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Coronavirus live news: global death toll passes 20,000, as Spain overtakes China as second worst-hit country Coronavirus live news: global death toll passes 20,000, as Spain overtakes China as second worst-hit country
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India locks down; Prince Charles tests positive for coronavirus; Senate and White House reach stimulus dealIndia locks down; Prince Charles tests positive for coronavirus; Senate and White House reach stimulus deal
Jérôme Salomon has announced the latest coronavirus figures. There are now 25,233 confirmed cases in France 1,331 deaths, of which 86% were people aged over 70 years. The death rate rose by 231 in 24 hours. These are hospital deaths only, not those in retirement homes or outside hospitals. I’m logging off for the day now, thanks to all our readers from around the globe for your contributions, tips and encouragement. It really does mean a lot to us.
There are currently 11,539 people in French hospitals with the coronavirus, 2,827 in intensive care. I’m handing over to my esteemed colleague Kevin Rawlinson, you’ll be in very safe hands.
The director of public health at the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board in south Wales has warned the area is seeing “the same pattern as was seen in Italy”, writes my colleague Steven Morris. Greek health authorities have reported a rise in the death toll from Covid-19 saying 22 people – the vast majority men – have now succumbed to the virus, writes Helena Smith in Athens.
Jérôme Salomon, the director general of the French health service, has announced the latest coronavirus figures. There are now 25,233 confirmed cases in France, 1,331 deaths, of which 86% were people aged over 70 years. The death rate rose by 231 in 24 hours. These are hospital deaths only, not those in retirement homes or outside hospitals.
The number of deaths in France the past 24 hours is 9 fewer than in the previous 24 hours.
There are currently 11,539 people in French hospitals with coronavirus, including 2,827 in intensive care.
Here is a summary of the last five days in France:
March 20: 12,612 cases 450 deaths
March 21: 14,459 cases 562 deaths
March 22: 16,018 cases 674 deaths
March 23: 19,856 cases 850 deaths
March 24: 22,300 cases 1,100 deaths
March 25: 25,233 cases 1,331 deaths
The director of public health at the Aneurin Bevan University health board in south Wales has warned the area is seeing “the same pattern as was seen in Italy”, writes my colleague Steven Morris.
A Mexican billionaire has called on the country to rally around the president, whose slow response to the Covid-19 crisis has come under growing criticism, writes David Agren in Mexico City.A Mexican billionaire has called on the country to rally around the president, whose slow response to the Covid-19 crisis has come under growing criticism, writes David Agren in Mexico City.
Gangs in Brazil have imposed strict curfews to slow coronavirus spread, write Caio Barretto Briso and Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro.Gangs in Brazil have imposed strict curfews to slow coronavirus spread, write Caio Barretto Briso and Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro.
Drug traffickers in one of Rio’s best-known favelas have imposed a coronavirus curfew, amid growing fears over the impact the virus could have on some of Brazil’s poorest citizens.Drug traffickers in one of Rio’s best-known favelas have imposed a coronavirus curfew, amid growing fears over the impact the virus could have on some of Brazil’s poorest citizens.
In recent days, as Brazil’s coronavirus death toll has climbed to 46, gang members have been circulating in the Cidade de Deus (City of God) favela in western Rio ordering residents to remain indoors after 8pm.In recent days, as Brazil’s coronavirus death toll has climbed to 46, gang members have been circulating in the Cidade de Deus (City of God) favela in western Rio ordering residents to remain indoors after 8pm.
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Ireland’s health minister, Simon Harris, said two people deliberately coughed at him in what appeared to be part of a social media “game”, writes the Guardian’s Rory Carroll in Dublin.Ireland’s health minister, Simon Harris, said two people deliberately coughed at him in what appeared to be part of a social media “game”, writes the Guardian’s Rory Carroll in Dublin.
The total number of confirmed cases has passed 450,000The total number of confirmed cases has passed 450,000
More than 400,000 volunteers signed up in just 24 hours to support the NHS in helping vulnerable people who have been told not to leave their homes during the coronavirus crisis, writes my colleague Simon Murphy.More than 400,000 volunteers signed up in just 24 hours to support the NHS in helping vulnerable people who have been told not to leave their homes during the coronavirus crisis, writes my colleague Simon Murphy.
The death toll from coronavirus in Italy rose by 683 to 7,503 on Tuesday, writes Lorenzo Tondo in Italy.The death toll from coronavirus in Italy rose by 683 to 7,503 on Tuesday, writes Lorenzo Tondo in Italy.
Britain’s deputy ambassador to Hungary, Steven Dick, has died after contracting coronavirus, writes the Guardian’s Shaun Walker in Budapest.Britain’s deputy ambassador to Hungary, Steven Dick, has died after contracting coronavirus, writes the Guardian’s Shaun Walker in Budapest.
As cases of the coronavirus continue to surge in Canada, the country’shealth minister will use powers under the Quarantine Act to levyfines – and criminal sanctions – against travellers refusing toself-isolate after entering the country, writes Leyland Cecco in Toronto
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Nigeria has received test kits and protective gear from China’s richest man, Jack Ma, to help fight coronavirus.
So far, the virus has claimed one life and infected 45 others in Africa’s most populous nation.
Nigeria’s top health official, Abdulaziz Abdullahi, told AFP that the country had received 100,000 face masks, 1,000 protective gowns and 20,000 test kits. He said the equipment would be distributed to frontline health workers and hospital laboratories.
Ma, the founder of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, has vowed to donate equal amounts of gear to all 54 countries in Africa. He has also offered the US half a million test kits and a million masks.
Health experts are worried about Nigeria’s vulnerability to coronavirus because of its huge population and poor healthcare infrastructure.
Turkey will extend the closure of all schools in the country until 30 April over the coronavirus outbreak and home schooling will continue during this period, the education minister, Ziya Selçuk, said on Wednesday.
Turkey had shut schools and set up a home-schooling system for students to continue lessons after the outbreak of the virus two weeks ago. The health minister, Fahrettin Koca, speaking alongside Selçuk, said the closure was not a break, but rather a preventative measure to protect families.
The first Palestinian death from the coronavirus was reported on Wednesday, a woman in her 60s who lived in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. “The woman had experienced symptoms and was later hospitalised” before succumbing to the illness, said Ibrahim Melhem, a spokesman for the Palestinian Authority, which has limited self-rule in the West Bank. The woman was from Bidu, a Palestinian village north of Jerusalem and south-west of Ramallah, Melhem added. There are 62 confirmed coronavirus cases among Palestinians in the West Bank, and two in the Gaza Strip.
Canada is imposing mandatory self-isolation for those returning to the country under the Quarantine Act.
The health minister, Patty Hajdu, tweeted that the government was making it mandatory to better protect Canada’s most vulnerable. The deputy prime minister, Chrystia Freeland, said it would begin at midnight on Wednesday and the requirement will be for 14 days.
Britain’s upper house of parliament has approved emergency legislation designed to help the government tackle the coronavirus outbreak, paving the way for the far-reaching bill to become law. The laws will create temporary powers across different areas, from giving police and immigration officers the ability to detain people to protect public health, to allowing people to leave their jobs to volunteer for the NHS.The bill now only requires royal assent before it officially becomes law. This is expected by Thursday or earlier.
Our UK-focused coronavirus live blog is here.
The death toll in Switzerland from coronavirus infections has increased to 103, the Swiss government has said. The number of dead was up from the 90 reported on Tuesday. Total confirmed cases also increased to 9,765, it said, from just under 9,000 on Tuesday.
Spain’s deputy prime minister, Carmen Calvo, has tested positive for coronavirus. It comes after she was hospitalised on Sunday with a respiratory infection.
Calvo tested positive in a test performed on Tuesday after previously testing negative, but one more test was performed because the last one proved inconclusive, the government said.
It added that Calvo, who was born in 1957, was doing well and receiving medical treatment.
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