With the global number of cases crossing 3.35 million and the death toll surging past 2.3 lakh, the world is witnessing some fast-paced changes in relation to COVID-19.
Here are the top 10 developments around the world this Sunday morning-
1. Worldwide, the number of confirmed infections stands above 3.35 million, with nearly 239,000 deaths and approximately 1.05 million recoveries.
2. The coronavirus is ravaging Brazil’s poor, tightly-packed neighbourhoods where the disease is harder to control. There were 92,200 cases in Brazil with 6,412 deaths reported.
3. As several US states start reopening their economies over the weekend, the number of known infections in the US has climbed to more than 1.1 million, including 65,645 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University.
4. The number of people who have died from coronavirus infections in France rose by 166 to 24,760, while hospitalisations for the disease and people in ICU units continued to decline, the French health ministry said.
5. France will extend a health emergency imposed to fight the new coronavirus pandemic for another two months until July 24, Minister of Health Olivier Veran has said.
6. Deaths from the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy jumped by 474, against 269 the day before, the Civil Protection Agency said, posting the largest daily toll of fatalities since April 21.
7. Russia reported 9,623 new coronavirus cases – its highest daily rise since the start of the pandemic – bringing the total to 124,054, mostly in the capital Moscow. The death toll nationwide rose to 1,222 after 57 people died in the last 24 hours.
8. The United Kingdom’s COVID-19 death toll rose 621 to 28,131 as of May 1, just short of Italy which has had the deadliest novel coronavirus outbreak among European countries.
9. Spain’s coronavirus death toll hit 25,100 after 276 people died overnight, masks will be made mandatory on public transport from Monday to prevent a new wave of coronavirus infections, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said.
10. Indonesia recorded 292 new coronavirus cases, taking the total number of infections to 10,843, said health ministry official, Achmad Yurianto.
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