Coronavirus: Italy reports 475 deaths in a day; Pakistan reports first death
The coronavirus has so far infected over 2,00,000 people and killed more than 8,000 globally. Over 83,000 people have recovered from the infection, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
FollowNew Delhi: Hard-hit Italy reported an additional 475 deaths from the virus on Wednesday, and France imposed a draconian lockdown unseen during peacetime. In the United States, the virus has now spread to all 50 states.
The coronavirus has now infected more than 200,000 people and killed more than 8,000 globally, with over 83,000 people having recovered from the infection, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) is calling for more "aggressive" action to curb coronavirus in Southeast Asia after the European Union, now at the epicentre of the pandemic, moved to seal off its borders.
Meanwhile, Pakistan's health ministry said on Wednesday that a coronavirus infected person had died.
The death was announced on a web portal the ministry launched on Tuesday to keep a track of the spread of the coronavirus in the South Asian nation.
It said 195 people had tested positive in Pakistan so far.
Punjab health minister Yasmin Rashid said the patient was brought to a hospital in critical condition, and that he had a history of travelling from Iran where most of the 195 people got the infection.
With Inputs from agenciesÂ
