As of April 15, 15 countries had not reported a Covid-19 case, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. They are: Comoros, Kiribati, Lesotho, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, North Korea, Palau, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tajikistan, Tonga, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu and Vanuatu.

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Worldwide : 20,06,513 were infected; 1,28,886 have died and 5,01,758 have recovered. The total positive cases crossed 2 million today.
*Data as per Wednesday 12:15 PM

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China is racing to contain a new outbreak of coronavirus in communities along its northern border with Russia.

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U.S. retail sales suffered the biggest plunge on record in March, dropping 8.7 percent as the pandemic shut stores and wallets.(NYT)

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Airline stocks are set to surge after the ‘big 4’ accepted more than $15 billion in government bailouts. Delta, American, United, and Southwest expect to receive payroll support from the US Treasury(Business Insider)

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Apple has released a tool that shows how whether people are obeying lockdown and social distancing rules. The tool gathers location data from Apple Maps users to glean trends in people’s movements.

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New guidance issued by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) states that “emerging evidence now suggests” that the transmission of the coronavirus SARS-Cov-2 which causes Covid-19 “is probable” from a pregnant mother to her foetus.

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In India Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended lockdown by another 19 days till May 3, as India continued to record a surge in the Covid-19 outbreak.

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WWE has been deemed an “essential business” in Florida, said Orange County mayor Jerry Demings on Monday, allowing the company to resume live TV shows from its Orlando training facility and Full Sail University in Winter Park during the coronavirus outbreak.

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Germany will begin reopening its economy on Monday, Chancellor Angela Merkel said, with schools to restart in phases beginning in early May.

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