World coronavirus dispatch: Europe recovering; Trump may ease curbs in US

From some European nations seeing recovery, to the US' industrial output contraction, and how Japan and China are trying to revive economic activity - read these and more in today's world dispatch

Europe is beginning to show some signs of recovery. Spain’s construction and manufacturing workers are back in action, and so are many stores in Austria and some in Italy. In Denmark, kids below the age of 11 have started going back to school.

A sobering bottom line, via Merkel – “It is a fragile situation in which caution is required, not exuberance.”

Let’s look at the global statistics:

Total confirmed cases: 2,078,277

Change over previous day: 77,293

Total deaths: 138,101

Total recovered: 3,261,611

Nations hit with most cases: US (639,664), Spain (182,816), Italy (165,155), Germany (134,753) and