New Delhi (NVI): At least 58,929 people across the world have now died as a result of the pandemic, according to Johns Hopkins University data.
Globally, the virus that has now spread to 181 countries, have a total number of positive cases of COVID-19 have now reached 11,00,283, with a total of 2,26,669 people have been cured or have recovered from the deadly virus.
In addition to this, the world’s two leading financial institutions, World Bank and International Monetary Fund, have warned of dire economic disruptions as the coronavirus pandemic continues to spread around the globe.
World Bank Group President David Malpass said the health emergency is expected to cause a “major global recession” that would likely hit the poorest and most vulnerable countries the hardest.
Whereas, the International Monetary Fund described the situation as a “crisis like no other”.
UK also confirmed that 684 more people have died in hospitals, bringing the total to 3,605 in the last 24 hours, according to country’s Department of Health and Social Care.
The US now has nearly 7,000 fatalities as the contagion is rapidly spreading, meanwhile New York city recorded 562 deaths. The total number of positive cases in US have reached 2,77, 965.
Meanwhile, Italy remains the world’s worst-hit country, with a total of 14,681 deaths due to novel coronavirus.
