Weekly update, the flu seems a bigger concern atm
In total 2.67 million new cases were reported last week (slightly up from 2.60 million)
Also another 10,412 more deaths were reported (slightly up from 9,986)
USA reported 266K new cases (down from 288K) and 2,318 more deaths (up from 2,083)
Europe reported 845K new cases (down from 863K) and 4,792 more deaths (4,712 last week)
The continents
It seems the recent drop in reporting in Europe is masking the rise in cases on the other continents. It's not a big rise.
Corners of the world
China, Japan and South Korea continue their upwards trend.
Brazil might be getting a spring wave, going up sharply atm.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/chinese-city-plans-250-000-quarantine-beds-to-fight-virus-1.6157212
China's southern metropolis of Guangzhou announced plans Thursday to build quarantine facilities for nearly 250,000 people to fight surging coronavirus outbreaks even as the national government tries to reduce the impact of anti-disease controls that have confined millions of people to their homes.
Guangzhou, a city of 13 million people and the biggest of a series of hot spots across China with outbreaks since early October, reported 9,680 new cases in the past 24 hours. That was about 40% of the 23,276 cases reported nationwide.
China's infection numbers are low compared with the United States and other major countries, but the ruling Communist Party is trying to isolate every case. Repeated closures of neighbourhoods, schools and businesses are fueling public frustration and clashes with health workers.
(China only reports symptomatic cases to the WHO, hence the difference between the graph and the numbers in the article)
We have a slight rise in hospitalizations here as well, however still struggling with the flu rather than Covid.
