Factbox: the latest in the worldwide spread of the new coronavirus

(Reuters) – More than 3.27 million people have been infected with the new coronavirus worldwide, and 232,200 have died, according to a Reuters count at 0200 GMT on Friday.

DEATHS AND INFECTIONS

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EUROPE

* Britain had already passed the peak of its coronavirus outbreak, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said, vowing to establish a plan next week on how the country could gradually begin to return to normal life.

* The death toll in Italy increased by 285, while the daily count of new infections fell to 1,872.

* Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin was diagnosed with the coronavirus as confirmed cases exceeded the 100,000 mark.

* Ukraine reached 10,000 cases.

AMERICAS

* More than 1.07 million people have been infected with the new coronavirus in the United States and 62,891 have died, according to a Reuters count at 0200 GMT on Friday.

* Half of all US states. USA They went ahead with their own strategies to ease restrictions on restaurants, retail stores, and other businesses closed by the coronavirus crisis.

* United States President Donald Trump said Thursday that his difficult trade deal with China was now of secondary importance to the coronavirus pandemic and threatened new tariffs in Beijing, as his administration drew up retaliatory measures on the outbreak.

* California ordered the closure of beaches in Orange County after crowds defied public health guidelines to invade the popular coastline last weekend.

* Canada’s coronavirus curve is flat, but troubling trends are emerging, according to its chief medical officer, as Alberta revealed a plan to gradually reopen its economy.

* Brazil reported a record 7,218 cases in the last 24 hours and an additional 435 deaths.

* Peruvian authorities closed a busy food market in Lima after massive rapid tests confirmed more than 160 positive cases.

PACIFIC ASIA

* China reported 12 new cases as of April 30, up from four the previous day, bringing the national count to 82,874.

* Japan will formally decide as early as Monday whether to extend its state of emergency, which was originally due to end on May 6.

* Thailand reported six new cases and no new deaths.

* Malaysia will allow most companies to resume operations starting May 4.

* Australia will consider next Friday whether to relax the mobility restrictions related to the coronavirus.

MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA

* The death toll in Turkey increased by 93 in the past 24 hours to 3,174, with 2,615 new cases of the virus.

* The International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved $ 411 million in emergency assistance for Ethiopia.

ECONOMIC FLOLOUT

* Initial claims for state unemployment benefits totaled 3.839 million seasonally adjusted for the week ending April 25, the United States Department of Labor said, while the Commerce Department said consumer spending fell a record 7.5% in March.

* Irish manufacturing activity suffered its biggest monthly decline on record in April as output collapsed, while output from British factories risks falling more than half during the current quarter, a trade body said.

* South Korea’s exports plummeted at their fastest pace since the global financial crisis in April.

* Consumer prices in Japan’s capital fell for the first time in three years in April, and domestic manufacturing activity plummeted, raising fears that the pandemic could lead the country to deflation.

* France suffered its biggest economic contraction since records began in 1949 in the first quarter.

* The Democratic Republic of the Congo has lowered its forecast for economic growth for 2020 to -1.9% and expects its economy to contract, its central bank said.

* The unemployment rate in Chile increased to 8.2% in the first quarter compared to the same period of the previous year, reaching a maximum of a decade.