As many as 30,44,584 people have so far been infected globally,while 2,10,268 people have died till Monday.while 9,16,111 people were recovered and sent back to home. 56180 American were killed, while 9,99,532 were infected.while 137,271 were recovered.
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the country has soared to 13,947 .According to National Command and Operation Center, these include 5,526 cases in Punjab, 4,956 in Sindh, 1,984 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 781 in Balochistan, 318 in Gilgit-Baltistan, 245 in Islamabad Capital Territory and 59 in Azad Kashmir.3029 patients have so far recovered while the death toll from the virus stands at 293.France reports 437 more coronavirus deaths, toll now 23,293.France, Italy and Spain are preparing to loosen coronavirus restrictions, with other countries watching closely to see how some of the first and hardest-hit countries in Europe might safely emerge from their crippling lockdowns.
After the US, where the number of infections is heading towards the 1m mark, with more than 53,000 deaths, the three countries have the highest numbers of confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the world, according to Johns Hopkins University.
The global death toll from the coronavirus pandemic passed 210,000 on Monday, with more than 3.044m confirmed cases, rising rapidly in many countries but slowing in others because of lockdowns.
Decisions on how and when to reopen will be vital to how people and businesses can cope with the pandemic, balancing the need for economies to restart with the risks of new outbreaks and further shutdowns.
In Italy, which was the first European country to impose a lockdown in March, and where there have so far been close to 200,000 infections and at least 26,384 deaths, Giuseppe Conte said manufacturing could restart as soon as 4 May.
The Italian prime minister said schools, however, would not reopen until September. Measures would be announced early this week, he told Italian daily La Repubblica.
Tight lockdowns have been seen as a blunt but effective tool to halt infections until a vaccine is developed.
