China News Service, Beijing, September 29. Comprehensive news: The latest statistics of the new crown epidemic released by Johns Hopkins University in the United States show that as of the evening of the 28th Eastern Time, the cumulative number of deaths from new crown pneumonia worldwide has exceeded one million. , Reaching 1,000,555 cases, and the cumulative number of confirmed cases reached 33,273,720.

  Data show that the number of deaths worldwide exceeded 500,000 on June 28, Eastern Time, and it took 3 months to increase from 500,000 to 1 million.

The United States has the largest number of confirmed cases and deaths in the world.

  According to data released by the World Health Organization, as of 15:52 on the 28th Central European time (21:52 Beijing time), the number of confirmed cases worldwide increased by 302,277 compared with the previous day, reaching 33,034,598; death cases increased by 5114, reaching 996342 cases.

On September 23, local time, a store in Manhattan, New York City launched a "bubble tent" to increase the social distance between customers.

Americas: Accumulative diagnoses in 6 countries have exceeded 700,000

  According to data released by Johns Hopkins University, as of 10:23 on the 29th, Beijing time, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in the United States reached 7,147,751, and the cumulative number of deaths was 2,050,62.

  U.S. President Trump announced at the White House on the 28th that 150 million new coronavirus rapid test kits will be distributed to states by the end of 2020, of which 100 million will be used to support the restart of the economy and school resumption, and the other 50 million will be used for support High-risk communities such as nursing homes.

  The Chicago Mayor’s Office announced on the 28th that due to the improvement of the new crown epidemic, the city will enter the fourth stage of economic restart.

The city will relax restrictions on the number of people in commercial establishments such as restaurants, bars, fitness centers, and beauty salons.

The new rules will take effect on October 1.

  The epidemic in the Americas has continued to accelerate recently.

According to statistics from Johns Hopkins University, among the top ten countries in terms of cumulative number of confirmed cases in the world, the Americas occupy 6 seats, namely the United States, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Mexico and Argentina.

Its cumulative confirmed cases have exceeded 700,000.

In August 2020, in the terminal of Tegel Airport, the busiest in Berlin, Germany, many shops in the business district closed.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Peng Dawei

Europe: Germany and France take measures to curb the epidemic rebound

  According to a report from Germany's "Times Online", as of 15:16 on the 28th local time, a total of 286,675 confirmed cases, 252,489 cured, and 9,620 died in Germany.

German media quoted German Federal Government Spokesperson Saibet on the 28th and pointed out that the increase in the number of confirmed cases of the new crown in Germany has made the government "highly concerned".

He said that some areas with outbreaks of cluster infections must take immediate measures to control the epidemic, and the virus must not be allowed to spread exponentially again locally.

  The cumulative number of confirmed cases in France exceeded 540,000 on the 28th, reaching 542,639, and 31,808 deaths.

In order to prevent a further rebound of the epidemic, many places in France have recently begun to implement new epidemic prevention measures.

Marseille decided to close restaurants and bars for at least 15 days. Bars in Paris and other places must close before 10 pm.

French Minister of Health Vilan stated that the measures were not formulated randomly.

The new epidemic prevention measures will limit the spread of the new coronavirus and will avoid saturation of the medical system.

  According to news from the Russian Epidemic Prevention Headquarters on the 28th, in the past 24 hours, there were 8,135 new confirmed cases of new crowns in Russia, a total of 1,195,573 confirmed cases, a total of 20,385 deaths, and a total of 945,920 cured cases.

Since June 16, the number of new confirmed cases of new crowns in Russia in a single day exceeded 8,000 for the first time on the 28th.

Due to the continuous increase in the number of new crown cases, Russian President Press Secretary Peskov called on the public to abide by the epidemic prevention regulations that day.

  In Belarus, a total of 337 new cases were confirmed on the 28th, with a total of 77,946 confirmed cases, a total of 822 deaths, and a total of 74,167 cured cases.

The Ministry of Health of the country issued a message that day that two hospitals in its territory had received the first batch of "satellite-V" new crown vaccines provided by Russia.

White is preparing to start injecting the above-mentioned vaccines on 100 volunteers in 8 designated medical institutions from October 1st for experimental research.

Data map: A citizen of Seoul, South Korea, passed in front of the Seoul Metropolitan Library, and the library posted a closing notice.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Zeng Nai

Asia: South Korea has 3 cases of Covid-19 double infection

  According to Yonhap News Agency’s report on the 28th, the head of South Korea’s Central Anti-epidemic Countermeasures Headquarters Zheng Yinjing said on the same day that up to now, a total of 3 cases of double infection of the new crown and influenza have been found in South Korea.

Zheng Yinjing said that the three cases of dual infection were confirmed in Daegu and North Gyeongsang Province, and none of them had serious illnesses.

  According to data released by the Ministry of Health of India on the 28th, the total number of confirmed diagnoses in India exceeded 6 million, reaching 6,074,702 and 95,542 deaths.

Indian experts believe that the Indian epidemic is still approaching its peak, and the overall scale of patients with new crowns is still very large; the reason for the high cure rate of India's new crowns is mainly that most of the infected people are mild or asymptomatic, and the severe rate is less than 5%. ; However, due to the current high mobility of the population in India, it is difficult to effectively track COVID-19 patients and their close contacts, resulting in a rapid increase in the number of COVID-19 confirmed cases in New Delhi.

  According to data released by the Iraqi Ministry of Health on the 28th, the country has more than 350,000 confirmed cases and more than 9,000 deaths.

Officials from the Ministry of Health of Iraq stated that the country is still in the first wave of epidemics and the peak of infection has not yet arrived.

To control the epidemic, the Iraqi Ministry of Health is preparing emergency plans, including increasing the number of hospital beds and providing medical supplies.

  Thailand's New Crown Epidemic Management Center announced on the 28th that it will again extend the state of emergency law to the end of October to better control the epidemic.

This is the sixth time the Thai government has announced the extension of the State of Emergency Law since March this year.

At the same time, Thailand will open entry to more foreigners to boost economic and tourism development.

Africa: A total of over 1.46 million confirmed diagnoses in Africa

  The latest data released by the African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that as of 5 o'clock on the 28th Eastern African Time, a total of 14,60084 confirmed cases, 35,445 deaths, and 1,206,237 cured cases have been reported in 54 countries of the African Union.

Among them, South Africa is the country with the most confirmed cases in Africa, with a total of more than 670,000 confirmed cases.

  According to the official website of the Chinese Embassy in Egypt, the Chinese Ambassador to Egypt Liao Liqiang said on the 28th that China and Egypt are steadily advancing the cooperation on the new crown vaccine. The solemn promise will be fulfilled, and vaccines will be given priority to benefit the African continent including Egypt as a global public product.

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