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.
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- 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.
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