World Coronavirus Dispatch: Saudi Arabia to resume commercial activities

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Saudi Arabia has announced it will lift its nationwide curfew today, but says other restrictions will remain. All economic and commercial activities will resume, but bans on international travel and religious pilgrimages will not change. The kingdom has not yet made any announcements about the annual Hajj pilgrimage, beginning in late July. Around 2.5 million pilgrims normally travel to the city of Mecca for the annual pilgrimage. Read more here

Let’s look at the global statistics

Total Confirmed Cases: 87,92,027


Change Over Yesterday: 1,26,107
Total Deaths: 4,64,467


Total Recovered: 43,65,962

Nations hit with most cases: US (22,55,119),