전세계 코로나 비상...확진자 1600만명 훌쩍넘어<br /><br />Global confirmed coronavirus infections have now well surpassed the 16 million mark with no sign of slowing down.<br />In fact, some countries, like Japan and Australia, are again seeing the highest number of new Covid-19 cases since pandemic began.<br />Kim Sung-min reports. The total number of COVID-19 cases worldwide has now topped 16 million.<br />The U.S. still remains the worst-affected country....with more than 1-thousand deaths a day for the past four days.<br />The U.S. CDC predicted last week that if such a rate continues, the total death toll in the U.S. will reach one-hundred-75-thousand by August 15th.<br />According to Johns Hopkins University, the U.S. death toll stands at 1-hundred 47-thousand as of Monday..., with around 4-million-230-thousand total infections.<br />Meanwhile, Russia has seen over 5-thousand new COVID-19 cases every day in the past week..., bringing the country's total to around 812-thousand.<br />The death toll in Russia is over 13-thousand.<br />Many of the recent cases in South Korea have come from Russia, through ships docking in the southeastern port of Busan.<br />Over in Japan, the total number of COVID-19 cases has topped 31-thousand.<br />Japan has seen more than 700 cases a day over the past 5 days.<br />Australia has also seen a spike in infections in Victoria state... with many linked to an elderly care facility.<br />On July 26th, the state confirmed 4-hundred-95 cases,... the country's highest number of cases in a single day.<br />The sudden hike in infections in countries like Japan and Australia, which both previously appeared to have the virus relatively under control, suggests we are a long way from the end of this pandemic.<br />Kim Sung-min, Arirang News.<br />
