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World Coronavirus Dispatch: UK sheds 650,000 jobs under Covid lockdown

China first major economy to rebound, Texas readies morgue trucks, Australia expands wage subsidy scheme and other pandemic-related news across the globe

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The number of UK payroll employees fell by 650,000 in June compared with March, a 2.2 per cent fall, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics based on tax data

Yuvraj Malik New Delhi
China becomes first major economy to rebound after coronavirus: China became the first major economy to grow since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, recording an unexpectedly strong 3.2 per cent expansion in the latest quarter after anti-virus lockdowns were lifted and factories and stores reopened.

Growth reported Thursday for the three months ending in June was a dramatic improvement over the previous quarter’s 6.8 per cent contraction —China’s worst performance since at least the mid-1960s. Read more here

Let’s look at the global statistics:


Total Confirmed Cases: 13,557,282


Change Over Yesterday: 233,752

Total Deaths: 584,159

Total Recovered: 7,560,281