Global coronavirus cases surpass 3.5 million, although rate slowing via TheJaneWardell
FILE PHOTO: A health worker walks around the NYU Langone Hospital, during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., May 3, 2020. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo
That compares with around 3 million to 5 million cases of severe illness caused annually by seasonal influenza, according to the World Health Organization . The daily rate of new cases worldwide has been sitting in a 2%-3% range over the past week, versus a peak of around 13% in mid-March, prompting many countries to begin easing lockdown measures that have upended businesses and crippled the global economy.
While the number of new cases has come off a peak of 104,495 reported in a single day last week, it is still at around 80,000 to 90,000 cases per day globally.In the United States, around half the country’s state governors partially reopened their economies over the weekend, while others, including New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, declared the move was premature.
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