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The Pandemic Is Receding in the Worst Hotspots. Will It Last?

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February 22, 2021
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Sept. 1

Oct. 1

Nov. 1

Dec. 1

Jan. 1

Feb. 20

400,000

600,000 cases

Rest of world

Europe

U.K.

United States

South Africa

Brazil

Peak avg. new cases per day

Jan. 11

LONDON — A month ago, the pandemic looked bleak. More than 750,000 coronavirus cases were tallied worldwide in a single day. Infections surged across the entire United States. New variants identified in the United Kingdom, Brazil and South Africa threatened the rest of the world.

But the last month has brought a surprisingly fast, if partial, turnaround. New cases have declined to half their peak globally, driven largely by steady improvements in some of the same places that weathered devastating outbreaks this winter.

Cases are an imperfect measure, and uneven records and testing mask the scope of outbreaks, especially in parts of Africa, Latin America and South Asia. But fewer patients are showing up at hospitals in many countries with the highest rates of infection, giving experts confidence that the decline is real.

“It’s a great moment of optimism, but it’s also very fragile in a lot of ways,” said Wafaa El-Sadr, an epidemiologist at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health. “We see the light at the end of the tunnel, but it’s still a long tunnel.”

How cases have changed in countries with the most significant outbreaks

New cases per 100,000 people, seven-day average

Cases decreased significantly in 28 countries

Cases decreased in 17 countries

Cases flat in 10 countries

Cases increased in 23 countries

Note: The percentage change is calculated against the rate 28 days ago. Includes only countries that have had outbreaks larger than 10 cases per 100,000 people since Oct. 1 and have a population of more than one million people.

The lull in many of the world’s worst outbreaks creates a critical opportunity to keep the virus in retreat as vaccinations begin to take effect. Experts believe vaccines have done little to slow most outbreaks so far, but a small group of countries, primarily wealthy ones, plan to vaccinate vulnerable groups by the spring.

The positive signs come with a number of caveats and risks.

Many countries are still struggling. Brazil is battling a serious resurgence in the face of a new variant discovered in the country. Hospitalizations in Spain are higher than they’ve ever been, even though official tallies show a decline in new cases. And in a number of European countries — the Czech Republic, Estonia and Slovakia — the infection rate is worsening.

More contagious variants — or just lapses in social distancing and other control measures — could still bring new spikes in infections that could outpace the positive effects of vaccination. A variant first found in Britain is spreading rapidly in the United States, and it has been implicated in surges in Ireland, Portugal and Jordan.

And while most countries have seen declines in cases over the past month, the total global reduction has been driven largely by just six countries with enormous epidemics.

Six countries account for most of the global reduction in new cases

Reduction in new cases since January 11

400,000300,000200,000100,000 fewer casesJan. 11Feb. 20United StatesU.K.South AfricaBrazilGermanyColombiaRest of World183,000 fewer cases97,000 fewer cases

Note: Cases are shown as seven-day averages.

There is no single cause behind the slowdowns, and the factors may differ in different places. Public health experts in the worst-hit countries attribute the progress to some combination of increased adherence to social distancing and mask wearing, the seasonality of the virus and a build-up o

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