( Reuters) – Worldwide cases of the brand-new coronavirus have actually shot past 1 million with more than 54,000 casualties, a Reuters tally revealed on Friday, as the world economy nosedived.
Policeman adjust caution tape used to keep people out of the Lincoln Memorial, as the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Washington, U.S. April 3,2020 Photo taken April 3,2020 REUTERS/Leah Millis
DEATHS AND INFECTIONS
Reported cases have actually exceeded 1.03 million internationally and almost 54,500 people have actually died, according to a Reuters tally.
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ASIA
China mourned the countless “martyrs” who have actually died in the outbreak, flying the national flag at half mast throughout the country and suspending all types of entertainment.
Australia reported a continual fall in new infections and conducted the most significant peacetime maritime operation on Sydney Harbour, refueling foreign cruise ships before expelling them from regional waters.
The variety of validated brand-new cases in South Asia neared 6,000, even as authorities in some cities tightened up constraints on motion and alerted lockdowns could be extended in a quote to rein i