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World coronavirus dispatch: The strangest Easter, and surging US death toll

From clampdowns globally, to the US surpassing Italy in Covid-19 deaths, the source of China's new infections, and how Sweden is bucking a global trend - read these and more in today's dispatch

Travellers wearing protective gear are seen at a check-in counter at the Wuhan Tianhe International Airport. Photo: Reuters
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Travellers wearing protective gear are seen at a check-in counter at the Wuhan Tianhe International Airport. Photo: Reuters

Sarah FarooquiYuvraj Malik
Coronavirus clamps down on services across the world: Social-distancing requirements on Sunday forced churches around the world to hold Easter services in empty cathedrals, as health officials in some countries cautioned that a drop in new coronavirus infections was likely due to a decline in testing on the holiday weekend. Read more here.

Meanwhile, the US surpassed Italy in coronavirus-related deaths, and Japan aims to cut social distance by 80 per cent. Read these and more from across the world.

Let’s look at the global statistics:

Total confirmed cases: 1,787,766
Change over previous day: 75,092
Total deaths: 109,312
Total recovered: