The global death toll from coronavirus (COVID-19) jumped to 53,190 on Friday (Apr 3). It has so far infected 10,15,466 people around the world, according to worldometer. Of them, 750,047 are currently being treated with 37,696 being in serious or critical condition.
So far, 212,229 people have recovered.
On Thursday, Two more people tested positive for coronavirus in Bangladesh, raising the total number of cases in the country to 56. The country has so far confirmed six deaths.
Coronavirus, first reported in China in December last year, is affecting 200 countries and territories around the world and two international cruise ships.
The World Health Organization on Mar 11 declared the coronavirus crisis a pandemic.
A lot has happened today. To re-cap, here are some of the main headlines.
* More than one million people worldwide have now tested positive for the coronavirus, according to the count kept by Johns Hopkins University in the US. The number of cases has doubled from last week
* Of those, more than 53,000 people have died. However, more than 212,000 have recovered after testing positive
* The World Bank has launched a $1.9bn emergency fund to help 25 countries deal with the outbreak - starting with India, which is on a three-week lockdown
* In the UK, Health Secretary Matt Hancock set a goal of 100,000 tests in England per day by the end of the month. His pledge came just before people across the country clapped and cheered for NHS staff and other key workers
* And in the US, the new weekly unemployment claims hit a record high of 6.6 million. President Donald Trump also issued strict new guidelines to care homes, to "protect elderly Americans" and the authorities in New York City ask anyone leaving their home to wear a facemask
* The latest data from Italy suggests the outbreak there is stabilising. Positive cases rose by 3.1% compared to 3.8% the previous day. But the daily number of deaths has increased again slightly, rising to 760 from 727 reported on Wednesday
