A volunteer disinfects a street in Tehran, Iran, on March 31, 2020. (Photo by Ahmad Halabisaz/Xinhua)
- WHO: Global coronavirus death toll tops 60,000, cases pass 1.1 mln
- JHU: Global daily new COVID-19 cases surpass 100,000 for first time
- South Sudan confirms first case of COVID-19
- Philippines' Duterte donates 1-month salary
- Morocco grants pardon for 5,654 prisoners
- Spain sees continued fall in coronavirus cases, deaths
BEIJING, April 5 (Xinhua) -- The world is now in a battle against COVID-19, a disease caused by a previously unknown coronavirus that has spread to over 200 countries and regions.
The following are the updates on the contagious disease.
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Screenshot of WHO's updates on global coronavirus disease situation as of 0800 GMT, April 5, 2020. (Credit: World Health Organization)
GENEVA -- A total of 62,784 people have died of COVID-19 globally as the number of infections has surged to 1,133,681 as of 10:00 CET Sunday, showed the situation dashboard by the World Health Organization (WHO).
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Screenshot of the COVID-19 Map by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University (JHU) shows the total confirmed cases of COVID-19 globally, 1130 GMT, April 5, 2020.
Screenshot of the COVID-19 Map by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University (JHU) shows the daily increase of the COVID-19 confirmed cases, 1130 GMT, April 5, 2020.
WASHINGTON -- Global daily new COVID-19 cases surpassed 100,000 for the first time on Saturday, according to the latest data from Johns Hopkins University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE).
As of 1120 GMT, there have been 101,500 new confirmed cases in the past 24 hours globally, bringing the total to 1,213,927, with 65,652 deaths, while more than 252,390 people have recovered from the disease, an interactive map maintained by the CSSE showed.
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A boy wears a face mask in Juba, capital of South Sudan, March 27, 2020. The government has imposed a number of preventive measures such as night-time curfew, ban on social gatherings, cancelation of international flights and closure of all land crossings. (Xinhua/Gale Julius)
JUBA -- South Sudan on Sunday confirmed the first person to test positive for COVID-19.
Riek Machar, South Sudan's First Vice President and deputy chairman of the high-level task-force on COVID-19, said the patient is a 29-year-old female who arrived in the country from the Netherlands through Addis Ababa on February 28.
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MANILA -- Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is donating a month of his salary to the national fund to combat the coronavirus disease and provide assistance to those millions of poor Filipinos affected by the month-long community quarantine imposed on March 12.
An estimated 18 million low-income households are affected by the lockdown which has brought the economy at a standstill since March 12. The government has bankrolled 200 billion pesos (roughly 3.9 billion U.S. dollars) emergency aid to Filipinos who have lost their sources of income due to the pandemic.
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A worker disinfects a public area in Rabat, Morocco, on March 23, 2020. (Photo by Chadi/Xinhua)
RABAT -- Moroccan King Mohammed VI on Sunday granted pardon for 5,654 prisoners, the Ministry of Justice said in a statement.
Orders were given to strengthen the protection of the detainees in prisons, particularly against the spread of the coronavirus epidemic, it added.
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MADRID -- The number of new COVID-19 cases continued to fall on Sunday in Spain and the number of deaths in a 24 hour period fell for the third consecutive day, according to the Spanish Ministry for Health, Consumer Affairs and Social Services.
The number of confirmed cases increased by 6,023 on Sunday, bringing the total to 130,759, which is fewer than an increase of 7,026 cases in the previous 24 hours.
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DHAKA -- Bangladesh has announced a stimulus package of 727.50 billion taka (about 8.57 billion U.S. dollars) to help cushion the economic blow from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina made the announcement of the support package in a televised speech in capital Dhaka on Sunday.
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People celebrate the Palm Sunday at home in Fanar area, Mount Lebanon, Lebanon, April 5, 2020. Lebanese celebrated Palm Sunday at home during a quarantine due to the COVID-19 epidemic. Palm Sunday is a Christian feast that falls on the Sunday before Easter and marks the beginning of the Holy Week. (Photo by Bilal Jawich/Xinhua)
BEIRUT -- Lebanon's Prime Minister Hassan Diab said Sunday that his cabinet is taking tough measures regarding returnees to Lebanon from COVID-19-hit countries, LBCI local TV channel reported.
"We will deal with this issue step by step by dividing returnees into groups in a bid to guarantee their safety and the safety of residents," Diab was quoted as saying during his visit to the airport prior to the arrival of the first plane coming to Lebanon from affected countries.
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LOS ANGELES -- California Governor Gavin Newsom said Saturday that the state has launched an official website to deal with the shortage of medical supplies and help combat rampant fraud amid the spread of COVID-19.
The website would allow individuals and companies to donate, sell and offer to manufacture essential medical supplies including N95 masks and testing materials, which are badly needed by local hospitals, Newsom said at a daily briefing.
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TEHRAN -- Iran's novel coronavirus cases rose by 2,483 on Sunday to a total of 58,226, state TV reported.
The death toll rose by 151 in the past 24 hours to reach 3,603, the report quoted Kianush Jahanpur, head of Public Relations and Information Center of Ministry of Health and Medical Education, as saying.
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JERUSALEM -- The number of the novel coronavirus cases in Israel has risen to 8,018, the Israeli Ministry of Health said Sunday.
The ministry reported three new death cases from the novel coronavirus, bringing the death toll to 46. ■
