On August 11, Beijing time, more than 6 months after the WHO announced that the new crown epidemic constituted a “public health emergency of international concern” and issued the highest level alert, the total number of confirmed new crown cases worldwide exceeded 20 million, and more than 730,000 people were therefore lost life.
The total number of confirmed cases of new crowns worldwide increased from 1 million to 10 million in 86 days; from 10 million to 20 million, it took only 44 days.
At present, the total number of confirmed cases of the new crown in the United States, Brazil and India ranks among the top three in the world. The cumulative number of confirmed cases in these three countries has exceeded 10 million. Among them, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in the United States exceeded 5 million on August 9, and the number of confirmed cases and deaths accounted for about a quarter of the global cases. (Edited by Gao Yuhui)
Editor in charge: [Li Ji]