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The US now has now overtaken Italy to have the highest death toll from Covid-19 in the world.

According to the latest figures, compiled by Johns Hopkins University, more than 20,000 people in the US have now died from coronavirus.

The grim milestone comes shortly after the US became the first nation to record more than 2,000 virus deaths in a single day.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on April 11 the state’s death toll appeared to be stabilizing.

Announcing a 24-hour figure of 783 new deaths, Governor Cuomo noted the last several days had seen around the same number.

He said: “That is not an all-time high, and you can see that the number is somewhat stabilizing but it is stabilizing at a horrific rate.

“These are just incredible numbers depicting incredible loss and pain.”

New York has become the epicenter of the outbreak in the US, recording more than 180,000 of the country’s nearly 530,000 cases.

As of April 11, every single US state has declared a disaster in response to the outbreak.

More than 100,000 have now died with the new virus around the world since the pandemic broke out in China in December.

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According to the Johns Hopkins tally, as of April 12, Italy reported 19,468 deaths while the US had 20,608.

There are now at least 529,951 confirmed cases of Covid-19 across the US.

Dr. Anthony Fauci has said the US is “starting to see the leveling off and coming down” of cases and deaths but says mitigation efforts such as social distancing should not be pulled back yet.

Federal social distancing recommendations, issued by President Donald Trump, are currently in place until April 30.

President Trump is facing twin pressures from the outbreak: with at least 16 million jobs lost in recent weeks as virus restrictions cripple the US economy.

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Spain’s deaths number from the coronavirus has surpassed the official figure from China, becoming the second highest in the world.

The death toll has risen by 738 in just 24 hours to a total of 3,434 – a record spike for Spain.

In comparison, China has officially reported 3,285 deaths, while Italy – the worst affected country – has 6,820.

Spain’s PM Pedro Sánchez will later ask lawmakers to extend his country’s state of emergency for another two weeks.

Lawmakers are expected to agree to the prime minister’s request for lockdown measures to stay in place until April 11. Under the rules, people are banned from leaving home except for buying essential supplies and medicines, or for work.

According to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University, globally there are nearly 440,000 cases of the virus, with deaths approaching 20,000 and more than 100,000 people having recovered.

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On March 25, the UN said the virus was “threatening the whole of humanity” as it launched a $2 billion appeal for the world’s poorest people.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres said: “Global action and solidarity are crucial. Individual country responses are not going to be enough.”

On March 25, figures released by the health ministry show that in just 24 hours, Spain’s national death toll rose by 738. The country’s number of cases soared by 7,973.

These are the highest figures for Spain in a single day. Spain now has 47,610 confirmed cases. Catalonia accounts for close to 10,000 of those, while the Basque Country and Andalusia both have more than 3,000 cases. However, the worst affected region is the area around the capital Madrid, which has recorded 14,597 cases.

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According to Johns Hopkins University, the global coronavirus death toll has now exceeded 10,000.

There are 10,033 deaths from Covid-19 worldwide as of March 19.

Johns Hopkins University – which has been compiling its data soon after the outbreak began late last year – says the number of confirmed cases is fast approaching 250,000.

For the second day in a row, China has reported no new domestic cases.

Meanwhile, Italy has overtaken China’s death toll with 3,405 victims.

Argentina has imposed a nationwide lockdown, the first Latin American country to do so.

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California is, nonetheless, one of the main centers of the coronavirus in the US, and the state’s Governor Gavin Newsom has issued an order covering virtually the entire population of 40 million people.

Speaking from the state’s emergency operations centre in Sacramento – a place that is normally used to coordinate the response to wildfires or earthquakes – Governor Newsom called on people here to only leave their homes if it was absolutely necessary, to get food, collect medicines, or care for a friend or relative.

Citing a model that state planners here have been using, the governor predicted that more than half of California’s population will contract the virus over the course of the next eight weeks – a staggering total of around 25 million people.

Governor Newsom said that cases of the virus were doubling every four hours in some areas, and – based on projections – nearly 20,000 more hospital beds would be needed to deal with the effects of the outbreak than the state could currently provide.

He is asking Congress for a billion dollars in federal funding to support California’s response to the crisis, and calling for a navy hospital ship to be deployed to the Port of Los Angeles to help deal with the anticipated surge in patients.

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The entire population of Italy – 60 million people – has been told to stay at home in an unprecedented move aimed at containing the coronavirus.

The lockdown was originally confined to northern Italy but as the death toll began to climb, PM Giuseppe Conte said “strong and severe measures” were needed.

People will be forbidden to gather in public and all schools and universities will be closed until April 3.

All sporting events have been suspended nationwide.

Only those with a valid work or family reason that cannot be postponed will be allowed to travel.

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PM Conte has described the outbreak as Italy’s “darkest hour”, but added that “we will make it”.

All of Italy has been put under “lockdown”. But what does it mean?

  • Travel has been restricted but exemptions will be given to those with valid reasons
  • Bars and restaurants can remain open from 06:00 to 18:00, but must put a distance of at least one meter between customers
  • Shops also have to make sure customers remain at least a meter apart
  • Cinemas, theaters and museums have been ordered to close
  • All ski resorts will be closed until further notice
  • All sporting events – including soccer matches – are suspended nationwide
  • Schools and universities will remain closed until April 3
  • All public gatherings will be forbidden, including weddings, funerals and baptisms

The latest figures from Italy show 9,172 cases and 463 deaths as of March 10.

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Italy’s coronavirus death toll has soared to 366, with 133 deaths in just one, officials say.

According to the Civil Protection agency, the total number of infections leapt 25% to 7,375 from 5,883.

The jump in figures comes as millions adapt to radical measures introduced on March 8 in an attempt to contain the outbreak.

Under new quarantine rules, up to 16 million people in Lombardy and 14 provinces need special permission to travel.

PM Giuseppe Conte also announced the closure of schools, gyms, museums, nightclubs and other venues across the whole country.

The restrictions will last until April 3.

The latest figures mean Italy now has the highest number of confirmed infections outside China, where the outbreak originated in December. The outbreak has overtaken South Korea, where the total number of cases is 7,313.

Among the latest people to test positive in Italy is the army’s chief of staff. Salvatore Farina said he felt well and was self-isolating.

The strict new quarantine measures affect a quarter of the Italian population and center on the rich northern part of the country that powers its economy.

The health system is under immense strain in Lombardy, a northern region of 10 million people, where people are being treated in hospital corridors.

Prime Minister Conte said as he announced the measures on March 8: “We want to guarantee the health of our citizens. We understand that these measures will impose sacrifices, sometimes small and sometimes very big.”

Under the new measures, people are not supposed to be able to enter or leave Lombardy, where Milan is the main city.

The same restrictions apply to 14 provinces: Modena, Parma, Piacenza, Reggio Emilia, Rimini, Pesaro and Urbino, Alessandria, Asti, Novara, Verbano Cusio Ossola, Vercelli, Padua, Treviso and Venice.

Some transport in and out of the regions affected continued on March 8. Flights still arrived at Milan’s Malpensa and Linate airports, though some scheduled flights were canceled.

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However, Italy’s national carrier Alitalia said it would suspend all operations from Malpensa from March 9 and Linate would only serve domestic routes. International flights would continue to and from Rome. The WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus praised Italy for making “genuine sacrifices” with the restrictions. Until March 8 only about 50,000 people in northern Italy had been affected by quarantines.

Last week the Italian government announced the closure of all schools and universities across the country for 10 days.

The number of infections worldwide is more than 107,000, with about 3,600 deaths.

Most of the fatalities have been in China. However, the country reported on March 8 its lowest number of new infections in a single day since January – an indication that the virus’s spread there is slowing.

Iran, one of the worst hotspots outside China, has now confirmed 6,566 infections and 194 deaths.

However, the real figure is feared to be much higher. One report on March 8, quoting a government envoy, said there had been 200 deaths in the northern Gilan province alone – but the figures were later removed.

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