Covid-19 Runs Riot in USA and Elsewhere

Covid-19 runs riot in the US and it becomes the first country to top 100,000 cases. 

You can be sure the pathogen will press on and forge ahead. Cases will multiply and doctors and hospitals will be overwhelmed. And be sure to expect too a massive pile-up of corpses. 

Worldwide, cases breached the 600,000 mark and it would appear at least for now, there's no stopping the coronavirus. Simply put, it is unyielding and unforgiving.

In Italy, the country continues to break records – it reported 919 new fatalities, its highest daily figure in the outbreak so far. 

The total has reached more than 9,000 deaths, more than anywhere else in the world.

Fears are also growing of an increase in cases in the poorer south of the country. The prospect that Lombardy's tragedy is about to become the south's tragedy is very real. Meaning, we can expect more infections and even more deaths. 

And the fact of the matter is that Italy is a week or two ahead of most of Europe – both in the progression of the virus and in the lockdown. So what happens here will be closely watched elsewhere in Europe. 

Already, day by day, the numbers are shooting up in many, many countries:

It is pertinent to mention that each country has a different healthcare system and is taking different measures to control the spread of the virus. Therefore, the number of deaths depends both on the spread of the virus and the treatment that people can access when they have it. 

The future in each country will depend on the actions governments and citizens take.