Coronavirus Deaths Pass 50K As Italy’s “Curve” Continues To Flatten: Live Updates
by Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge.com
Thu, 04/02/2020
Summary:
Spain deaths pass 10k
Global cases near 1 million mark
Infection in New Delhi slum sparks fears of mass breakout
PM Abe mocked for handing out ‘two masks’ to every Japanese household
British health official says “everybody is frustrated” about test shortage
Half the world on lockdown, AFP reports
World hits 50k COVID-19 deaths
Italy cases, deaths continue to level off
UN climate summit canceled
Singapore reports 49 new cases
London’s Francis Crick institute develops rapid test
NY nears 100k cases, reports ~400 more deaths
Pence says US facing similar trajectory to Italy
Tokyo reports record 97 cases in a day
UN projects global economy will contract 1% in 2020
Putin extends Russian shutdown
Philippines’ ambassador to Lebanon dies of COVID-19
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Update (1254ET): Italy received more encouraging news on Thursday when the country’s Civil Protection Agency revealed that new cases and deaths continued to level off. For Wednesday, Italy reported 4,668 new cases of COVID-19, and 760 new deaths. This brought Italy to a total of 115,242 cases and 13,915 deaths.
The deaths brought the global total over the top to 50k. And although deaths and cases continued to “flatten”, Italy’s mortality rate remained disturbingly high, at 12.1%.
The outbreak has forced the Italian medical community to innovate to try and protect health-care workers.
The Venice canals remain almost completely empty during the coronavirus lockdown. The lack of boat traffic has had an unexpected side effect in the city, clearing the water enough to see fish below.
Italy has at least 110,574 confirmed cases of COVID-19. https://t.co/zg6Tl0vU7K pic.twitter.com/KUpDUuKRu4
— ABC News (@ABC) April 2, 2020
And another indicator: The canals of Venice remain clear.
The Venice canals remain almost completely empty during the coronavirus lockdown. The lack of boat traffic has had an unexpected side effect in the city, clearing the water enough to see fish below.
Italy has at least 110,574 confirmed cases of COVID-19. https://t.co/zg6Tl0vU7K pic.twitter.com/KUpDUuKRu4
— ABC News (@ABC) April 2, 2020
Before we go, a quick recap:
Coronavirus outbreak, Italy:
April 2: 115,242 cases
March 28: 92,472 cases
March 23: 63,927 cases
March 18: 35,713 cases
March 13: 17,660 cases
March 8: 7,375 cases
March 3: 2,502 cases— Norbert Elekes (@NorbertElekes) April 2, 2020