Latest updates on COVID-19
Italy records two week low in COVID-19 deaths
Italy has recorded its lowest daily death toll from the coronavirus in more than two weeks, while the number of critical care patients declined for the second day.
The 525 fatalities reported by the civil protection service was the lowest number since the 427 deaths recorded on March 19.
Elizabeth: ‘we will succeed’ against coronavirus
Queen Elizabeth has expressed appreciation to healthcare workers on the frontline and urged a united effort to overcome the crisis, vowing “we will succeed”.
In what was only the fifth televised address of her 68-year reign, the 93-year-old monarch drew on her experience in World War II and called upon Britons to demonstrate they were as strong as past generations.
“Together we are tackling this disease, and I want to reassure you that if we remain united and resolute, then we will overcome it,” she said in the address from her Windsor Castle home.
Ethiopia records first two deaths
Ethiopia has reported the first two deaths of patients infected with coronavirus, as officials ramped up testing.
The first victim was a 60-year-old Ethiopian woman who had spent six days in intensive care, a health ministry statement said.
The second victim was a 56-year-old Ethiopian man diagnosed with COVID-19 last Thursday.
France reports lowest daily death toll in a week
France recorded 357 coronavirus deaths in hospital in 24 hours, the lowest daily increase in a week, bringing the total death toll to 8,078.
The tally included 5,889 patients who died in hospital, and 2,189 people in old age homes and other medical facilities, a government statement said.
There are now 28,891 people infected with coronavirus in hospital, an increase of 748 from the day before.
UK death figures rise by 621
The United Kingdom’s death toll from the coronavirus rose by 621 to 4,934 on April 4, the health ministry said.
A total of 195,524 people have been tested of which 47,806 tested positive, the ministry said.
Man shot dead in Philippines for flouting coronavirus rules
A 63-year-old man was shot dead in the Philippines after threatening village officials and police with a scythe at a coronavirus checkpoint, police said on Saturday.
The man is believed to have been drunk when he threatened village officials and police manning the checkpoint in the town of Nasipit in the southern province of Agusan del Norte on Thursday, a police report said.
