Xinhua News Agency, New York, May 17: The latest statistics from the New Crown Epidemic released by Johns Hopkins University on the 17th show that more than 4.7 million cases have been diagnosed worldwide.
The data shows that as of 18:32 on the 17th of Eastern Time (6:32 on the 18th of Beijing time), the cumulative number of confirmed cases in the world reached 4,708,415, and the number of deaths was 314,950.
The data shows that the United States is the country with the most severe epidemic, with a total of 1,486,375 confirmed cases and a total of 89,549 deaths. Russia, the United Kingdom, Brazil, Spain and Italy also have countries with more than 200,000 confirmed cases. In addition, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in France and Germany exceeds 150,000 cases.
These data come from the data of various countries and regions compiled in real time by the Johns Hopkins University New Coronavirus Research Project.