It took three months for the first 100,000 coronavirus infections to be reported. The next 100,000 came in just 12 days, less than a quarter as much time.
The rate of new coronavirus cases spreading into new regions from its epicenter in Asia is illustrated by a graph from the World Health Organization.The rate of new coronavirus cases spreading into new regions from its epicenter in Asia is illustrated by a graph from the World Health Organization.The coronavirus that causes COVID-19 needed more than three months to infect 100,000 people worldwide, most of them in China.
For months, the epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak was in China's Hubei province. But Europe now has the highest rate of new cases, and more people have now died from the respiratory disease"Italy's death toll is more than 3,400 as the country enters its 11th day in lockdown," NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports from Rome."A decline in new cases is not expected until the end of next week.
The European region is now poised to supplant the Western Pacific Region as the area hardest-hit by COVID-19, the WHO said in itsThe WHO also released a graphic showing the changing source of new coronavirus cases by region worldwide, highlighting spikes in cases in Europe and the Americas since late February.
According to that tally, as of Friday morning, there are already nearly 250,000 cases worldwide — including 10,000 deaths from COVID-19. That dashboard also reports that some 86,000 people have recovered from the disease.To prevent the coronavirus from spreading, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends washing hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds or using a hand sanitizer if a sink isn't available.
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