Weekly update, the slow downward trend continues
In total 4.57 million new cases were reported last week (down from 5.21 million)
Also another 15,669 more deaths were reported (down from 16,286) to a total of 6,501,316
USA reported 612K new cases (down from 657K) and 3,813 more deaths (up from 3.528)
Europe reported 1.23 million new cases (up from 1.18 million) and 4,479 more deaths (down from 4,996)
The continents
There was a correction in Brazil, otherwise still heading down.
Corners of the world
Japan's reported deaths are peaking now as well, thus definitely past the peak. It was their highest peak so far in the pandemic with a 7 day average of 289 daily deaths, up from a peak of 233 daily deaths March 1st.
China is still cracking down hard on the virus
https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/shenzhen-districts-locked-down-as-china-battles-covid-outbreaks-1.6054661
Most residents of the Chinese tech hub of Shenzhen went into a weekend lockdown on Saturday as mass COVID-19 testing kicked off in much of the city of 18 million people.
Residents in six districts that account for the majority of the city's population will be tested twice over the weekend, helping to "minimize the impact on people's working life," the city government said in a statement published on Saturday on its official WeChat account.
Those areas in the six major districts that have been classified as "high-risk areas" will remain in lockdown for seven days, with an extension possible if more positive cases are found, according to a Reuters review of district authority announcements published between Thursday and Saturday.
In the city's Futian district, Candice, a 28-year-old who works with a headhunting business, expressed dismay over the latest lockdown measures.
"The fear of going places, the constant disruption to work, has to be worse than the virus itself," she said, declining to give her full name.
Officials reported 87 new locally transmitted COVID infections in Shenzhen for Friday, the same as a day earlier. Seven of the new cases were outside quarantine areas.
Shenzhen's new measures reflect China's strict adherence to a "dynamic COVID zero" policy of quashing every flare-up.
