easing, and the new cases showed a downward trend last week. The spread of the epidemic in the early stage has put some pressure on the medical systems in Europe and the United States. According to the latest data of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the proportion of hospitalizations (per 100000 people) due to covid-19 pneumonia in the United States in the first two weeks of 2022 (as of the week of January 1 and January 8) has exceeded the peak of the past year, Among them, the proportion of hospitalized children aged 0-4 due to covid-19 pneumonia has reached five times the peak in September last year. At present, the United States has not authorized children aged 0-4 to be vaccinated against covid-19 pneumonia.
