World records 498.7 million cases of COVID-19

To date, the US has recorded 82,053,242 cases, of which 1,012,131 deaths. India ranks second in the number of cases with 43,035,271 cases, while Brazil ranks second in the number of deaths with 661,270 cases.

Europe is the most affected area with 183,719,811 cases, including 1,789,197 deaths. Asia ranked second with 143,650,512 cases and 1,411,017 deaths. North America has recorded 97,046,668 cases and 1,448,833 deaths; South America recorded 56,397,124 cases and 1,290,561 deaths.

In the week to the morning of April 10, the world recorded nearly 7.3 million cases new cases of COVID-19, down 23% from a week earlier. The number of deaths also decreased by 13%. Except for North America, the number of new cases during the week in all regions decreased, of which Asia fell the most (27%).

In China, the country’s National Health Commission announced that it recorded 1,351 new cases in mainland China on April 9, of which 1,318 were community infections. In addition, the number of new asymptomatic cases in mainland China stood at 25,111 cases, slightly down from 23,815 cases a day earlier.

In the context of the City Shanghai Entering the second week of complete closure due to the COVID-19 outbreak, city officials have taken measures to deal with food shortages. Accordingly, about 3,000 delivery workers will return to work, ensuring food supply to each household.

Over the weekend, Shanghai recorded more than 25,000 new COVID-19 infections, but only more than 1,000 people showed symptoms. The lockdown may soon be lifted or eased in non-epidemic communities within 14 days. According to Chinese health officials, the “zero COVID” strategy in Shanghai has so far proven effective because it has prevented an exponential increase in cases.

People wait in line to get tested for COVID-19 in Changchun, Jilin province, China, March 20, 2022. Photo: THX/VNA

On April 9, the Beijing city government of China also imposed a blockade order on a high-risk area after recording eight new cases of COVID-19 in this area in the past two weeks. On the same day, Guangzhou city authorities said they would carry out extensive testing in 11 districts of this city after detecting many new infections on April 8.

Meanwhile, the port city of Ningbo near Shanghai on April 10 announced to stop all food and beverage services in hotels and restaurants, and people living in the blockade must undergo daily testing for 3 days. day.

On the same day, health officials Pakistan announced that the country entered the 9th day in a row without recording any deaths from COVID-19. Pakistan recorded 1 death from COVID-19 for the last time on April 2. The total number of deaths from COVID-19 in the country is currently 30,361 cases. According to the Pakistani Ministry of Health, the country recorded 96 new cases, bringing the total number of cases to 1,526,568 cases.

April 9th, Peru announced a state of emergency for the country’s tourism industry due to the heavy impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. With this order, Peru’s Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism has 15 days to review and approve an emergency relief plan for the “smokeless industry”, including financial relief measures and investment promotion. travel.

Statistics show that the number of international visitors to Peru has decreased from 4.4 million in 2019 to 900,000 in 2020. Last year, the number continued to decline and was only 400,000.

In December 2021, Peru began to record the third wave of infections of the COVID-19 pandemic. The number of new cases in the country has dropped significantly in recent weeks. Peru has recorded a total of more than 3.5 million COVID-19 patients, including about 212,000 deaths. The population of this country is 33 million people.

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