感染人数上升引发需求担忧 油价下跌

　　据路透社4月19日报道，由于印度等国新冠肺炎感染病例不断上升，引发了人们的担忧，加上为遏制疫情而出台的更有力措施将使经济活动受冲击，影响原油等大宗商品的需求，周一，油价下跌。

　　格林尼治标准时间06：43，布伦特原油价格下跌17美分，跌幅为0.3%，至每桶66.60美元，要知道，上周上涨了6%。美国西德克萨斯中质原油(WTI)价格下跌10美分，跌幅为0.2%，至每桶63.03美元，要知道，上周上涨了6.4%。

　　澳新银行研究中心(ANZ Research)在一份报告中表示:“发达市场的疫苗接种活动的开展情况，可以从道路交通水平上表现出来，但不断上升的病例数逆转了新兴国家的经济复苏，比如印度和巴西。”

　　周一，印度报告的新冠肺炎感染病例增加了创纪录的273810例，总病例超过了1500万，使该国成为继美国之后，疫情第二严重的国家。值得注意的是，美国报告的感染病例超过了3100万。印度死于新冠肺炎疫情的人数创纪录地增加了1619人，累计约18万人。

　　路透社的一项月度调查显示，在日本，虽然新冠肺炎病例比其他主要经济体少得多，但该国预计将出现第四轮感染，许多企业将面临进一步的打击。周一公布的官方数据显示，日本3月份石油进口量较上年同期下降17%，至每日250万桶。

　　值得一提的是，美国能源公司自2月份以来首次连续第五周增加石油和天然气钻井平台，因为今年油价上涨鼓励钻探者重返井场。

　　王佳晶 摘译自 路透社

　　原文如下：

　　Oil slips as rising infections spark demand concerns

　　Oil prices were lower on Monday as rising coronavirus infections in India and other countries prompted concerns that stronger measures to contain the pandemic will hit economic activity, along with demand for commodities such as crude.

　　Brent crude was down 17 cents, or 0.3%, at $66.60 a barrel by 0643 GMT, after rising 6% last week. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) U.S. oil was down 10 cents, or 0.2%, at $63.03 a barrel, having gained 6.4% last week.

　　"The progress of vaccination drives in the developed markets can be seen in road traffic levels, but resurging case numbers have reversed the recovery in the emerging countries," such as India and Brazil, ANZ Research said in a report on Monday.

　　India reported a record rise in coronavirus infections of 273,810 on Monday, increasing overall cases to just over 15 million, making the country the second-worst affected after the United States, which has reported more than 31 million infections. India's deaths from COVID-19 rose by a record 1,619 to nearly 180,000.

　　In Japan, which has had far fewer COVID-19 cases than other top economies, companies there will be a fourth round of y bracing for a further blow to business, a Reuters monthly poll showed.

　　Japan's oil imports in March fell 17% from a year earlier to 2.5 million barrels a day, official data showed on Monday.

　　In the United States energy companies added oil and natural gas rigs for a fifth consecutive week for the first time since February as higher oil prices this year encouraged drillers to return to the wellpad.