New Delhi (NVI): The total number of infections of COVID-19 worldwide has now reached 22,34,109, with 1,53,379 deaths worldwide, according to Johns Hopkins University.
Nearly 5,50,000 infected people have recovered from the deadly virus around the world so far.
The United States registered the maximum 6,99,105 cases, with 36,727 deaths.
U.S. President Donald Trump said the country has likely “passed the peak” of the coronavirus pandemic, as he released a three-phase plan to reopen the country.
On the Chinese mainland, the total number of cases increased to 82,719 with 4,632 deaths, after Wuhan, the epicenter of the pandemic, revised its count of COVID-19 cases and fatalities, the country’s government reported.
The Chinese economy fell 6.8 percent year on year in the first quarter of the year of the pandemic.
The Dubai government has extended by one week a 24-hour curfew imposed as part to curb the spread of the pandemic, according to media reports.
The coronavirus pandemic has changed the way we live in just few months. Governments trying to halt the spread of the virus, have imposed lockdowns that has claimed many lives and sparked fears of the worst global recession, according to World Economic Forum.
