Covid-19 continued to spread rapidly across the globe, particularly in Europe and the United States, bringing the number of cases to nearly 800,000, of which nearly 38,000 died.

The world recorded 782,034 cases of nCoV and 37,609 deaths in 200 countries and territories. Europe accounts for about two-thirds of the deaths with 26,674 deaths recorded. Italy reported the largest number of deaths with 11,591.

The US recorded 18,089 additional cases and 412 deaths, bringing the number of infections and deaths to 161,580 and 2,995, respectively, continuing to be the largest epidemic area in the world. New York was the most heavily affected state with 66,497 cases, of which 1,218 died.

USNS Comfort hospital ship with a capacity of 1,000 beds has arrived in New York City. The ship was incapable of treating Covid-19, but could take ordinary patients to hospitals to concentrate on anti-epidemic.

Trump also announced an extension of the "community separation" policy until April 30 to slow the rate of nCoV's spread and predict that the US epidemic peak will arrive in the next two weeks, on Easter 12/4. Trump admits that the number of people killed in Covid-19 in the United States may exceed 100,000, claiming that the government has done a good job of preventing this from happening.

Italy detected an additional 4,050 new infections and 812 deaths, the total number of infected and dead so far are 101,739 and 11,591. The death rate due to Covid-19 in Italy is nearly 11.4%, the highest in the world and more than twice the global death rate. The country is the second country to report more than 100,000 people with nCoV, just after the US.

The Italian National Institutes of Health says the average age of death is 78.5, with the youngest being 31 years old and the oldest being 103 years old. The aging population and overcrowded hospitals are two of the causes of the high death rates in Italy.

Spain further confirmed 7,846 cases and 913 deaths, bringing the total number of infected and dying to 87,956 and 7,716 respectively, surpassing China to become the third largest epidemic area in the world. The capital of Madrid and the region of Catalonia are the two localities with the highest number of deaths due to nCoV in Spain, 3,392 and 1,410 respectively.

Health officials say the rate of new infections and deaths in Spain has decreased in recent days, suggesting that Covid-19 may peak in the country soon. The rate of death gains in Spain yesterday was 12.4%, down more than half compared to 27% on March 25.

Spain imposed a nationwide blockade on March 14 and Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on March 28 announced further stricter restrictions, forcing workers in non-essential fields to stay at home. in the next 14 days.

Germany recorded an additional 4,450 cases and 104 deaths, bringing the number of cases and deaths to 66,885 and 645 respectively. It is the third largest epidemic area in Europe, after Italy and Spain, but the death rate in Germany only 0.9%.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, 65, yesterday gave negative results for the nCoV for the third time. Merkel isolated herself in an apartment in Berlin for a week after contacting a nCoV-infected doctor.

Iran continues to be the second largest epidemic region in Asia with 41,495 cases and 2,757 deaths after an additional 3,186 cases and 117 deaths have been recorded. The Iranian government has warned the disease could last several months and kill over 10,000 people. President Hassan Rouhani was attacked by political opponents for failing to act in time to prevent the disease.

Iran has closed schools, canceled prayer services, closed parliament and major Shiite Muslim pilgrimage sites. Iran also imposed strict measures after hundreds of thousands of people still poured into the streets to welcome the Persian New Year. The Iranian Ministry of Health has repeatedly called on people to report information as well as suspected symptoms of nCoV infection.

China and South Korea have not released new figures. The number of domestic infections in these two countries has decreased over the past time, but there has been an increase in foreign cases.

In Southeast Asia, Malaysia is the largest epidemic area with 2,626 cases and 37 deaths. Indonesia is the deadliest region in the region with 122 deaths among 1,414 infected people, with a mortality rate of 8.6%.

The Philippines and Thailand both recorded more than 1,500 cases, but the deaths in these two countries were quite different, respectively 78 and 9. Covid-19 appeared in all 11 countries of Southeast Asia.