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World Coronavirus Dispatch: Global GDP growth estimated at negative 4.7%

Consumers in 26 countries fret about jobs, Australia's unemployment rate 13.3%, One in three South Korean patients improves with remdesivir and other pandemic-related news across the globe

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Companies around the world will take on as much as $1 trillion of new debt in 2020, as they try to shore up their finances against the coronavirus

Yuvraj Malik New Delhi
Consumers across 26 countries are concerned about their jobs and household budgets, and they’re cautious about spending or investing the money they do have, according to a new YouGov survey. It suggests that signs of a rebound in some measures of activity -- cited by a number of policy makers as reason for optimism -- will take time to get people back in shops, airports or restaurants. Read more here

Let’s look at the global statistics

Total Confirmed Cases: 12,720,798
Change Over Yesterday: 189,559

Total Deaths: 569,128

Total Recovered: 71,116,957

Nations hit with most cases: US (3,304,942), Brazil