COVID-19 has killed more than 7,000 people worldwide. According to the latest updates, so far 7,177 people have died due to coronavirus. Of these, 3,226 died in China alone, with a total of 80,881 confirmed cases. Number two is Italy where the death toll of COVID-19 has increased to 2,158. There have been about 28,000 cases of COVID-19 in this European country. Seeing the speed of spread here, many experts suspect that Italy may not leave China behind in terms of deaths.
On the other hand, the number of COVID-19 patients in Iran has increased to about 15,000. It has killed 853 people there. However, in the case of Iran, the good thing is that the situation there has improved a bit faster than Italy. According to reports, out of the total number of patients in Iran, about 5,000 have recovered, while only 2,749 of the 27,980 patients in Italy have recovered so far. There, the condition of more than 1,800 people still remains critical.
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Spain overtakes South Korea
At the same time, Spain has overtaken South Korea. By the time this report was written, 9,942 patients with coronavirus had been confirmed in Spain. Of these, 342 have died and 272 people are in critical condition. While the total number of cases in South Korea is more than 8,300 and the death toll there is only 81. Apart from this, the number of serious cases is only 59.
Looking at the situation in Europe, apart from Spain, in the coming days, many countries here can leave South Korea behind in terms of patients and deaths. According to the latest information, about 7,600 patients with coronavirus have been confirmed in Germany. However, the death toll here is only 17. But in Germany, not only 6,633 people are infected with the virus, but 148 people have also died here. The United Kingdom may also surpass South Korea in terms of deaths. The Coronavirus here has sickened more than 1,500 people. Of these, 55 have died so far.
At the same time, more than 2,300 people have been victimized by the Coronavirus in Switzerland. 21 people have also died here. More than 1,400 people in the Netherlands suffer from the coronavirus. Here the virus has taken the lives of 24 people. Norway (1,356), Austria (1,132), Sweden (1,121) and Belgium (1,058) also figure in the list of thousand patients. It may also soon include the name of Denmark where the number of coronavirus patients has risen to 960.
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Death figure in America is close to a hundred
Even in America, things have not been handled well. There, the number of COVID-19 patients has increased to 4,743. At the same time, the figure of COVID victims has reached 93. Reports suggest that the condition of 12 patients is still critical and the number of people recovered is only 74. That is, more than 4,500 patients are still being treated. However, the coronavirus has infected more than one lakh 83 thousand people in the world. About 80,000 of these have recovered. The condition of more than six thousand people is still critical.
The latest and important international updates related to Coronavirus are as follows:
- The number of countries affected by the coronavirus reached 162.
- After the rapid increase in the number of patients in Germany, the foreign minister appealed to all citizens to stay in their homes.
- The Philippines-based airline cancelled all major flights for a month.
- The Mayor of London appealed to people not to make unnecessary contact.
- Control over the activities of ordinary people in France begins today.
- The number of coronavirus patients tripled in two days in Pakistan. So far, around 200 cases confirmed, one dead.
- Trial of a vaccine designed to treat new coronavirus in the US starts from Monday. Two injections will be given to the patients in an interval of about one month.
- Malaysia confirmed the first death from coronavirus.
- Sri Lanka halted all flights arriving here for two weeks.
- Australian researchers said the body's immune system reacts against the coronavirus as it does during the flu.
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