New Delhi (NVI): It seems like the pandemic that originated in China has now engulfed other parts of the world with several countries in Europe facing the devastating effect.
The death toll due to the coronavirus in Italy has surpassed that of China after deaths in the European country rose by 427 in a day.
The total number of deaths due to COVID-19 in Italy now stands at 3,405, while China has reported 3,245 deaths to date.
However, Italy has reached its bleak milestone of recording no new infections, just like Wuhan, the Chinese city where the coronavirus first emerged three months ago. This is a sign that the efforts put in place are working.
Meanwhile, officials reported deaths had jumped by more than a third in Spain to 767, while the number of cases rose by a quarter to 17,149, making Spain the second worst-hit country in Europe after Italy.
Washington in the US reported eight more deaths from the coronavirus, bringing the death toll there to 74, the most of in any American state, according to the media reports.
In another development, David Beasley, UN world food programme director, had tested positive for coronavirus after a trip to Canada. The former governor of South Carolina said his symptoms were mild and he was in good spirits.
At the United Nations in New York, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the world is “at war with a virus” and warned that “a global recession, perhaps of record dimensions, is a near certainty.”
“If we let the virus spread like wildfire – especially in the most vulnerable regions of the world – it would kill millions of people,” he said.
The number of global deaths due to the pandemic has cross 10,000 while at least 2,44,500 people have been infected.
