Coronavirus World Update: 219,258 Deaths, 974,672 Recovered and 3,160,779 Cases
The world is constantly reeling from the havoc of the global pandemic Corona. The number of people who have died from this virus has crossed two lakh 17 thousand and the number of infected has crossed 31 lakh 38 thousand. While more than nine lakh 55 thousand people have been cured. The number of dead in the most affected country in the world has crossed 59 thousand and more than 10 lakh 35 thousand people are infected. Read here all the updates related to Corona worldwide:
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson becomes father
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who recently returned from a battle with the Corona virus, has become a father. Johnson's fiancée Carrie Symonds has given birth to a son in a hospital in London today.
690 new cases were reported in Singapore
690 new cases of corona have been registered in Singapore on Wednesday.
The Health Ministry said that 690 new cases were registered on Wednesday, taking the total number of corona infections to 15,641. Most of them are foreigners.
Only films broadcast online will get a place at the 93rd Oscars
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Oscar) has announced that only online broadcast films will feature in the upcoming Oscars due to the Corona virus epidemic.
Organizers organizing the annual awards ceremony announced on Tuesday that the Kovid-19 pandemic forced the academy to make a 'temporary exception' because of the locks in theaters.
The academy said that when the cinemas will be opened as per the government guidelines, a date will be fixed and after that the rule will not be applicable. The Oscar ceremony next year will be held on February 28.
Demand for increasing emergency in Japan
Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koiko on Wednesday called for an extended period of emergency in the country to prevent the spread of corona virus infection.
Under this, people have to stay at home and maintain social distance.
He told reporters that the situation in Tokyo still remains serious, so I would like this (emergency) to continue.
Out of 400 people who lost their lives in Japan due to the virus, 100 were from Tokyo. The emergency comes to an end on May 6.
In Pakistan, the number of infected is 14,885, the death toll is 327.
The number of corona virus cases in Pakistan has increased to 14,885, while the number of deaths due to the epidemic has risen to 327.
The National Health Service of the Ministry of Health said on Wednesday that 3,425 patients have been cured of the infection while 129 patients are in critical condition.
The ministry said that 5,827 cases of Corona virus have been reported in Punjab, 5,291 in Sindh, 2,160 in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, 915 in Balochistan, 330 in Gilgit-Baltistan, 297 in Islamabad and 65 in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. So far 1,65,911 samples have been tested out of which 8,530 samples were tested on 28 April.
Tharparkar district deputy commissioner Shahzad Tahir said Rana Hamir Singh, an important Hindu member of the Sindh provincial assembly, was found infected with the corona virus on Tuesday.
All religious gatherings have been banned in the month of Ramadan as part of an effort to stop the spread of the corona virus in Sindh.
China to hold annual session of parliament from May 22
China will hold an annual session of parliament from 22 May. Government media gave this information on Wednesday.
The official news agency Xinhua reported that the third session of the 13th National People's Congress was scheduled to be held in early March but was postponed due to the corona virus. It will now start in Beijing from May 22.
More than 2200 deaths in 24 hours in America
According to Johns Hopkins data, 2208 people have died in the US in the last 24 hours.
Icelandair will remove 2000 employees in Iceland:
After the flights were affected due to Corona, now Iceland airline Icelandair has decided to lay off 2000 employees.
