Top 10 Country Coronavirus COVID-19 Data

Top 10 Country Coronavirus COVID-19 Data

Spain has reported 4,273 new cases of the coronavirus with 637 new deaths, the fourth day the daily totals have declined from the previous day.

The total deaths in the country from COVID-19 as of Monday stands at 13,055among  135,032 cases. The new numbers offer another glimmer of hope in Europe, after Italy on Sunday saw its death toll at its lowest in more than two weeks and its infection curve finally on a downward slope.

Meanwhile, the United States entered one of the most critical weeks so far in the coronavirus crisis with government officials warning the death toll in states such as New York, Michigan and Louisiana was a sign of trouble to come in other states.

"This is going to be the hardest and the saddest week of most Americans' lives, quite frankly. This is going to be our Pearl Harbor moment, our 9/11 moment, only it's not going to be localised," US Surgeon General Jerome Adams said on US media network Fox News on Sunday.

In the United Kingdom, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been admitted to a hospital for tests, in what his office said was a "precautionary step" and that he remains in charge of the government.

Globally, the death toll from COVID-19, the respiratory illness caused by the new virus, neared 70,000, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University, while the number of infections rose above 1.27 million

Daily coronavirus cases, deaths in Spain again drop: Live updates

For the fourth day in a row, the numbers have dropped from the previous day in Spain as global deaths near 70,000.

by Zaheena Rasheed & Joseph Stepansky

Spain has reported 4,273 new cases of the coronavirus with 637 new deaths, the fourth day the daily totals have declined from the previous day.

The total deaths in the country from COVID-19 as of Monday stands at 13,055among  135,032 cases. The new numbers offer another glimmer of hope in Europe, after Italy on Sunday saw its death toll at its lowest in more than two weeks and its infection curve finally on a downward slope.

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Meanwhile, the United States entered one of the most critical weeks so far in the coronavirus crisis with government officials warning the death toll in states such as New York, Michigan and Louisiana was a sign of trouble to come in other states.

"This is going to be the hardest and the saddest week of most Americans' lives, quite frankly. This is going to be our Pearl Harbor moment, our 9/11 moment, only it's not going to be localised," US Surgeon General Jerome Adams said on US media network Fox News on Sunday.

In the United Kingdom, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been admitted to a hospital for tests, in what his office said was a "precautionary step" and that he remains in charge of the government.

Globally, the death toll from COVID-19, the respiratory illness caused by the new virus, neared 70,000, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University, while the number of infections rose above 1.27 million.

Here are the latest updates:

Monday, April 6

10:30 GMT - France to see worst post-war downturn this year: Bruno Le Maire

France will likely see its worst post-war economic downturn this year, surpassing the 2.2-percent slump seen in 2009 after the global financial crisis, its finance minister has said.

"We will probably be at more than the negative 2.2 percent in 2009. That shows the magnitude of the economic shock we are facing," Le Maire told the Senate in hearing by teleconference.

The government estimated last month in an emergency budget update that the economy would contract by 1 percent this year, but has since indicated that it would have to revise that figure.