New Delhi (NVI): The total number of coronavirus cases across the world has reached at least 1,601,984 with the global death toll passing 95,000, according to Johns Hopkins University data.
The total number of cases in US has now reached 4,40,000, which is the highest number of cases worldwide, with the death toll surpassing 16,500.
In addition to this, more than 6.6 million Americans lost their jobs last week, taking the total of job losses to 16 million in the last three weeks as the coronavirus pandemic brings the US economy to a standstill, according to media reports.
In UK, 65,077 have tested positive and the number of people admitted to hospital with symptoms stands at 16,784, with a total of 7,978 deaths.
The number of people killed by the coronavirus in Spain has also passed 15,000. To date, Spain has a total of 1,52,336 confirmed cases of the virus.
Meanwhile, Italy has registered 1,43,626 confirmed cases of the virus, including 18,279 deaths and 28,470 survivors.
The head of the United Nations has called the coronavirus pandemic the “fight of a generation” and a threat to world peace and security.
