[Explanation] According to real-time statistical data from Johns Hopkins University in the United States, as of 5:37 am on March 27, Beijing time, the total number of confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in the world has exceeded 520,000, and the cumulative deaths have exceeded 23,000. Among them, the U.S. epidemic continues to be severe and has now become the country with the largest number of confirmed cases in the world; Italy has a high mortality rate; Spain has the second highest number of deaths; and many countries continue to strengthen preventive measures such as restricting travel, "closing cities" and "no-flying" In response to the spread of the epidemic.
[Explanation] On March 26, the leaders of the Group of Twenty (G20) issued a joint statement after the special summit on New Coronary Pneumonia, saying that they are taking rapid and powerful measures to support the economy and protect workers and enterprises; The economy injected more than $ 5 trillion as part of targeted fiscal policies, economic measures, and guarantee programs to offset the social, economic, and financial impact of the pandemic.
[Explanation] According to real-time statistics from Johns Hopkins University in the United States, as of 6:45 am on March 27, Beijing time, a total of 83,507 confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in the United States have become the country with the largest number of confirmed cases worldwide. The number of deaths has reached 1201.
[Explanation] Since March 23, the number of new cases in the United States in a single day has exceeded 10,000. US President Trump said at a press conference on the 26th that the increase in the number of confirmed diagnoses is due to improved testing efficiency. The White House statement said that on the 25th, Trump approved New Jersey to enter a "major disaster state" due to the new crown pneumonia outbreak and ordered assistance to the state.
[Explanation] On the other hand, data released by the US Department of Labor on the 26th showed that due to the spread of the epidemic, the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits for the first time soared to 3.283 million last week. Just three weeks ago, the number of people applying for unemployment benefits in the United States was less than 200,000. According to US official historical records, the number of people applying for unemployment benefits in a single week was less than 70,000. It can be seen that the epidemic has brought serious damage to the US economy. (Edit Wu Rui)
Editor-in-chief: [Luo Pan]