World Coronavirus Dispatch: Lockdown curbs are returning across globe

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Lockdown restrictions are returning around the world: In Spain, children over six are being asked to wear masks, while Denmark has issued a 10pm curfew for bars & restaurants in the capital. In large areas of England, separate households will be banned from meeting from next week as the government introduces tighter restrictions following a rise in cases. Israel has gone back into national lockdown. Read more here

Let’s look at the global statistics:


Total Confirmed Cases: 30,513,096


Change Over Yesterday: 434,207


Total Deaths: 951,841


Total Recovered: 20,781,266

Nations hit with most cases: US (6,724,667), India (5,308,014), Brazil (4,495,183),