The United States surpasses China in the number of people infected with Covid-19

The number of people infected with Covid-19 in the United States has surpassed China, making the US the new center of the epidemic.

According to data from Johns Hopkins University, as of Thursday, the United States had 82,404 confirmed Covid-19 cases and 1,178 deaths. In the US state of New York alone, 37,802 people were infected with the virus, followed by New Jersey and California.

Since the first coronavirus infection was detected in Wuhan in December, the world has more than 520,000 people positive for the virus and the number of deaths now exceeds 23,000. Despite being the first epidemic of this pandemic, China said it did not detect new cases in the month, marking an important step in overcoming this outbreak.

The World Health Organization spokesman, Margaret Harris, said on Tuesday that the United States was likely to become a new epidemic due to the “rapidly rising number of detected cases” in the country.

According to data from Johns Hopkins University, Wednesday was the day to witness the record number of US deaths with more than 200 deaths in just one day.

During a daily press conference at the White House about the government’s response to the corona virus, President Donald Trump said the number of infected people is skyrocketing in the US today due to ” testing a huge number of people “.

Hospitals across the US, meanwhile, are facing a shortage of personal protective equipment as health workers struggle to treat the huge number of Covid-19 patients who are rushing to.

” Hospitals in the US have been unprepared due to sluggish reaction and stupid politics .” A doctor at the hospital intensive care unit in Los Angeles said. ” Health workers have been disrupted by the lack of protective equipment … Some of our colleagues in New York also have to use garbage bags to make masks to cover their faces .”

The United States has now turned to South Korea and other countries to provide adequate supplies of medical equipment for the fight against the pandemic.

Last week, Italy surpassed China in the number of deaths, including as of Thursday, Italy had 8,215 deaths due to corona virus-related complications. Currently, Italy, Spain and Germany are behind the United States and China in the number of people infected with the virus.

On the same day, China’s Foreign Ministry said that starting Saturday, the country would temporarily suspend entry for foreigners with valid visas and residence permits. Diplomatic visas will not be affected by this decision.

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