Coronavirus: Deaths double in a week, global cases to cross 1 million

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Coronavirus, Deaths double, week, global cases, cross, 1 million

The number of deaths has more than doubled in the past week.

By AFP

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Published: Wed 1 Apr 2020, 10:00 PM

Last updated: Thu 2 Apr 2020, 12:22 AM

The World Health Organization said on Wednesday, April 1, that it was concerned about the recent "rapid escalation" and global spread of the new coronavirus pandemic.
"The number of deaths has more than doubled in the past week... in the next few days we will reach one million confirmed cases and 50,000 deaths," WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a virtual news conference.


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