World Coronavirus Dispatch: Tycoon running 500 hotels warns of more job cuts

Coronavirus hospital numbers in England same as on eve of lockdown, Donald Trump Jr. to hit campaign trail after Covid quarantine, and other pandemic-related news across the globe

Microsoft Corp said on Friday it would allow most of its employees to clock in up to half their weekly working hours remotely, providing greater flexibility even after offices start reopening.

The software-maker said in a blog post that while returning to office is optional for most employees for now, Microsoft was not committing to having every employee work remotely. It had 163,000 full-time employees as of June. Read more here

Let’s look at the global statistics:

Total Confirmed Cases: 36,883,768

Change Over Yesterday: 356,427

Total Deaths: 1,068,225

Total Recovered: 25,664,292

Nations hit with most cases: