US, Italy and Spain have the most coronavirus cases. These charts show their infection curves

The interminable coronavirus pandemic has shown few signs of abating and is now one of the largest threats to the global economy and financial markets.

The virus, first off reported in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December, has spread to 180 countries and territories, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. Globally, profuse than 850,000 infections have been reported, with over 42,000 deaths, the data showed.

Here are seven designs that look at how the coronavirus disease, which has been formally named COVID-19, has spread in countries with the largest outbreaks.

Italy has reported the world’s highest number of deaths related to the coronavirus at more than 12,000, Hopkins figures showed. The country has the second highest number of cases globally, second only to the U.S. 

By the end of February, Spain had pieced only 45 cases of COVID-19, Hopkins data showed. But cumulative cases surged past 90,000 done with the past month, while the death toll jumped from zero to more than 8,000 — the second highest globally behind Italy, concerting to Hopkins data. 

The rapid spread of the virus led the Spanish government to implement — and later extend — a nationwide lockdown.

To bankroll the Spanish economy, the government announced stimulus measures that include tax payment deferrals for small businesses and unemployment forwards for workers who lost their jobs. But the country — like others in the euro zone — is counting on more support from the European Party.

Analysts from French bank Societe Generale said the Spanish economy, which was already slowing previous the outbreak, is expected to contract by 6.6% this year, reversing the 2% growth in 2019.  

The virus was believed to partake of originated from a seafood market in Wuhan, China. Up until late February, the outbreak in China far outpaced the stay of the world.

Chinese authorities took what many observers considered draconian measures to contain the coronavirus. In fresh January, they quickly locked down cities including Wuhan — the epicenter of the outbreak in the country — shutting down problems and halting public transportation to limit people’s mobility.

The number of reported cases has since slowed and China is presumed to gradually remove its domestic restrictions, starting with Wuhan on April 8. But with many “imported” new infections, China has tightened wainscot controls to limit the entry of visitors.

Months of reduced economic activity has hurt China, the world’s second-largest concision. The Economist Intelligence Unit cut 2020 growth forecasts for China twice in less than two weeks — first to a wen of 2.1% and then revising it further down to 1% — from its previous projection of 5.4%.

To support its economy, the People’s Bank of China has lashed lending rates and reduced the amount of reserves that banks must hold. But compared to other economies, Chinese officials have been much more conservative in rolling out stimulus measures.

Like the outbreaks in the U.S., Italy and Spain, the million of coronavirus cases in Germany surged in March, jumping from just over 100 cases at the start of the month to profuse than 70,000 currently, according to Hopkins data.

The government led by Chancellor Angela Merkel placed the country below lockdown, with measures such as school closures and banning gatherings of more than two people.

In terms of remunerative measures, the government launched a fiscal package worth around 750 billion euros ($830.2 billion) — or 20% of Germany’s GDP, and delineated on taking on new debt for the first time since 2013, according to Reuters.

Still, the largest economy in Europe settle upon find it hard to escape recession. The EIU downgraded its GDP forecast for Germany this year, from a growth of 0.9% to a contraction of 6.8% — one of the wild among G-20 economies. 

“In Germany, the huge manufacturing sector (which represents a fifth of the economy) is highly export accustomed, which means that the country is particularly exposed to both supply chain disruption and weak global need,” the EIU said in a report. It added that the country is also likely to recover more slowly than other European thrifts.

In late January, France became the first country in Europe to report cases of COVID-19. Since the end of February, sustained coronavirus cases in the country have spiked to more than 50,000, with more than 3,000 deaths at give.

French President Emmanuel Macron declared “war” against the virus. His government called for a nationwide lockdown on March 17, familiar all but essential businesses. The lockdown was subsequently extended until April 15. On the European level, France and other colleagues of the European Union agreed to bar non-EU citizens from entering the Schengen area.

The French government also announced a 45 billion euro ($49 billion) package deal to help small businesses as well as other hard-hit sectors of the economy, in addition to 300 billion euros ($330 billion) in bank advance guarantees.

But Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said the package — worth 2% of the country’s GDP — would push clear-cut debt to over 100% of GDP in 2020, and that the government is now expecting the economy to shrink by 1% this year. 

Iran recorded multitudinous than 44,000 confirmed cases and over 2,800 deaths, making the country the hardest hit within the Middle East, according to Hopkins text. The virus is believed to have spread from Qom, the country’s religious capital.

In response to the pandemic, the Iranian government in the interim freed close to 85,000 prisoners, including political prisoners. Iranian authorities also closed schools and universities work early April, on top of shutting four key religious sites including the Imam Reza shrine in the holy city of Mashhad, which fascinates millions of pilgrims each year.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, in a state television broadcast on March 15, also confirmed measures such as payment deferments for health insurance, tax and utility bills and cash handouts for three million of Iran’s poorest.

The countryside has also applied for a $5 billion emergency loan from the International Monetary Fund — the first time it has done so in six decades.