Number of coronavirus cases worldwide passes 150,000

The number of coronavirus cases worldwide passed 150,000 on Saturday driven by a spike in infections in Italy, according to an AFP tally compiled from official sources.

Italy announced 3,497 new cases on Saturday, bringing theglobal total to 151,797, with 5,764 deaths across 137 countries andterritories.

   

Italy, the worst-hit country outside of China where theoutbreak began in December, has now registered a total of 21,157 cases and1,441 deaths.

Government of India on Saturday put the number ofcoronavirus positive cases in the country at 84 and issued directives to statesspecifying list of items and norms of assistance for containment of COVID-19under their disaster funds.

Two persons — a 76-year-old man from Karnataka and a68-year-old woman in Delhi — have died from coronavirus.   

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