Worldwide, infections have exceeded 600,000, according to the latest Johns Hopkins University balance sheet. To be precise, the cases recorded so far are 601,478. The boom in cases continues in Spain, with 832 victims in 24 hours. And in New York there are fears of a worse situation than that of Wuhan and Lombardy.
Here are the latest updates for continents and nations:
THE SITUATION IN EUROPE
Spain - New record of coronavirus victims . The dead are 832 in 24 hours. The total thus rises to 5,690. The Ministry of Health of Madrid reports that 72,248 people are infected, 40,630 are hospitalized, 4,575 are in intensive care and 12,285 are recovered.
Belgium - There are officially 9,134 confirmed Covid-19 contamination cases and 353 deaths. Since yesterday 1,850 new cases and 64 deaths have been recorded.
THE SITUATION IN ASIA
China - The first passenger trains arrived in Wuhan , the Chinese city the first epicenter of the coronavirus, after a blockade of over two months. For now, travelers are allowed to arrive, but not to leave the city of 11 million inhabitants, which had been isolated from the world since January. There are 54 new cases of coronavirus in China in the past 24 hours, all from abroad . Three died, all in the province of Hubei where, however, no new cases have been recorded in the past 24 hours. In total there are 81,394 cases of contagion in China. There are 3,295 victims of the epidemic. Overall, the healed amounted to 74,671.
South Korea - New coronavirus cases have risen to 146 , from 104 on Thursday. The total infections are 9,478, of which 363 imported, while the deaths amount to 144 (+5). But over 4,800 patients recovered have come out of isolation and another 4,500 remain in quarantine undergoing therapies. It is the first time that the number of people recovered has exceeded that of the sick since January 20, when the first cases were confirmed.
Iran - At least 70 prisoners escaped during a riot in Saghez prison in the Kurdish region of Iran, joining the 23 escaped on March 19 from the Khorramabad penitentiary: this is the fourth prison riot in Iran, also fomented by the contagion coronavirus, in about ten days. Five of the escaped from Saghez have been captured.
THE SITUATION IN THE AMERICAS
United States - There are 104,837 cases in the United States. The dead 1,711. Coronavirus kills one person in New York City every 17 minutes. If the growth rate of coronavirus cases continues at current levels, the metropolitan area of New York will experience an epidemic worse than that of Wuhan in China or of the Lombardy region in Italy. This was stated by the New York Times, according to which New York was less successful in flattening the curve of cases than in Wuhan or the Lombardy region. "There is no guarantee that the trend will continue. It is possible that social distancing will slow down or stop the growth of cases," says the New York Times.
Cuba - A 71-year-old Italian tourist, Giancarlo Fusetti, suffering from coronavirus and hospitalized for days in Cuba in a hospital in the eastern city of Holguín, wanted to reveal his identity and thank the Cuban doctors and health system for treating him.
