| Date |
Coronavirus updates from the World |
| 27 May 2020 |
- Total Number of Deaths: 3,50,958
- Total Number of Recoveries: 2,307,901
- Total Number of Cases: 5,614,458
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| 26 May 2020 |
- Total Number of Deaths: 3,46,232
- Total Number of Recoveries: 2,232,593
- Total Number of Cases: 5,495,061
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| 25 May 2020 |
- Total Number of Deaths: 3,45,886
- Total Number of Recoveries: 2,191,310
- Total Number of Cases: 5,453,784
- WHO suspends clinical trials of hydroxychloroquine over safety concerns.
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| 24 May 2020 |
- Total Number of Deaths: 3,42,695
- Total Number of Recoveries: 2,139,241
- Total Number of Cases: 5,343,529
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| 23 May 2020 |
- Total Number of Deaths: 3,39,026
- Total Number of Recoveries: 2,081,303
- Total Number of Cases: 5,252,452
- With a total of 330,890 cases, Brazil overtakes Russia as the second most infected nation.
- IBM cuts jobs across United States.
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| 22 May 2020 |
- Total Number of Deaths: 3,35,063
- Total Number of Recoveries: 1,975,139
- Total Number of Cases: 5,154,152
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| 21 May 2020 |
- Total Number of Deaths: 3,28,462
- Total Number of Recoveries: 1,909,701
- Total Number of Cases: 5,014,943
- Global count of coronavirus cases tops 5 million. It took less than 12 days for coronavirus to infect the fifth million.
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| 20 May 2020 |
- Total Number of Deaths: 3,24,240
- Total Number of Recoveries: 1,710,337
- Total Number of Cases: 4,931,057
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| 19 May 2020 |
- Total Number of Deaths: 3,18,554
- Total Number of Recoveries: 1,787,539
- Total Number of Cases: 4,805,430
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| 18 May 2020 |
- Total Number of Deaths: NA
- Total Number of Recoveries: NA
- Total Number of Cases: NA
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| 17 May 2020 |
- Total Number of Deaths: 3,12,327
- Total Number of Recoveries: 1,708,969
- Total Number of Cases: 4,664,486
- Brazil overtakes Spain to be world’s fourth-most infected nation.
- Russia records under 10,000 new virus cases.
- Lockdown extended in Nepal till 02 June.
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| 16 May 2020 |
- Total Number of Deaths: 3,08,165
- Total Number of Recoveries: 1,649,275
- Total Number of Cases: 4,563,458
- Brazilian Health Minister resigns over President’s handling of Covid-19 crisis.
- $3 trillion recovery package clears US House, fate uncertain in Senate.
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| 15 May 2020 |
- Total Number of Deaths: 3,03,389
- Total Number of Recoveries: 1,606,796
- Total Number of Cases: 4,477,351
- Death count due to Covid-19 worldwide crossed 300,000
- WHO probing possible Covid-19 link to rare disease in children.
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| 14 May 2020 |
- Total Number of Deaths: 2,97,682
- Total Number of Recoveries: 1,562,673
- Total Number of Cases: 4,371,611
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| 13 May 2020 |
- Total Number of Deaths: 2,93,514
- Total Number of Recoveries: 1,510,814
- Total Number of Cases: 4,308,055
- UK economy shrinks 2% due to Covid-19 pandemic.
- South Korea not to reinforce strict social distancing.
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| 12 May 2020 |
- Total Number of Deaths: 2,86,353
- Total Number of Recoveries: 1,456,493
- Total Number of Cases: 4,178,156
- In Russia, overloaded ventilator fire burns 5 to death, all of them had Covid-19.
- Covid-19 vaccine may never be found, warns British PM Boris Johnson.
- US CDC commits $3.6 million to assist India’s response to Covid-19
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| 11 May 2020 |
- Total Number of Deaths: 2,83,387
- Total Number of Recoveries: 1,422,745
- Total Number of Cases: 4,132,365
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| 10 May 2020 |
- Total Number of Deaths: 2,79,892
- Total Number of Recoveries: 1,386,631
- Total Number of Cases: 4,055,863
- Global count of coronavirus cases tops 4 million. It took less than 12 days for coronavirus to infect the fourth million.
- Coronavirus cases in Russia cross 200,000- mark
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| 09 May 2020 |
- Total Number of Deaths: 2,70,537
- Total Number of Recoveries: 1,296,603
- Total Number of Cases: 3,877,914
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| 08 May 2020 |
- Total Number of Deaths: 2,70,537
- Total Number of Recoveries: 1,296,603
- Total Number of Cases: 3,877,914
- Global GDPs to decline by 3% in 2020: IMF
- UN needs $5.6 billion to fight Covid-19 in underdeveloped nations.
- Russia’s Covid-19 cases rise by more than 10,000 for 6th straight day.
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| 07 May 2020 |
- Total Number of Deaths: 2,69,564
- Total Number of Recoveries: 1,282,930
- Total Number of Cases: 3,845,607
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| 06 May 2020 |
- Total Number of Deaths: 2,57,906
- Total Number of Recoveries: 1,207,548
- Total Number of Cases: 3,682,968
- UK PM Boris Johnson urges people to continue social distancing.
- No ‘certainty’ but ‘significant evidence’ coronavirus originated in Wuhan lab: Mike Pompeo.
- Donald Trump says coronavirus crisis ‘worse than Pearl Harbor’ or 9/11
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| 05 May 2020 |
- Total Number of Deaths: 2,51,580
- Total Number of Recoveries: 1,167,991
- Total Number of Cases: 3,584,174
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| 04 May 2020 |
- Total Number of Deaths: 2,48,025
- Total Number of Recoveries: 1,133,538
- Total Number of Cases: 3,529,408
- Covid-19 infections surpass 145,000 in Russia.
- Billions of dollars raised for Covid-19 vaccine, says WHO Chief
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| 03 May 2020 |
- Total Number of Deaths: 2,44,295
- Total Number of Recoveries: 1,101,695
- Total Number of Cases: 3,452,285
- Iran to reopen many mosques, schools.
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| 02 May 2020 |
- Total Number of Deaths: 2,39,448
- Total Number of Recoveries: 1,063,521
- Total Number of Cases: 3,386,519
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| 01 May 2020 |
- Total Number of Deaths: 2,33,998
- Total Number of Recoveries: 1,024,529
- Total Number of Cases: 3,276,373
- India extends nationwide lockdown for two more weeks.
- Pakistan house speaker Asad Qaiser has been found to be Coronavirus positive.
- Oil giant Exxonmobil reports losses over $600 million.
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| 30 April 2020 |
- Total Number of Deaths: 2,28,057
- Total Number of Recoveries: 9,85,957
- Total Number of Cases: 3,209,984
- IMF approves $220 mn loan for Afghanistan amid coronavirus.
- Half of the world’s workers could lose livelihoods due to covid-19 pandemic: ILO
- Second or third lockdown will be devastating: Raghuram Rajan
- Great Thunberg has donated a $100,000, which she won from a Danish foundation, to United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
- Brazil coronavirus death toll hits 5,000.
- South Korea reports zero Covid-19 cases.
- US intelligence confirms SARS-nCov-2 not man-made.
- Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin tests coronavirus positive
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| 29 April 2020 |
- Total Number of Deaths: 2,19,611
- Total Number of Recoveries: 9,57,094
- Total Number of Cases: 3,157,459
- US becomes first country with over 1 million Covid-19 cases.
- Russia’s coronavirus case tally nears 100,000-mark.
- US GDP collapsed by 4.8% in the Q1 of 2020.
- Japan may extend emergency for another month.
- Dr Anthony Fauci said that remdesivir drug has clear cut effects on Covid-19 patients.
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| 28 April 2020 |
- Total Number of Deaths: 2,13,824
- Total Number of Recoveries: 9,15,988
- Total Number of Cases: 3,083,467
- Global count of coronavirus cases tops 3 million. It took less than 15 days to infect third million.
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| 27 April 2020 |
- Total Number of Deaths: 2,07,446
- Total Number of Recoveries: 8,75,497
- Total Number of Cases: 2,990,559
- Italy will allow factories and building sites to reopen from May 4.
- Thailand sees lowest number of cases in 6 weeks.
- Kids return to school in Norway.
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| 26 April 2020 |
- Total Number of Deaths: 2,03,622
- Total Number of Recoveries: 8,29,075
- Total Number of Cases: 2,920,660
- Covid-19 has now claimed over 2,00,000 lives globally.
- US president Donald Trump says no more White House Covid-19 briefings.
- China reports zero deaths, 11 new Covid-19 cases in last 24 hours.
- China says Wuhan is Covid-19 free.
- Spain’s daily Covid-19 death toll drops to 288, lowest figure since March 20.
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| 25 April 2020 |
- Total Number of Deaths: 1,99,272
- Total Number of Recoveries: 8,03,139
- Total Number of Cases: 2,840,830
- White House plans to limit Donald Trump’s role at Covid-19 briefings.
- Nepal extends ban on operations of domestic and international flights till 15 May
- Spain sees slight increase in daily Covid-19 toll with 378 deaths
- Virus death toll in Europe tops 120,000
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| 24 April 2020 |
- Total Number of Deaths: 1,92,125
- Total Number of Recoveries: 7,52,148
- Total Number of Cases: 2,736,979
- A study by US scientists has revealed that exposure to sunlight, heat and humidity appears to destroy coronavirus.
- China’s new coronavirus cases drop to single-digit for the first time since January.
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| 23 April 2020 |
- Total Number of Deaths: 1,85,434
- Total Number of Recoveries: 7,22,373
- Total Number of Cases: 2,658,387
- US president Donald Trump signed an executive order suspending immigration for 2 months into the US.
- Boeing laid off 10% of its staff
- China has donated $30 million in cash to the WHO
- US economy has shed 4.4 million jobs in the week ended April 18
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| 22 April 2020 |
- Total Number of Deaths: 1,79,778
- Total Number of Recoveries: 6,96,948
- Total Number of Cases: 2,594,724
- US President Donald Trump suspends immigration for 60 days.
- 2,751 people died in the USA in last 24 hours due to Covid-19.
- China’s early Covid-19 patients test positive 2 months after recovery.
- Missouri, a US state, has filed a lawsuit in US court alleging that China has caused the pandemic to go out of hands.
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| 21 April 2020 |
- Total Number of Deaths: 1,71,810
- Total Number of Recoveries: 6,59,732
- Total Number of Cases: 2,501,156
- UN member states demand ‘equitable‘ access to future Covid-19 vaccines.
- Sri Lanka postpones parliamentary poll due to Covid-19 pandemic.
- Crude oil price in US fall below $0.
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| 20 April 2020 |
- Total Number of Deaths: 1,65,939
- Total Number of Recoveries: 6,32,983
- Total Number of Cases: 2,416,135
- More US protests call for lifting coronavirus restrictions.
- With virus ‘under control’, Germany begins opening up.
- Russian coronavirus cases surpass 47,000.
- Spain confirms over 200,000 Covid-19 cases.
- Netherlands has reported 33,405 cases of Covid-19.
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| 19 April 2020 |
- Total Number of Deaths: 1,54,350
- Total Number of Recoveries: 5,71,851
- Total Number of Cases: 2,256,844
- Protests and resentment against lockdown are growing in the United States.
- Nigerian president’s chief of staff dies from coronavirus.
- Russia reports 6,060 fresh coronavirus cases in past 24 hours.
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| 18 April 2020 |
- Total Number of Deaths: 1,54,350
- Total Number of Recoveries: 5,71,851
- Total Number of Cases: 2,256,844
- Global coronavirus death toll tops 150,000
- US President Donald Trump has announced $19 billion relief for farmers amid coronavirus pandemic.
- US Covid-19 death toll crosses 35,000, cases nearing 700,000
- Africa needs $44 billion more to fight Covid-19, say World Bank and IMF
- World Health Organization is not sure whether the presence of antibodies in blood gives full protection against reinfection with the new coronavirus
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| 17 April 2020 |
- Total Number of Deaths: 1,49,024
- Total Number of Recoveries: 5,60,177
- Total Number of Cases: 2,196,109
- China’s Wuhan city revises up total coronavirus death toll by 1,290.
- COVID-19 pandemic could cost millions of jobs in global tourism industry: United Nations
- Germany says it has brought pandemic under control
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| 16 April 2020 |
- Total Number of Deaths: 1,39,469
- Total Number of Recoveries: 5,28,746
- Total Number of Cases: 2,090,110
- Germany is taking first steps towards easing lockdown restrictions.
- United States records nearly 2,600 Covid-19 deaths in 24 hours.
- Coronavirus infection has spread on French aircraft carrier, Charles de Gaulle. Hundreds of sailors have been infected.
- Tedros Adhanom, head of WHO, has praised India’s step to engage in polio surveillance network to fight Covid-19.
- Spain reported lower death toll for fifth consecutive day.
- United Kingdom has extended lockdown by three weeks.
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| 15 April 2020 |
- Total Number of Deaths: 1,28,886
- Total Number of Recoveries: 5,01,758
- Total Number of Cases: 2,006,513
- Global number of confirmed coronavirus cases topped two million
- US President Donald Trump halted the funding to World Health Organization pending a review.
- US registers record a 2,228 coronavirus deaths in past 24 hours.
- According to CDC, between 10% and 20% of US coronavirus cases are health care workers.
- South Korea is holding national elections amid Covid-19 crisis.
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| 14 April 2020 |
- Total Number of Deaths: 1,23,348
- Total Number of Recoveries: 4,67,818
- Total Number of Cases: 1,949,210
- Nepal cabinet has decided to extend nationwide lockdown till 27 April.
- France extends nationwide lockdown till 11 May.
- French Finance Minister said that there would be 8% drop in France’s GDP this year.
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| 13 April 2020 |
- Total Number of Deaths: 1,16,052
- Total Number of Recoveries: 4,41,323
- Total Number of Cases: 1,870,076
- South Korea reports more recovered coronavirus patients testing positive again
- WHO says 70 vaccines in the works, with three leading candidates
- One sailor of USS Theodore Roosevelt has died due to coronavirus. The aircraft carrier ship has more than 600 positive cases.
- China’s new coronavirus cases rise to near 6-week high. A total of 108 new coronavirus cases were reported on 12 April. This is up from 99 a day earlier and marking the highest number of cases since 143 cases were reported on March 5.
- OPEC+ oil producers agree on ‘historic’ cuts amid coronavirus crisis.
- United Nations has warned that the global food supply is at risk due to covid-19 pandemic.
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| 12 April 2020 |
- Total Number of Deaths: 1,12,241
- Total Number of Recoveries: 4,15,218
- Total Number of Cases: 1,807,939
- British Prime Minister Boris Johnson discharged from hospital.
- Saudi Arabia has extended the lockdown indefinitely (until further notice).
- Pope Francis broke the centuries old tradition as he live-stream the Easter Mass.
- Asymptomatic cases of coronavirus rise in China.
- United States records more than 1,900 deaths for 3rd day in a row.
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| 11 April 2020 |
- Total Number of Deaths: 1,04,938
- Total Number of Recoveries: 3,90,335
- Total Number of Cases: 1,724,736
- Global death count has topped 1,00,000.
- United States number of cases has topped 5,00,000
- A boy from a remote village in the Amazon forests in Brazil has died due to Covid-19
- Sweden has refused to force lockdown. The country is relying on its citizens to be responsible and cautious.
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| 10 April 2020 |
- Total Number of Deaths: 97,039
- Total Number of Recoveries: 3,64,686
- Total Number of Cases: 1,617,204
- European Union leaders will hold a video-conference for April 23 to discuss the economic recovery from the damage that has been caused by the coronavirus crisis.
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| 09 April 2020 |
- Total Number of Deaths: 89,915
- Total Number of Recoveries: 3,39,775
- Total Number of Cases: 1,502,618
- Scientists in USA have said that novel coronavirus will not subside in the upcoming warmer weather.
- US citizens in Lebanon decline repatriation offer.
- Condition is British Premier Boris Johnson is ‘improving’.
- Saudi Arabia declares ceasefire in Yemen due to coronavirus concerns.
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| 08 April 2020 |
- Total Number of Deaths: 83,568
- Total Number of Recoveries: 3,08,617
- Total Number of Cases: 1,450,343
- China has lifted 76-days long lockdown on Wuhan, the epicenter of coronavirus pandemic.
- British PM Boris Johnson is still in ICU.
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| 07 April 2020 |
- Total Number of Deaths: 75,973
- Total Number of Recoveries: 2,91,991
- Total Number of Cases: 1,360,039
- British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been taken to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). His condition is said to be stable.
- Japan has declared one month-long state of emergency.
- For the first time since January, China did not report any death on 06 April 2020.
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| 06 April 2020 |
- Total Number of Deaths: 70,482
- Total Number of Recoveries: 2,70,249
- Total Number of Cases: 1,288,372
- British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been admitted into the hospital for tests.
- People in large numbers are reaching tourist sites in China after the lockdown has been removed.
- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced a 108 trillion yen ($989 billion) relief package. This amount is equal to the 20% of GDP of Japan.
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| 05 April 2020 |
- Total Number of Deaths: 65,652
- Total Number of Recoveries: 2,52,391
- Total Number of Cases: 1,213,927
- USA has asked for hydroxychloroquine from India. This drug is used as a prophylactic (a chemical used for prevention of a disease) for healthcare workers.
- Spain recorded lowest rise in Covid-19 deaths since early March 2020.
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| 03 April 2020 |
- Total Number of Deaths: 54,369
- Total Number of Recoveries: 2,18,864
- Total Number of Cases: 1,033,478
- Covid-19 cases in the world have topped 1 million mark.
- Queen Elizabeth II will make a special broadcast on coronavirus crisis on 5 April 220.
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| 02 April 2020 |
- Total Number of Deaths: 49,236
- Total Number of Recoveries: 2,03,007
- Total Number of Cases: 9,65,246
- More than 10 million people filed for unemployment benefits in last two weeks.
- Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered law enforcement officers to “shoot dead” any “unruly” people breaking lockdown.
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| 01 April 2020 |
- Total Number of Deaths: 45,050
- Total Number of Recoveries: 1,89,470
- Total Number of Cases: 8,94,027
- United States to evacuate 3,000 people from USS Theodore Roosevelt.
- Wimbledon 2020 cancelled over coronavirus crisis. Wimbledon has been cancelled for the first time since World War-II.
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| 31 March 2020 |
- Total Number of Deaths: 38,599
- Total Number of Recoveries: 1,62,937
- Total Number of Cases: 7,98,781
- WHO reiterated that only those who are sick should wear masks.
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| 30 March 2020 |
- Total Number of Deaths: 34,822
- Total Number of Recoveries: 1,51,789
- Total Number of Cases: 7,34,063
- Tokyo Olympics have been rescheduled. Now the Olympics 2021 will open on 23 July 2021 and end on 08 August 2021.
- Nigeria imposed a 14-day lockdown in major states across the country as President Muhammadu Buhari invoked a law from the country’s colonial era. Lagos, a city of over 20 million people, has been shut down.
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| 29 March 2020 |
- Total Number of Deaths: 31,776
- Total Number of Recoveries: 1,41,916
- Total Number of Cases: 6,78,857
- Spanish princess Maria Teresa becomes the first royal to die of coronavirus infection.
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| 28 March 2020 |
- Total Number of Deaths: 27,365
- Total Number of Recoveries: 1,33,363
- Total Number of Cases: 5,97,252
- Number of cases in the USA crossed 1,00,000 mark.
- US President Donald Trump signed the historic $2 trillion stimulus package
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| 27 March 2020 |
- Total Number of Deaths: 24,073
- Total Number of Recoveries: 1,23,942
- Total Number of Cases: 5,31,804
- With 81,781 total cases, United States has now surpassed China to have highest number of coronavirus cases.
- British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been tested positive for coronavirus.
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| 26 March 2020 |
- Total Number of Deaths: 21,253
- Total Number of Recoveries: 1,14,328
- Total Number of Cases: 4,64,739
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| 25 March 2020 |
- Total Number of Deaths: 18,909
- Total Number of Recoveries: 1,09,102
- Total Number of Cases: 4,22,829
- Britain’s Price Charles tested positive for Coronavirus
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| 24 March 2020 |
- Total Number of Deaths: 16,558
- Total Number of Recoveries: 1,02,429
- Total Number of Cases: 3,81,653
- Tokyo Olympics Games 2020 have been postponed to 2021
- China ends lockdown in Hubei province
- Egypt has imposed night-time curfew for two weeks
- India imposed a three-week nation-wide curfew
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