Nations brace for new coronavirus outbreaks as global death toll nears 750,000

The global death toll from the coronavirus pandemic was expected to surpass 750,000 in days as nations braced for new outbreaks. The number of confirmed infections worldwide since the virus was first detected in China late last year was 20,307,862 at 6pm Hong Kong time on Wednesday, with at least 741,737 deaths, according to a tally by the US-based Johns Hopkins University. In the United States, the world’s worst hit nation, the death toll had risen to 164,537 with a caseload of infections at…

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