Chinanews.com on February 9th exceeded 400,000,000!

As the Omicron variant is rampant, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in the world has exceeded 400 million, and the new crown epidemic has reached a "mile sad" moment.

On December 29, 2021, local time, in New York, the United States, people register for testing at a new coronavirus testing point in Times Square.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Wang Fan

　　According to the latest data from Johns Hopkins University in the United States, as of 8:21 a.m. on February 9, Beijing time, the cumulative number of confirmed cases of the new crown in the world exceeded 400 million, reaching 400,284,112, and the cumulative number of deaths exceeded 5.76 million.

　　The data also shows that the cumulative number of confirmed cases worldwide exceeded 100 million on January 26, 2021, more than 200 million on August 4 of the same year, and more than 300 million on January 6, 2022.

But it only took a month to increase from 300 million to 400 million.

　　This month is also the most rampant period of the Omikron mutant strain in the world.

On September 15, 2021, local time, in Washington, DC, the United States, small white flags are being erected on the National Mall in Washington, each flag represents a person who has unfortunately died due to the new crown epidemic.

　　The United States is still the country with the most confirmed cases and deaths in the world, with more than 77.04 million confirmed cases and more than 900,000 deaths in the country.

　　The National Cathedral chimes every 100,000 deaths.

On the evening of the 7th local time, the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. rang 900 bells to commemorate the 900,000 Americans who died of the new crown epidemic.

The data picture shows that on January 29, local time, San Francisco citizens bought masks and other anti-epidemic supplies at the Spring Festival Flower Market in Chinatown.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Liu Guanguan

　　Randy Holrace, president of the National Cathedral, said that when they rang the bell for 200,000, 300,000, 400,000, 500,000 deaths, they never thought that 900,000 people in the United States would die from the new crown , "It's a number I can't fathom".

　　In addition, countries with more cumulative confirmed cases include India, Brazil, France, the United Kingdom, Russia and Turkey.