 "A medic works on a sample for Covid-19 Rapid Test at a camp during the nationwide lockdown imposed in a bid to contain the spread of coronavirus, in Bhubaneswar, Monday, April 20, 2020 | Photo: PTI")
Nations have started charting paths to ease lockdown measures imposed since January. With new confirmed infections and Covid-19 related deaths slowing in many countries, governments are coming under pressure to reopen schools and businesses, and relax movement restrictions.
Compare policy responses to the Covid-19 pandemic:
Track the developments using Covid-19 Government Response Stringency Index by FT, a composite score developed by researchers at Oxford University
Track the developments using Covid-19 Government Response Stringency Index by FT, a composite score developed by researchers at Oxford University
Let’s look at global statistics:
Total Confirmed Cases: 3,359,055
Change Over Yesterday: 84,308
Total Deaths: 239,090
Total Recovered: 1,060,848
Nations hit with most cases: US (1,169,774), Spain (245,567), Italy (209,328), UK (182,260) and France (168,396)
