Global Confirmed Cases : 14,348,858
The Americas still have the greatest number of confirmed cases, 7,584,675. That is 52.8 percent of the global confirmed cases.
The United States of America has 3,685,460 confirmed cases. That is 48.6 percent of all the cases in the Americas and 25.7 percent in the world. The USA is still leading globally in the number of CONFIRMED cases. Not tests, but, confirmed cases. And that is across the board with cases and deaths. Europe has also been leading in treatments for the virus. The steroid treatment and now interferon is out of Europe. I think the CDC encouraged the use of remdesivir.
Global deaths: 603,691
The Americas have 309,309 deaths which is 51.2 percent of the global death.
The United States of America has 139,468 deaths which is 45.1 percent of the Americas' deaths and 23.1 percent of the global deaths. The USA has the largest number of deaths caused by COVID-19 in the world.
It looks like Europe is having the best outcomes by region.
Southeast Asia worries me. Their growth in cases and deaths is still exponential. I am wondering about their ability to actually fight this virus. It is unacceptable for any region of the work to have uncontrolled exponential growth. That places the future in danger.
April 20, 2020
By Amy Searight'
...What is becoming clearer (click here) is that the impact of this pandemic will be hard-hitting and long-lasting in Southeast Asia, along with much of the rest of the world. Countries that earlier stood out as global leaders in “flattening the curve” are now grappling with massive new outbreaks; Singapore, for example, is grappling with a new wave of cases tied to its large migrant worker population. For other countries, such as Indonesia and the Philippines, the slow government response to the crisis and weaknesses in their public health systems are beginning to take a toll. The economic impact, which I wrote about last week, will be massive for a region that is widely under lockdown and heavily dependent on trade and tourism. This commentary provides updates on the public health impact of Covid-19 on Southeast Asia and the steps that governments in the region are taking to deal with it.
Southeast Asia has been hit hard by the novel coronavirus, with a surge of new cases over the past week in Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Singapore (for the latest numbers, see our CSIS Southeast Asia Covid-19 tracker). Only Thailand and Vietnam saw the number of daily cases drop....
Vietnam has been interestingly resistant to trends from other countries and on more than the SARS-CoV-2 virus. It has taken its sovereignty very seriously and develops policy without being reactionary. It's economic success to date has been impressive as well. Some really nice resorts that actually value its ecology and species are in Vietnam. Luxurious actually. Perhaps, Vietnam would consider being a leader in policy for the region that needs direction to end their viral spread.
I am sure Vietnam already knows if the region conquers SARS-CoV-2 it will be an accomplishment that will effect the Vietnamese people, too.
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