As of 13:00 on March 28, Beijing time, there were 481 million confirmed cases of covid-19 pneumonia worldwide (data from Johns Hopkins University). Last week (from 13:00 on March 21 to 13:00 on March 28), there were 10.164 million new confirmed cases in the world, falling to the lowest level of the year; There were 46000 new deaths, which was basically equivalent to the average of the previous four weeks.
Last week, the newly confirmed cases in developed countries and developing countries were 7.751 million and 2.414 million respectively, a decrease of more than one million compared with the previous week, but the new deaths increased by 2000 and 11000 respectively. Overall, the global epidemic has eased. Of the 10 countries with the largest number of newly confirmed cases per million people last week, 80% are reducing new confirmed cases; In South Korea and Vietnam, which have the largest number of new cases in the world, the new diagnosis has ended the rise for several weeks.
