The number of diagnosed cases in Europe has increased by 5 million in 5 weeks, with Germany, England and France in lockdown.

Wuhan pneumonia (novel coronavirus disease, COVID-19) has ravaged the world, according to foreign media statistics, the cumulative number of diagnosed cases in Europe has exceeded 10 million, it took less than 5 weeks to exceed 5 million cases, countries have recently continued to strengthen lockdown measures, including France, Germany and the United Kingdom have announced a national lockdown.

According to Reuters statistics, the cumulative confirmed cases of Wuhan pneumonia in Europe exceeded 10 million cases on the first day, compared to the whole of Europe since the outbreak, it took 9 months to exceed 5 million cases, the number of people infected with the disease in Europe in the past 5 weeks has cumulatively doubled, more than 46.3 million cases diagnosed worldwide, nearly 1.2 million people died of the disease, the number of confirmed cases in Europe accounted for 22%, the cumulative number of deaths is more than 269,000 cases, but also the number of people who died of the disease. Europe accounted for 23% of the global total.

Reuters also pointed out that over 1.6 million new cases were reported in Europe in the past seven days, accounting for almost half of the world’s 3.3 million cases in the same period, and that the number of new deaths, 16,100, also increased dramatically by 44% from the previous week, but Europe’s population accounts for only 10% of the world’s population, and 127 out of 10,000 people in Europe and the U.S. will be notified of the diagnosis, of which four will die; in contrast, the U.S. has 278 cases per 10,000 people, and seven will die as a result.

In the United States, there are 278 cases and 7 deaths per 10,000 people, compared to 278 cases and 7 deaths per 10,000 people in the U.S. Recent new cases in France, Spain, and the U.K. have also been increasing and reaching record highs, including 46,290 cases and 213 deaths in France and 23,254 cases and 162 deaths in the U.K. in the past day. As the epidemic continues to heat up, countries are tightening their control measures, including France, Germany, and the United Kingdom, which have announced a nationwide epidemic blockade for at least a month, and Spain and Italy, which have also tightened restrictions on epidemic prevention.