The Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic is hitting the United States hard, now ahead of China and Italy in the number of confirmed cases. In addition, some believe that a second wave is inevitable in China as the country seems to be returning to normal life.
A few days ago, we were talking about the meteoric rise in the number of cases in the United States. According to the real-time map of Johns-Hopkins University (USA), the country has risen to first place among the countries most affected by the Covid-19 coronavirus. Now, the United States has more than 85,500 cases for almost 1,300 deaths . In just one day, this country declared more than 30,000 new cases.
As Le Monde explains , New York is the most impacted city with a death toll of 281 alone. However, the situation is very worrying in Louisiana. Indeed, the Mardi Gras carnival in New Orleans which took place on February 25, 2020 was attended by several hundred thousand people.
The Canadian Daily Globe and Mail is very alarming about China. Since the epidemic was overcome, life has resumed, especially in Beijing where many people gather in restaurants. Road traffic has also picked up again and the metros are full again. All of China is increasingly affected by this return to normal. However, the article quotes Benjamin Cowling, an epidemiologist at the University of Hong Kong. However, the person concerned does not mince his words:
“Because most of China didn't really have a significant number of infections during the first wave, the population remains very vulnerable and may be affected by a major epidemic. Sooner or later, a second wave is inevitable. Totally unavoidable. »
The epidemiologist also mentions a “silent spread finding at its origin asymptomatic people . However, these people can only be detected after enough cases have emerged. This would therefore make the epidemic very difficult to contain and China could be even more impacted than during the first wave.
The toll of the Covid-19 coronavirus epidemic is now more than 530,000 cases for more than 24,000 deaths. Italy moves into third place with 80,589 cases but remains in the lead in terms of the number of deaths (8,215). Behind, we find Spain (57,786 cases / 4,365 deaths), Germany (43,938 / 267) and France (29,566 / 1,696). The top of the ranking is completed by Iran (29,406 / 2,234), the United Kingdom (11,812 / 578) and Switzerland (11,811 / 192).
Concern is increasingly spreading to Africa with cases in an overwhelming majority of countries . Let us quote South Africa (927 cases), being among the last countries to have established a period of confinement. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the capital Kinshasa has also been subject to such measures. In total, more than three billion people are currently in confinement.
