The greatest health crisis in a century has actually reached another milestone with a quarter of million deaths worldwide.
Bottom line:
- The United States has recorded approximately 70,000 deaths
- The UK is still taping countless brand-new cases per day
- Iran has actually been hit hardest of all Eastern Mediterranean nations
From the very first tape-recorded death in Wuhan around the start of the year, the coronavirus pandemic has swept around the world, affecting the United States and Europe particularly.
While locations like Australia and New Zealand have weathered the storm so far, numerous nations have actually suffered periods when resources were overwhelmed.
Throughout the previous 4 months there have actually been a number of ‘hotspots’ for COVID-19:
United States
While Europe was struggling to include the virus during March, the United States had actually taped less than 1,700 cases.
On March 16, the World Health Company tape-recorded just 1678 cases in the US.
President Donald Trump took to social media that day, slamming Joe Biden for his handling of the Swine Flu while he was Vice President.
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One week later, the United States had more than 31,500 cases and 402 deaths, according to WHO.
The scenario has actually continued to degrade, with the US now the most-affected nation worldwide.
By Might 4, around 70,000 individuals had actually died from the virus, with Mr Trump forecasting that number to climb as high