A volunteer disinfects a street in Tehran, Iran, on March 31, 2020. (Photo by Ahmad Halabisaz/Xinhua)
Latest updates on the COVID-19 global confirmed cases in hardest-hit countries by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University.
Country Confirmed Cases
World 937,170
U.S. 216,515
Italy 110,574
Spain 104,118
Germany 77,981
France 57,763
Iran 47,593
Britain 29,865
Switzerland 17,768
Turkey 15,679
Belgium 13,964
BEIJING, April 2 (Xinhua) -- The world is now in a battle against COVID-19, a disease caused by a previously unknown coronavirus that has spread to over 200 countries and regions.
The following are the updates on the contagious disease.
A man rides a bicycle during the outbreak of COVID-19 in Washington D.C., the United States, April 1, 2020. (Xinhua/Liu Jie)
WASHINGTON -- As of Wednesday night, a total of 215,417 confirmed cases have been reported in the United States, with 5,116 deaths, showed the tally updated by the university's Center for Systems Science and Engineering.
The United States is the first country with more than 200,000 infections.
A U.S. Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to the Tomcatters of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 31 flies above the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), Feb. 27, 2020. (U.S. Navy photo by Cmdr. Damon Loveless/Released)
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Navy is evacuating thousands of sailors from the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt in an attempt to contain the spread of the coronavirus on the ship, Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly said Wednesday.
Briefing reporters by telephone from the Pentagon, Modly said nearly 1,000 personnel have already left the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, which is now docking in Guam. "In the next couple of days, we expect to have about 2,700 of them off the ship."
According to Modly, there have been 93 positive tests on board the Roosevelt so far.
An Italian national flag is flown at half mast, to mourn the country's dead due to coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at Palazzo Chigi in Rome, Italy, March 31, 2020. (Photo by Alberto Lingria/Xinhua)
ROME -- Italy will remain under a nationwide anti-coronavirus lockdown until April 13, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said in a televised press conference on Wednesday evening.
The announcement came just two days before the current lockdown, which started on March 10, was due to end on April 3.
Photo taken on March 30, 2020 shows the Darling Harbour in Sydney, Australia. (Xinhua/Bai Xuefei)
CANBERRA -- Researchers from Australia's national science agency have begun testing vaccines for COVID-19.
The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) on Thursday announced that it has commenced the first stage of testing at the Australian Animal Health Laboratory (AAHL) in Geelong, 75 kilometers southwest of Melbourne.
A masked policeman stands guard near the Gare d'Austerlitz train station in Paris, France, April 1, 2020. (Photo by Aurelien Morissard/Xinhua)
PARIS -- A total of 509 patients have died of coronavirus in French hospitals in the last 24 hours, bringing the toll to 4,032 since the start of the epidemic, Director General of Health Jerome Salomon announced on Wednesday.
A total of 56,989 people have been tested positive for coronavirus since the start of the epidemic. Among them, 24,639 are now hospitalized, an increase of 1,882 from Tuesday. Some 6,000 are in intensive care, an increase of 462.
Staff members wearing protective suits wait for passengers at an airport in Polokwane, South Africa, March 14, 2020. (Photo by Molefi Moleli/Xinhua)
CAPE TOWN -- South Africa on Wednesday launched dozens of mobile sampling and testing units for COVID-19, in a bid to scale up the capacity of testing as more cases were reported nationwide.
The National Health Laboratory has purchased 60 mobile sampling and testing units to be deployed nationwide, by which medical workers will go out to test citizens for COVID-19, said Health Minister Zweli Mkhize.
A staff member disinfects the ground at the Clinicas Hospital in Sao Paulo, Brazil, March 24, 2020. (Photo by Rahel Patrasso/Xinhua)
RIO DE JANEIRO -- The Brazilian government on Wednesday unveiled a new initiative to systematically detect COVID-19 infections among the population.
The Health Ministry will robocall 125 million people, 60 percent of the total, asking them questions about their state of health.■
