The number of dead in the world only continues to rise, and in the United States where complacency first registered, more and more significant steps are now being taken • California governor has ordered all 39 million residents to stay in their homes • Estimate: 56% of state residents will be infected by May • Number of dead in Italy, Spain and Iran continues to climb

• Corona, California // Photo: Islands. Nose. times

• World epidemic // Photo: Reuters

The Corona epidemic, which began just three months ago in China, is spreading rapidly around the world, tightening its grip around Europe and North America, reaching every continent except Antarctica.

The global death toll from the deadly virus has risen to 10,000 this morning (Friday), and now stands at 10,030, the number of people infected is 245,860, and those numbers are only expected to rise. Leading in the deaths is Italy, which has passed China, where the human tragedy does not stop and the death toll stands at 3,405.

Closure on Spain continues // Photo: Reuters

Immediately behind it is China, the epicenter of the epidemic spread with 3,248,000 cases. However, in China, the plague was relatively successful, and no new diagnoses were discovered yesterday, even in Hubei Province in Wuhan, where the epidemic broke out. Following them in the quorum is Iran with 1,284 dead and Spain with 831.

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The United States, which has delayed a little of the danger of facing up to, and recently acted with relative complacency, is beginning to take stiff steps to prevent the spread of the epidemic as far as possible and not reach the European catastrophic situation.

The governor of California imposed a closure on the state yesterday, ordering all 39 million residents to stay in their homes to save lives and prevent the spread. There are more than 13,1363 diagnosed cases in the United States, spanning all 50 states, and the death toll on the superpower stands at 217. It is estimated that 56 percent of California residents, ie 25.5 million, may contract by May.

The pictures from New York are equally as stunning, with one of the world's busiest and picturesque cities looking like a ghost town, empty of man. The entertainment venues were completely closed, 75% of the city's residents were instructed to work from their homes alone, and with few exits and no crowds.