Coronavirus cases reached 321,284 with death toll raised to 13,699 as of March 22, 2020.

Most cases are registered in China, but the country succeeded to stop the epidemic inside its borders. However, China reports 46 new cases of coronavirus infection, marking the fourth consecutive day of an increase in the number of infected, with all but one of people arriving in the country from another country. Thus, obviously China is in danger of being hit by second wave of COVID-19. Among these new cases, 14 are registered in Shanghai and 13 in Beijing.

Second most hurt country is Italy, which has 53,578 confirmed cases and 4,825 deaths. The country reported a record number of almost 800 deaths on Saturday and another 6,500 confirmed cases. Following this, Italy shuts all non-essential businesses. Following a decree of Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte all non-essential factories and businesses are locked down spread across the world.

“The decision taken by the government is to close down all productive activity throughout the territory that is not strictly necessary, crucial, indispensable, to guarantee us essential goods and services”, said Giuseppe Conte. Groceries and pharmacies would remain open and although he did not specify and what “indispensable” companies were. “We will slow down the country’s productive engine, but we will not stop it”, he said

The crisis in the US is also gaining power. The country reported more than 5,000 new cases and had a total 29,214 cases and 349 deaths.

The situation in Spain and Germany is also critical, as countries have 28,603 cases (1,756 deaths) and 23,974 cases (93 deaths), respectively. News from Italy and Spain are scary, but why is it worse in Italy than in Germany? The main reason is the preventive testing in Germany and the good healthcare system.

Iran has 21,638 cases and 1,685 deaths, while France has 14,459 cases and 562 deaths.