KATHMANDU: The coronavirus global death toll exceeded the 200,000 threshold, according to a tally by the Johns Hopkins University. The global death toll stood at 202,454, the university’s data showed.
Worldwide, the number of confirmed infections stood at more than 2.88 million people, with some 813,000 recoveries.
More than 51,000 people have died in the United States, representing more than a quarter of all deaths worldwide.
In the United Kingdom, an additional 813 people died in hospital after testing positive for the disease caused by the new coronavirus, bringing the country’s total to 20,319.
The death toll in France from the coronavirus has risen by 369 to stand at 22,614, the health ministry said, as the government scrutinises data to see how it might ease a lockdown in place since mid-March.
The ministry said 124 patients were admitted to intensive care units over the last 24 hours although the daily death toll from COVID-19 has fallen steadily over the past two weeks.
President Emmanuel Macron is aiming to ease some lockdown measures on May 11 with schools reopening first, although the government has yet to finalise how it might work in practice.
Likewise, Spain’s coronavirus death toll has risen to 22,902 up from 22,524 the day before, media outlets, including El Pais and El Mundo, reported.
The number of daily fatalities was 378, a slight increase on Friday’s 367, which was the lowest figure recorded in the past month. The overall number of coronavirus cases rose to 223,759 from 219,764 the day before.
(With inputs from agencies)
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