On January 1, a large number of worshipers visited Meiji Jingu.
REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
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2020 was a year that started in Corona and ended in Corona.
On December 29, the World Health Organization (WHO) updated the last Situation Reports of 2020 on the new coronavirus. The cumulative number of infected people worldwide was more than 79 million (data compiled by 27th).
And January 1st, the new year.Cumulative number of infected people worldwide80 million peopleBeyond.
Considering that the cumulative number of infected people exceeded 45 million in early November, nearly 40 million more infected people were confirmed in just two months. It can be said that the pace of expansion of the new coronavirus is still accelerating.
In Japan as well, the number of newly reported infected persons in Tokyo on December 31 exceeded 1,300, and for the first time, the number of infected persons nationwide exceeded 4,000.So far, the total number of infected people has been about 230,000 and the number of deaths has exceeded 3,000.
In addition, on January 2, the heads of the three prefectures of Kanto (Saitama, Kanagawa, and Chiba), including Tokyo, requested the government to issue a state of emergency.
In the future, there are concerns about the domestic epidemic of mutant strains (mutants) of the new coronavirus, which appears mainly in the United Kingdom and South Africa and is thought to have high infectivity. What is the situation in Japan and the world now?
I would like to give up and face the current infection situation.
Looking at the cumulative number of infected people in the world, infections in the Americas and Europe account for the majority at 74%. The region that includes Japan is the “West Pacific”, which has the lowest number of infected people in the region.
Breakdown of the number of infected people in the world. Infected individuals have been identified in small numbers in areas not included in any of the WHO’s six regional divisions. Note that the total number of infected people is less than 100 because the total number of infected people is the number including infected people in such areas.
Source: Created by the editorial department using Flourish from WHO Situation reports.
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As of January 1, the number of infected people in the world is about 82 million. The death toll has exceeded 1.8 million. Both the number of infected people and the number of deaths remain high.
出典： WHO Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Dashboard
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Since the end of September, the infection has spread significantly in Europe. In addition, around mid-December, there was a time when many infected people were confirmed in the Americas.
出典： WHO Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Dashboard
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In the last 7 days, about 2 million people have been infected in the Americas and about 1.5 million people in Europe.
Source: Created by the editorial department using Flourish from WHO Situation reports.
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Countries with darker colors have more new infections. The United States, Russia, the United Kingdom, India, etc. are the most concentrated, and Japan is classified into the category with the next highest number of infected people.
World infection status.
出典： WHO Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Dashboard
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In the Americas, the number of infected people in the United States is about to exceed 20 million. In addition, the number of infected people in the last 7 days has exceeded 1.3 million, and although vaccination has started, there is still no prospect of convergence.
Source: Created by the editorial department using Flourish from WHO Situation reports.
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In Europe, the infection in Russia does not stop. After collecting WHO data, the Russian government has revealed that the death toll has more than tripled (about 180,000). In addition, in the last 7 days, there are many infected people in the United Kingdom where mutant strains have appeared.
In Russia, the death toll from January to November increased by about 230,000 compared to 2019. It was announced that 80% of them were caused by the new coronavirus.
Source: Created by the editorial department using Flourish from WHO Situation reports.
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In Southeast Asia, the number of infected people in India has exceeded 10 million. In Indonesia, both the number of infected people and the number of deaths are high, and the case fatality rate is close to 3%.
The case fatality rate is the number of deaths divided by the number of infected people.
Source: Created by the editorial department using Flourish from WHO Situation reports.
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In the eastern Mediterranean region, the case fatality rate in Iran is approaching 5%. Iraq also has a high death toll, with a case fatality rate of over 2%.
Source: Created by the editorial department using Flourish from WHO Situation reports.
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On the African continent, the spread of infection in South Africa is a concern. In the past week, more than 80,000 infected people have been confirmed.
Source: Created by the editorial department using Flourish from WHO Situation reports.
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In the western Pacific region, the number of infected people in the Philippines is double that of Japan. However, Japan has the highest number of infected people in the last 7 days. The cumulative number of infected people in China has increased by only about 5,000 since November.
Source: Created by the editorial department using Flourish from WHO Situation reports.
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