3,725 deaths on the 29th… Largest ever
Over 20 million cumulative confirmed cases
Expert “Virus Suffers Tsunami”
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In the U.S., the number of deaths and hospitalized patients from the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) was another high. Although vaccination has begun, the situation of the spread of Corona 19 is turning to deterioration.
On the 30th (local time), the US CNN broadcast reported that the number of Corona 19 deaths in the US was 3,725 the previous day, citing data from Johns Hopkins University. It surpassed the previous high of 3,682 on the 16th. According to the Corona 19 Tracking Project, the number of hospitalized patients due to Corona 19 also reached 124,686, the highest level after the pandemic (a global pandemic).
The number of new confirmed cases, which fell to 150,000 to 160,000 over the weekend, also recorded 2,01,555 on the 29th, again surpassing 200,000. Even in this situation, more than 1.1 million people passed the airport security check on the 28th, the first Monday after the Christmas holiday. Health experts agreed that the aftermath of an increase in travel and meetings over the holiday season will appear in January of next year, making the Corona 19 situation even worse.
Infectious disease scholar Dr. Robert Kim-Farley warned, “Now we’ve crossed the wave of soaring, and I think what we’re going through is a tsunami of the virus.” Dr. Jonathan Reiner, professor of medicine at George Washington University, also said, “The next two to three months will be terrible.” “Probably, 3,000 people a day, maybe more, will die until February enters.”
Meanwhile, according to the international statistics website World O Meter, the cumulative number of corona 19 confirmed cases in the United States was 20,172,916 on the 31st (Korean time). As a result, the U.S. has recorded 20 million cumulative confirmed cases one year after the first Corona 19 reported in Wuhan, China on December 31 last year.
/ Reporter Kwak Yoon-ah [email protected]
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