The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cost India 3,029 lives up to May 18, 2020 morning, according to the Union health ministry.. India had 56,316 active cases. The total case count has jumped to 96,169 — a jump of 5,242 new cases. . COVID-19 has led Japan’s economy into recession — it is shrinking, not growing anymore — the first time in half a decade. Japan was one of the first countries to be affected by the pandemic. It has had 16,285 cases positive to the SARS-CoV-2 virus until May 18, according to aggregator Worldometers.info. The country’s death toll was at 744. The global death toll was at 316,671. . The world has seen more than 4.8 million positive cases. The number of active cases worldwide was 2,627,034. The proportion of serious / critical patients remained at 2 per cent. South Korea will supply 10,000 masks for native Americans, according to media reports. Brazil now has the fifth-highest case tally at 241,080 — ahead of Italy.
