Despite serious measures taken by the governments world over, the \nnumber of fatalities and the confirmed cases due to the coronavirus or \nCOVID-19 pandemic has been rising at an alarming rate. According to the \nfigures provided by the Johns Hopkins University, the United States has \nnow surpassed China with the most number of confirmed coronavirus cases \nand Italy remains the worst affected with the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Johns Hopkins University data showed the global death toll \ntouching 22,993 and surpassing the 5-lakh mark (510,108 infected) around\n 11:45 pm IST on March 26. As of now, the total number of confirmed \ncoronavirus cases are 531,860 and total deaths 24,057 globally on Friday\n 8.40 AM IST, according to the Johns Hopkins University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The scale of its spread has left nations shocked and the medical \nfraternity stunned. Coronavirus took 67 days to infect the first 1 lakh \npeople after the outbreak on December 31, 2019. The next 1 lakh were \ninfected in 11 days while the virus took four days to reach the 3 \nlakh-mark. From 3 to 4 lakh took just three days and the next 1 lakh \ntook only two days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It took around two days for the total number to jump from 400,000 to \n500,000. Over 170 countries and regions have reported COVID-19 cases so \nfar, the CSSE said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Outside China, the countries that reported over 10,000 cases included\n Italy, the US, Spain, Germany, Iran, France and Switzerland. Italy \nsuffered the most deaths from the disease, which stood at 8,215, \naccording to the CSSE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, the US has surpassed China to become the nation with most \nCOVID-19 cases in the world, according to the CSSE. The US reported \n85,505 confirmed COVID-19 cases as of 8. 40 AM Friday, according to the \nCenter for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins \nUniversity. The country has surpassed China to become the nation with \nmost COVID-19 cases in the world, according to the CSSE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
China`s National Health Commission reported 81,285 confirmed cases on\n the Chinese mainland by the end of Wednesday Beijing Time. Meanwhile, \n410 confirmed cases had been reported in the Hong Kong Special \nAdministrative Region (SAR), 30 confirmed cases in the Macao SAR, and \n235 in Taiwan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
India has till March 27 reported 727 positive cases with 20 deaths, \naccording to Johns Hopkins University. However, the Health Ministry data\n shows 633 active COVID-19 cases, 44 cured\/discharged and 16 deaths as \nof Friday morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The lockdown announced by PM Narendra Modi is eyeing to break the \nscale of spread and ensure that those infected are confined to small \nareas making it easier for the medical system to treat the sick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Almost three months after coronavirus COVID-19 started spreading its \ndeadly tentacles and sped across the world killing thousands and \ninfecting lakhs of people, the powerful G20 held a virtual meeting on \nMarch 26, 2020, to chart the way forward and control the pandemic which \nthreatens to decimate several countries and put the global economy into \nrecession.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The G20 meeting chaired by Saudi Arabia\u2019s King Salman and attended \nthrough video conferencing by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and 18 other \nheads of states decided to inject $5 trillion into the global economy \nwhich has gone into a tailspin since early January when coronavirus \nstarted to spread in China and its neighbouring nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has asked the Group \nof 20 (G20) largest economies of the world for a \u201cwartime plan\u201d to fight\n the COVID-19 pandemic as the global death due to the deadly coronavirus\n crossed 23,000 on Friday (March 27, 2020). \u201cWe are at war with a virus \u2013\n and not winning it,\u201d Guterres told a virtual summit of G20 leaders. \n\u201cThis war needs a wartime plan to fight it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It took the world three months to reach 100,000 confirmed cases of \ninfection. The next 100,000 happened in just 12 days. The third took \nfour days. \u201cThis is exponential growth and only the tip of the iceberg.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Solidarity is essential \u2013 among the G20 and with the developing \nworld, including countries in conflict, he said. He asked for a \ncoordinated G20 response mechanism; efforts to minimize the social and \neconomic impact, including stimulus packages; and a vision for \nsustainable development to ensure a healthier recovery of the world \neconomy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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