The country had taken 96 days to reach the 50,000 mark; in another worrying sign, the death toll in India is doubling at a faster pace than in the 10 most affected nations
Countries like Germany, France, United Kingdom, among others, which have more advanced healthcare facilities, saw the jump from 100 to 100,000 cases in a fewer number of days when compared with India
Madrid, until a few years ago, wasn't really known for its beer.
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In Madrid, cyclists and skateboarders streamed along the city's wide boulevards. Barcelona's beachside was packed with runners, while surfers and paddle-boarders were out enjoying the waves.
India reported 1,909 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday
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Even as the daily global death toll has nearly halved, Brazil is witnessing a second wave of coronavirus cases, and in India at least 5 states have the bulk of their cases in just one district each
Spain, currently with the second-highest cases in the world, had first declared the state of emergency on March 14, which restricted movement and business
193 members of the UN General Assembly have adopted by consensus a resolution that calls for "equitable, efficient and timely" access to any future vaccines developed to fight Covid-19
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The coronavirus crisis seems to be getting worse globally, but the US particularly is now seeing its fatality rate growing at faster rate than infections; three in every 10 deaths now are in the US
While Spain has gone past the US in number of deaths and become second only to Italy, and in India a spike in Nizamuddin-related cases has made Delhi the second most affected
The number of deaths was 4,076 -- more than twice the 2,010 recorded late Saturday
With a population of only 47 million people to China's 1.4 billion, Spain's tally of infections reached 85,195
Europe is now the most affected continent with 20,059 deaths from a total of 337,632 cases.
With undertakers also overwhelmed, the government has authorised the army's involvement in the collection and transport of bodies for the duration of the state of emergency.
Spain has recorded a total of 64,059 confirmed cases, almost 50,000 of which are still active
Infections outside China have been reported by 170 countries
Spain's health minister announced that all private healthcare infrastructure will now be under public control.