미국 코로나19 확진자 200만 명 돌파...코로나19 확산 빨라지는 중남미
The number of COVID-19 cases worldwide has reached seven and a half million.
With more than two million of those cases in the U.S., a key model predicts the death toll there could reach as high as 200-thousand by September.
Our Eum Ji-young reports, the virus is picking up speed in Africa and Latin America, as well.
The total number of coronavirus cases reported around the world has hit seven and a half million.
And according to Johns Hopkins University on Thursday local time, the outbreak has killed at least 421-thousand people around the world.
The U.S. has seen by far the highest number of cases worldwide, surpassing at least two million confirmed cases on Thursday. Around 113-thousand Americans have died from the virus.
But experts predict that the virus will infect and kill thousands more in the U.S.
The University of Washington's COVID-19 model forecasts that the country's death toll could reach 170-thousand by the start of October.
And the director of Harvard's Global Health Institute, Ashish Jha said on Thursday that by September, the death toll could be as high as 200-thousand.
Meanwhile, coronavirus cases and deaths across Latin America and the Caribbean are rising faster than anywhere in the world as the region's death toll surpassed 70-thousand.
Brazil reported a total of more than 802-thousand confirmed cases on Thursday. And with the death toll reaching nearly 41-thousand, Brazil has the world's third highest death toll after the United States and Britain.
"Right now the epidemic in Central and South America is the most complex of all the situations we face globally."
According to the WHO on Thursday, the pandemic is also spreading rapidly in Africa.
"Even though these cases in Africa account for less than 3 percent of the global total it's clear that the pandemic is accelerating.''
The WHO's Africa regional director also warned that the increase in cases is to continue for the foreseeable future.
Eum Ji-young, Arirang News.
