The latest: COVID-19 outbreak worldwide (Updated April 9)

12:02, April 09, 2020

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  The latest: COVID-19 outbreak worldwide (Updated April 9)

  A street scene in Milan, Italy April 6, 2020. (Photo: CGTN)According to the data from Johns Hopkins University, the number of COVID-19 infections around the world has reached 1,498,833 as of 9 pm BJT on Thursday.The number of fatalities has reached 89,733. So far, 337,074 people have fully recovered from the virus.Current status (data as of 9 pm BJT, April 9):A total of 280 indigenous cases of asymptomatic coronavirus infections have been reported by 17 provincial-level regions in China since April 1, a health official said Thursday.Spains daily death toll fromthe coronavirus fell to 683 on Thursday, after rising for two days, the authorities said.The coronavirus pandemic has claimed 17,669 lives in locked-down Italy, bringing the total number of infections, fatalities and recoveries to 139,422 as of Wednesday, according to the latest data released by the countrys Civil Protection Department.The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Germany rose by 4,974 over the past 24 hours on Thursday, according to data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases.Iran had 1,634 new infections of COVID-19 and 117 new deaths during the past 24 hours, Irans health ministry spokesman said on Thursday.Turkey’s health minister says the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases has increased by 4,117 in the past 24 hours, raising the total number of infections to 38,226.Russias COVID-19 cases grew by a new daily record of 1,459 in the last 24 hours to reach 10,131 on Thursday, covering most regions of the country, official data showed.

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  The latest: COVID-19 outbreak worldwide (Updated April 3)

  Brazilian soldiers disinfect the Subway Central Station in Brasilia on March 29, 2020 (Photo: AFP)According to the data from Johns Hopkins University, the number of COVID-19 infections around the world has surpassed one million, reaching1,014,673 as of 9am BJT on Friday.The number of fatalities has reached 52,973. So far, 210,335 people have fully recovered from the virus.Current status (data as of 6 pm BJT, April 3):Chinawill holda national mourningSaturday for martyrs who died in the fight against the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak and compatriots died of the disease, according to the State Council. Chinese health authority said Friday it received reports of31 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on the Chinese mainland on Thursday, of which 29 were imported.TheUnited Statesrecorded1,169 COVID-19 fatalities in the past 24 hours, the Johns Hopkins University tracker showed Thursday, the highest one-day death toll recorded in any country since the global pandemic began.The US has now recorded 5,926 coronavirus deaths since the pandemic began.The number of COVID-19 deaths reported inItalyhas risen by 760 to 13,915 andthe total number of confirmed cases has risen to 115,242, according to the latest data released by the countrys Civil Protection Department on Thursday.Spainsaid on Thursday it had suffered a record 950 deaths in 24 hours, bringing its total number of fatalities to 10,003.The number of confirmed Spanish cases passed the 110,000 mark, the government said, although the rates of both new infections and deaths continued a downward trend.Frances Ministry of Health and Solidarity announced on Thursday2,116 new COVID-19 cases and 471 fatalities.Iranreported2,715 new infections of COVID-19 and 134 new deathson Friday. The number of confirmed cases has risen to 53,183, with the number of deaths at 3,294.According to the latest situati...

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  The latest: COVID-19 outbreak worldwide (Updated April 4)

  The global death toll from COVID-19 increased to 56,985 as of 10:00 CET on Saturday, according to the daily situation report released by the World Health Organization (WHO).Photo: AFPThe report showed a total of 1,051,635 confirmed cases of COVID-19 as of Saturday.Current status (data as of 21:00 pm BJT, April 4):The United States now has 278,458 confirmed cases of the new coronavirus as of 8:02 am BJT on Saturday, Johns Hopkins reported. The number of deaths is 7,159, according to AFP.Spain has recorded 11,744 fatalities and 124,736 infections.Italy, which recorded its first coronavirus death at the end of February, has 14,681 fatalities, with 119,827 infections and 19,758 people recovered.Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Germany increased to 91,159 with 1,275 deaths.France has reported 6,520 deaths and 83,029 cases.Iran on Friday announced 158 more deaths from the novel coronavirus, bringing the officially confirmed total to 3,452. Health ministry spokesman told a news conference that 2,560 new infections had been confirmed in the past 24 hours, taking the total to 55,743.As of 9am (0800 GMT) on Friday, a total of 173,784 people have been tested of which 38,698 tested positive in the UK. As of 5pm on 2 April, of those hospitalised in the UK who tested positive for coronavirus, 3,612 have sadly died, the country’s health ministry said in a statement.Turkey has recorded 425 fatalities and 20,921 infections.Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Switzerland increased to 20,278 with 620 deaths.Belgium reported a total of 18,431 infections of COVID-19 and 1,283 deaths.