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Global Covid-19 death toll hits 40,000 as countries continue to struggle with outbreak
31 Mar, 2020 16:42 / Updated 55 minutes ago
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The latest coronavirus figures compiled separately by the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center and the AFP news agency each show that the global death toll from Covid-19 has reached 40,000.
An increasing death toll across both Western Europe and in the US was a major contributor to the somber milestone.
Earlier on Tuesday, Spanish authorities confirmed a jump of 849 in Covid-19 deaths – the largest number of fatalities the country has recorded in a 24-hour period since the pandemic began.
Meanwhile, authorities in Germany said the country now has at least 67,051 confirmed cases and a cumulative total of at least 650 deaths from the coronavirus.
Earlier on Tuesday, data from Johns Hopkins showed that the world had crossed the 800,000 mark of confirmed cases, despite reported successes in China, the original epicenter of the coronavirus crisis, and other countries who have apparently managed to ‘flatten the curve’ of infection.
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In recent weeks, the US has seen a massive surge in the number of cases and is expected to become the new epicenter of the crisis in the coming days, with over 164,700 confirmed cases and 3,170 deaths at the time of writing.
The one faint glimmer of hope is that some 172,000 people around the world have recovered from the infection.
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World reaches another grim Covid-19 milestone as global cases surpass 800,000
31 Mar, 2020 11:16 / Updated 5 hours ago
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The number of cases of coronavirus infection around the world surpassed 800,000 confirmed cases on Tuesday, according to the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center.
At the time of writing the total number of coronavirus cases worldwide stood at 800,049 resulting in some 38,714 deaths.
Of this grim tally, the US accounts for 164,000 cases followed by Italy with 101,739 and Spain with 87,956, marking the three largest and most severe outbreaks within the wider, global pandemic.
Authorities the world over are preaching continued caution, as WHO experts in Asia warn that the pandemic in Asia is
"far from over."
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Thankfully, over 170,000 previously infected people have recovered, as authorities scramble to bring the situation under control and intensive care units the world over are stretched to breaking point.
