New Delhi (NVI): The total number of coronavirus cases has exceeded 2.7 million around the globe, with more than 1,90,000 fatalities being reported due to the pandemic, according to John Hopkins University tally.
Around 26 million people have sought US jobless aid in the past 5 weeks since the coronavirus hit.
On an average, about one in six American workers have lost their jobs, by far the worst string of layoffs on record since the Great Depression of the 1930s, according to media reports.
In the US alone, coronavirus has claimed more than 50,000 lives, with as many as 8,69,000 people being infected by it.
In addition to this, Thailand reported a total of 15 new coronavirus cases and no new deaths, bringing the overall number of cases since its outbreak in January to 2,854 cases and 50 deaths.
China has reported 6 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, down from 10 reported the previous day, putting the total number of COVID-19 infections at 82,804.
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) says there are “worrying upward trends” in early epidemics in parts of Africa and Central and South America, warning that the “virus will be with us for a long time”.
