With ease of Lockdown worldwide, the Coronavirus cases have surpassed 3 million globally
Monday marked the gloomy milestone as many countries began taking steps to lift the lockdown partly that have led the world to stagnation over the past eight weeks.
According to the World Health Organization, 300,000 confirmed infections in less than four months are comparable to approximately 3-5 million cases of seasonal influenza each year worldwide.
In the past week, an average of 82,000 daily incidents have been reported. More than a quarter of all cases are in the United States, and more than 43% are reported in Europe.
As of Monday, the virus had killed more than 205,000 people, and nearly one in seven had died. But the actual death rate is likely to be significantly lower because the number of infections does not include many mild and unconfirmed cases.
Some severely affected countries in Europe, including Italy, France and Spain, have seen a decline in the number of cases per day in recent weeks, but still 2,000 to 5,000 new infections per day have been recorded in the past week.
Total cases rose 2.5 percent on Sunday, the lowest daily rate in nearly two months, and fell below a peak in late March, when it was rising more than 10 percent a day.
In the UK, the number of deaths from coronavirus patients in hospitals has dropped to the lowest level since March 30.
The number of deaths in UK hospitals has risen by 360 in the past 24 hours.
As of 5 pm on Sunday, the death toll in the UK had risen to 21,092 from 20,732 on previous day, according to new figures.
More than 30,000 new cases were reported in the United States last week, on average, and this now represents about one-third of all new cases.
Italy said it would allow some factories to reopen on May 4 as part of a surprise reopening, while Spain relaxed lockdown rules on Sunday, allowing children outside under monitoring.
Following the forecast that the unemployment rate could reach 16% in April, several US states have reopened their businesses.
In Asia, which has less than 7% of all cases, some countries are struggling to prevent new infections. These include Japan and Singapore, which saw an increase in cases in April despite initial successful efforts to reduce the spread.
Others in the region have managed to contain the epidemic, including South Korea, which reported nearly 10 incidents a day last week, less than the peak of more than 1,000 in February.
In China, where the virus first appeared, authorities reported only three new infections for Sunday, saying all patients at the original Wuhan center had now been discharged.
The number of cases in Latin America and Africa continues to rise faster than the world average. Mexico rose 7-10% in one day last week to 13,800, while in Brazil it crossed 60,000 on Sunday.
More than 40% of 32,600 cases in Africa are in the north, where Morocco, Egypt and Algeria are reporting serious outbreaks.
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