Coronavirus live updates: Global cases top 3.5 million as India's cases cross 40,000
would allow some restrictions to be eased in districts that have a low risk of spreading the virus. Activities such as re-opening schools and shopping malls are still not allowed.7:26 am: Singapore now has more than 18,000 cases but community spread remains low
Singapore reported 657 new cases of infection as of noon on May 3, with most of them linked to identified clusters in foreign worker dormitories, the health ministry said. The city-state has confirmed more than 18,000 cases so far and 18 people have died from Covid-19. Most patients have mild symptoms or are clinically well but still testing positive, the ministry said. They are being kept in isolation at community facilities while a little over 1,600 people are still in hospitals.
The majority of those who have been infected in recent weeks are foreign workers who are typically men from other Asian countries working in the construction and other labor-intensive sectors.More than 3.5 million people have now been infected worldwide by the coronavirus and over 247,000 people have died from the respiratory disease Covid-19, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
The U.S. reported the most number of cases, with over 1.1 million infections and more than 67,000 deaths, Hopkins data showed. The death toll from Covid-19A patient is tested for coronavirus at the Pro Health Urgent Care coronavirus testing site on April 30, 2020 in Wantagh, New York.Spain, Italy, the U.K., France and Germany remain some of the worst-affected countries after the United States.
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