As of 13:00 on April 18, Beijing time, there were 505 million confirmed cases of covid-19 pneumonia worldwide (data from Johns Hopkins University). Last week (from 13:00 on April 11 to 13:00 on April 18), there were 5.704 million new confirmed cases worldwide, brushing the low point in the new year for three consecutive weeks; There were 20000 new deaths, the lowest since April 2020.
The global epidemic has eased significantly. Last week, the newly confirmed cases in developed countries and developing countries were 4.667 million and 1.037 million respectively. Both data have been declining in the past four weeks. Among the major countries, the new cases in South Korea, France, Germany, Italy and the UK continued to show a downward trend last week. Among them, the new cases in South Korea (929000 cases) decreased by 34.7% month on month, falling to less than 1 million for the first time in eight weeks.
The number of new deaths in developing countries fell to 7098 last week, a record since mid April 2020; Deaths in developed countries (13000) are still decreasing.
