Department of Epidemiology, Qidong Liver Cancer Institute, Qidong People’s Hospital, Affiliated Qidong Hospital of Nantong University,Qidong, China
Research Article
Global Pandemic Trends of COVID-19 in 2020
Author(s): Hai-Zhen Chen, Bo Cai and Jian-Guo Chen*
Purpose: The novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19) has been global threaten to public health. This paper provides perspective to the decision-making for public health control of the pandemic or the spread of epidemic. Methods: According to the WHO global reported database, we developed and used the number of cumulative cases, and the number of cumulative deaths to calculate and analyze rates of incidence, mortality, and fatality by country, with respect to the 30 highest outbreak (Top 30) countries. Results: As of December 31, 2020, of the global population of 7.585 billion, the cumulative number of reported cases was 81,475,053, and the cumulative number of deaths was 1,798,050. The incidence rate of COVID-19 was 1074.13 per 100,000 population, the mortality rate was 23.70 per 100,000, and the case fatality rate was 2.21%. Among the Top 30 countries, the five countries with the high.. Read More»
DOI:
10.37421/ 2795-6172.2022.6.001