<Anchor> The
number of corona patients worldwide has now exceeded 51.8 million.
This number is similar to the total population of Korea.
The number of patients is increasing now at a faster rate than when the corona first spread earlier this year, but there are also concerns that the healthcare system may collapse before the vaccine is released.
This is Kim Young-ah.
<Reporter>
Work is in full swing to set up temporary clinics in Texas, USA.
With more than 100,000 confirmed cases per day for the 9th consecutive day, hospital beds across the United States were almost run out.
[Julie Willems-Van Dick/ Deputy Health Minister of Wisconsin, USA: The number of patients hospitalized with corona every day is setting a new record.
There are only 8% of intensive care beds left
across the state
.] In
44 of the 50 states, the number of confirmed
cases
this week increased from last week.
In 18 states, the number of new cases soared by more than 50% compared to last week.
Following New York and San Francisco, Chicago has issued an advisory for waiting at home for the next month.
In particular, tensions are rising ahead of Thanksgiving, which is two weeks ahead.
[Rory Lightfoot/Chicago Mayor: Please cancel your usual Thanksgiving plan.
In particular, events inviting outsiders should be canceled.] The
situation is the same in Europe, which has entered re-blocking.
In most countries, such as France, the UK, and Italy, there are 30,000 to 40,000 confirmed cases every day.
Japan has entered the third epidemic beyond the second epidemic, setting the highest record with 1,719 new confirmed cases today (13th).
This trend has raised concerns that the global healthcare system could collapse before the vaccine became commercially available.
(Video editing: Oh No-Young)