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World coronavirus dispatch: Brazil No. 2 in death toll, goes past UK

Americas bear brunt of disease, European airlines sue UK over self-isolation rules, pandemic may spur hike in child labour -round up of Covid-19 news across the globe

Brazil govt stops publishing coronavirus numbers as experts doubt data

Brazil's last official numbers showed it had recorded over 34,000 deaths related to the coronavirus, the third-highest number in the world

Covid-19 Factoid: India has reported 100+ deaths on each day since May 13

Six of the nine countries in Europe have death rates above the global average of 6.2 per cent. By comparison, India's fatality rate is much lower at 2.9%

Brazil's Troyjo to be new head of BRICS bank; SBI's Anil Kishora vice-prez

The decisions were made on Wednesday at a special meeting of the Board of Governors in accordance with the Articles of Agreement of the NDB and its procedures, a press release from the bank said

Covid-19 Factoid: India's cases rose from 100,000 to 150,000 in just 8 days

Four Indian districts - Ahmedabad, Chennai, Kolkata and Mumbai - account for more than 50% of all cases reported so far in their respective states

In Bolsonaro's Brazil, everyone else is to blame for surge in Covid cases

Since the outbreak started, the Brazilian leader has avoided acknowledging the potential effects of his actions, particularly in undermining local leaders' stay-at-home recommendations

Covid-19 Factoid: India sees its biggest single-day jump in active cases

The share of active cases in total tally is the highest in the US, Russia and India

Brazil overtakes Russia to become world no. 2 in Covid-19 cases, behind US

In Sao Paulo, the worst hit city, aerial video showed rows of open plots at the Formosa Cemetery as it rushed to keep up with demand

Covid-19 Factoid: Share of recoveries in India's case additions is falling

Since hitting a peak on May 17 - when 3,955 of the 4,987 cases added were recoveries - the number of daily recoveries has dropped to about 3,000, even as total cases added daily are in excess of 5,000

Covid-19: Second Brazilian health minister resigns, says prez in denial

As Teich announced his decision to step down, he warned the people of Brazil that the country was not ready to deal with the projected number of cases of the novel coronavirus

Covid-19 Factoid: Punjab's confirmed cases have tripled in just four days

Among the 10 most affected countries, Brazil and Russia are taking the shortest span of time to double their number of cases (10 days), while Italy is taking the longest (34 days)

World coronavirus dispatch: Will Covid-19 end up becoming a seasonal flu?

From more and more companies scrapping their financial outlooks, to the success of Australia, New Zealand and Germany in stopping the spread of the virus - read these and more in today's digest

Covid-19 Factoid: For 5 states, half their cases are in just one district

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

Trump's plan to reopen virus-ravaged US economy: Will others follow suit?

Globally, more than 145,516 people have died from Covid-19 so far and the number of confirmed infections has reached 2,182,058, according to Worldometer data

Covid-19: Brazilian prez thanks PM Modi for raw material to produce HCQ

In an address to the nation on Wednesday, Bolsonaro said Brazil will receive ingredients from India for the production of hydroxychloroquine on Saturday.

Twitter removes tweets by Bolsonaro questioning coronavirus quarantine

"If it continues like this, with the amount of unemployment what we will have later is a very serious problem that will take years to be resolved," he said of the isolation measures.

Doctor working with Amazon tribe tests positive for coronavirus

The doctor, who has not been named, had returned from vacation on March 18 to work with the Tikunas, a tribe of more than 30,000 people who live in the upper Amazon

Trump tests negative for coronavirus, extends travel ban to UK, Ireland

Trump met with a Brazilian delegation last week, at least one member of which has since tested positive

Ronaldinho lawyers appeal pre-trial detention in fake passport case

The 39-year-old World Cup winner and his brother, Roberto de Assis Moreira, have been held in a police cell since last Friday accused of entering Paraguay using fake passports

World's worst-performing Brazil markets just got hit by $4 bn Budget

While the extra spending will provide a welcome fiscal boost to the struggling economy, analysts say it puts the government's budget goals and economic reform agenda in serious peril