The number of deaths from coronavirus in the world has exceeded 200 thousand people

Worldwide, the total number of people who have died from the coronavirus has exceeded 200,000. This is evidenced by data from Johns Hopkins University.

The United States ranks first in terms of the number of deaths, where about 52 thousand people died from COVID-19. The second is Italy (more than 26 thousand deaths), the third is Spain, where almost 23 thousand patients with COVID-19 died. More than 2 million 860 thousand people have been infected with the coronavirus, more than 810 thousand have recovered.

The Minister of Culture and Tourism of Italy, in an interview with La Repubblica , said that in May some attractions will open in the country that can provide security measures. According to him, this will happen a little later than the end of quarantine (May 4). It was decided to ease quarantine measures in a number of other countries: for example, in the Czech Republic, from April 24, announced the ban on the free movement of citizens around the country and leaving it was lifted, and the Belgian authorities the gradual lifting of quarantine from May 4.

In Russia, according to the latest data from the operational headquarters, the number of cases of coronavirus has exceeded 74.5 thousand people, 681 people have died, 6250 have recovered. The day before, the head of Rospotrebnadzor, Anna Popova, announced the need to extend the strict restrictions imposed in the country due to the pandemic for another two weeks.