The world has just passed a new grim record number: More than 50 million people have been infected with COVID-19 and more than 1.2 million have died from the disease, according to data from Johns Hopkings University.
Europe has become the epicenter of the epidemic.
Between October 11 and November 1, coronavirus cases measured by the accumulated seven days have risen 149.6% in the region, according to data from the World Health Organization (WHO).
However, the
United States continues to lead in the number of infections and deaths
with more than 9.9 million cases and more than 238,000 deaths, followed by India.
A polling place in Kansas City conditioned to receive voters with COVID-19;
on November 3, 2020. AP
This Friday alone, Texas exceeded one million confirmed coronavirus infections, while cases in the country again broke another record on Thursday, when more than 120,000 new infections were registered.
The number of hospitalizations for COVID-19 has increased in much of the country, with the Midwest and Southwest being the most affected regions.
With winter at the corner door in the middle of the planet, and without a safe vaccine in the short term, experts fear that cases will grow worse.
"There's not much we can do to prevent what we think will be about 2,200 deaths a day by January 1," Dr. Vin Gupta, a pulmonologist and affiliate assistant professor at UW Medicine in Seattle, told NBC News.
In his victory speech this Saturday,
President-elect Joe Biden highlighted the pandemic as one of the great challenges to face.
"Our work begins with controlling COVID," Biden said in front of dozens of supporters in Wilmington, Delaware.
A coronavirus testing site in Wisconsin, Nov. 5, 2020 Reuters
“We can never measure all that pain, loss and suffering that so many families have experienced.
We know what it feels like to lose someone and I want you to know that you are not alone.
Our hearts break along with yours, ”said the former senator.
"On Monday I will appoint a group of leading scientists and experts as Transition Advisors to assist with the Biden-Harris COVID plan and turn it into an action plan that begins on January 20, 2021," he said.
In the plan, Biden not only explains what he intends to do to combat the health emergency, he also outlines "decisive economic measures to help affected workers, families and small businesses and stabilize the economy."
With information from NBC News.