CORONAVIRUS | In the US, confirmed cases rose to more than 584,000 with deaths exceeding 23,500.
| More than 1.88 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 119,168 have died, according to aTotal confirmed cases rose to more than 584,000, with deaths exceeding 23,500 in the United States, according to aTen US governors banded together in two regional pacts to coordinate gradual economic re-openings as the coronavirus crisis appeared to be ebbing.
Brazil likely has 12 times more cases of the new coronavirus than are being officially reported by the government, with too little testing and long waits to confirm the results, according to a study released. President Vladimir Putin said Russia might need to call in the army to help tackle the virus crisis and warned the contagion was getting worse after the number of confirmed cases rose by a record daily amount.
India and Pakistan are planning to partially reopen their economies to minimise the cost of restrictive measures imposed to halt the spread of the coronavirus, officials in the two countries said. India on Tuesday extended a nationwide lockdown until May 3 as the number of cases crossed 10,000 despite a three-week shutdown.Iran’s death toll from the outbreak has risen to 4,585, with 111 more overnight, a health ministry official said, adding the total number of infected cases had reached 73,303 in the most-affected Middle Eastern country.
A steep economic downturn and massive coronavirus rescue spending will nearly quadruple the fiscal 2020 US budget deficit to a record US$3.8 trillion, a staggering 18.7 percent of US economic output, a Washington-based watchdog group said.poll of analysts showed, up from a month earlier even as the government tries to keep consumer prices in check during the coronavirus pandemic and resulting nationwide lockdown.
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