New Corona Nearing 1 Million Dead in the World September 28, 19:25
The total number of people who have died from the new coronavirus has exceeded 990,000 worldwide, approaching 1 million.
Since April, the number of deaths per day has risen to about 5,000, and when viewed per 100,000 population, many people die in South American countries.
According to a summary by Johns Hopkins University in the United States, the total number of people who died of the new coronavirus as of 6:00 pm on the 28th of Japan time was 997,966, a total of 1 million. It's approaching.
The largest number of people who died was
▽ USA with 204,758,
▽ Brazil with
141,741
and
▽ India with 95,542.
The number of deaths per day in the world has increased sharply in March, and although there was a temporary decrease from the end of May to the beginning of June, it has reached about 5,000 people a day.
Looking at the number of people who died per 100,000 population in countries with many infected people, the highest number was at 4:00 pm on the 27th,
▽ about 100 people in Peru, South America,
▽ about 68 people in Brazil,
▽ There are about 67 people in Chile and Spain, and the number is increasing in countries where the infection is spreading, especially among the poor in South America.
The death toll per 100,000 population has not changed significantly in recent months in European countries, but continues to increase in the Americas, Brazil, Colombia, Argentina and other countries in the Americas, where the infection continues to spread.
South America Why is the mortality rate so high?
In South America such as Brazil and Peru, infection with the new coronavirus is spreading mainly among the poor, and the mortality rate is higher than in other regions.
Peru is the earliest in South America to start PCR testing and has strict stay-at-home orders, but it has infected about 800,000 people and killed more than 32,000.
In the background of this, the infection spreads mainly to the poor, and even if the test is positive, it is often not possible to take sufficient isolation measures due to problems in the living environment, and the number of respirators is small. It is believed that the system may not be in place.
In Brazil, the infection continues to spread, especially among the poor, and a test conducted last month in the poor district of São Paulo, the largest city, found that more than one-third of the 2,000 inhabitants were positive.
In these poor areas, the sanitary environment is not sufficient, so infections are likely to spread, and in many cases they are refused to go to the hospital because they misunderstand that they may get infected if they go to the hospital. , Such things seem to lead to a high mortality rate.
In South America, an increasing number of countries are gradually resuming economic activities without waiting for the infection to settle due to the deterioration of economic conditions, and there are concerns about the further spread of infection.
Expert "Very big impact"
Regarding the fact that the number of people who died from the new coronavirus is approaching 1 million worldwide, Professor Kazuhiro Tateda of Toho University, the chairman of the Japan Society for Infectious Diseases, said, "In the case of the new influenza in 2009, the world It was estimated that the death toll was about 280,000, but compared to that, the fact that the death toll of the new coronavirus is about to reach 1 million at this point is considered to have a huge impact. In some countries, more than 1000 people die each day, and the number of deaths is expected to increase. We must continue to think about how to control the risk of infection not only in Japan but also in the world. I have to. "