After emerging last year in China which was then followed by a massive loss of lives across the globe, the novel coronavirus has crossed another grim milestone with the confirmed infections surpassing 40 million on Monday.

Coronavirus: Worldwide cases surpass 40 million; more than 50% cases from US, India and Brazil

More than one million people have lost their lives from coronavirus, a virus that was emerged less than a year ago, but still continues to affect many countries.

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The number of people who have recuperated from COVID-19 in India went past 19 lakh on Monday with a record 57,584 patients recovering within a span of 24 hours, pushing the recovery rate to over 72 per cent, according to the Union Health ministry data.

Record 57,584 COVID-19 patients recover in one day: Health Ministry

The number of recovered coronavirus patients crossed the 10-lakh mark on Thursday and is now 1.9 times the total active cases while the fatality rate has dropped to 2.

Over 1 million recovered in India from coronavirus: Health ministry

The coronavirus pandemic has brought the world together and everyone is singing the same prayer. Everybody wants normalcy to return and get their old lives back.

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More than half a million people have lost their lives due to coronavirus, according to the figures by Johns Hopkins University on Monday. According to the tracker, the United States accounts for over one-fourth of the total deaths worldwide, with 125,763 fatalities, followed by Brazil with 57,070, and 43,634 in the UK.

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The coronavirus infections in the United States topped two million on Wednesday, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University. With over 1,000 deaths in the last 24 hours, the latest figures also revealed that more than 112,900 people died in the country of COVID-19.

Over 2 million now infected with coronavirus in US

The World Health Organization on Friday updated guidance on wearing facemasks during the coronavirus pandemic, encouraging their use in crowded situations in places where the new coronavirus is widespread.

WHO updates guidelines on wearing masks

The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday that there was "no evidence" so far to suggest that people who have recovered from novel coronavirus cannot get infected from the same virus again.

No evidence that people recovered from coronavirus won't get reinfected: WHO

The coronavirus crisis is far from over, but China, from where this pandemic started is back to work. The lockdown in the country has been lifted, COVID-19's no new cases have been reported from once an epicentre Wuhan.

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Recently, a tiger in the United States got infected by the novel coronavirus and the incident has rung alarm bells in India too. Kamala Nehru Zoological Garden in the Western Indian state of Gujarat has decided to keep their cats into solitary confinements when the nation is witnessing a 21-day lockdown.

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At a time when the global death toll from coronavirus jumped to 114,539, World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday that vaccine is needed to fully halt the transmission of the virus.

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Spain on Friday reported its lowest daily death toll from coronavirus in 17 days, with 605 new deaths, officials said. The latest figures have raised the total number of fatalities to 15,843 in Spain, which has been amongst the countries worst-hit by the COVID-19 across the world.

Coronavirus: Spain witnesses lowest death toll in 17 days with 605 new fatalities

A video is making a lot of buzz which claims that the US has found the man who made and sold coronavirus to China. Doctor Charles Lieber, a Harvard professor, was blamed in the video for sending the coronavirus which has become humanity's greatest tragedy since the second world war.

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The death toll from novel coronavirus in Switzerland has risen to 584, a jump of 25 new deaths from the figures on Sunday, health officials said. The country's public health agency said on Monday that number of infected cases also rose to 21,652 from 21,100 yesterday.

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Various studies are showing that coronavirus will or already make an impact on the economy. Several people have already been laid off as industries, companies are witnessing a sharp fall in demand.

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Moscow, with its more than 12 million people, went into lockdown on Monday while other parts of Russia moved to introduce similar steps to curb the coronavirus outbreak.

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The World Health Organization's regional director for Africa on Friday warned the continent faced a "dramatic evolution" of the coronavirus pandemic. Of the 47 countries in the WHO Africa region -- which includes sub-Saharan Africa and Algeria -- 39 nations are now affected, compared with only one a month ago, Matshidiso Rebecca Moeti told French television channel France24.

WHO warns of 'dramatic evolution' of coronavirus in Africa