The coronavirus death toll has surged to more than 500,000 people worldwide on Monday, according to the data compiled by John Hopkins University. Last year, since the virus first emerged in China, there have been more than 10 million confirmed cases of COVID-19.
Half of the world cases have been reported in Europe and the US. But the current data suggests that the infections are rapidly growing in the Americas. Africa and South Asia are also affected by the pandemic outbreak, where it is not expected to peak until July.
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In many parts of the world, the pandemic is still spreading, with nearly one million new cases recorded in the last six days. The US health authorities have reported nearly 125,000 deaths, with nearly 2.5 million confirmed cases of coronavirus pandemic.
In recent weeks, many states across the US began to reopen, notably in the south, where the authorities are reporting a rapid increase in new cases. The spike in the new infections has led the authorities in Florida, Texas, and other states to impose social distancing restrictions.
According to a new study, the statics from several countries have shown that people from Asian and black ethnic groups are more likely to be severely affected by coronavirus than white people.
Brazil is now the country with the second-highest number of confirmed cases, with a total of 1.3 million, and more than 57,000 fatalities. Despite the rising infections, the Brazilian state Rio de Janeiro said that it would allow the football stadiums to reopen from July 10.
China also imposed a lockdown on Sunday near Beijing to curb the fresh outbreak. In the province of Hubei and Anxin county, nearly half a million people will be barred from traveling in and out. Britain, which has the greatest number of fatalities in western Europe, has plans to reimpose restrictions.
The government in London has said that it will impose its first local lockdown following a raid surge in the confirmed infections in Leicester.
