전 세계 코로나 확진자 200만명 육박<br /><br />Global infections of the novel coronavirus are now edging toward two million.<br />While the pandemic is surging in the U.S., Britain and France,... some other countries seem to be getting back on track.<br />Oh Soo-young reports.<br />Nearly two million people worldwide have been infected with COVID-19.<br />Data from Johns Hopkins University as of Tuesday, U.S. time,... shows over 1-point-nine million people have been diagnosed with the virus,... and the death toll has surpassed 119-thousand.<br />The U.S. has at least 594-thousand cases,... and some 25-thousand deaths.<br />The state of New York alone has more infections than any country in the world,... with over 106-thousand patients.<br />The situation in Europe is mixed.<br />The first countries to bear the brunt of the virus -- Italy, Spain and Austria -- are allowing some non-essential workers to go back to work,... as they have seen their new infection cases fall.<br />On Tuesday, Italy saw fewer than 3-thousand new cases for the first time in a month.<br />But the pandemic has worsened in the UK,... where as of Tuesday evening local time,... the death toll increased by 778 -- topping 12-thousand.<br />France also saw a similar number of daily deaths,... and became the fourth country after the U.S., Spain and Italy to record more than 15-thousand fatalities.<br />Britain and France are expected to keep their lockdowns in place until next month.<br />In India,... the country's Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended the world's largest lockdown of one-point-three billion people,... until May third,... as cases continue to grow.<br />Meanwhile, Russia on Tuesday recorded over 27-hundred new infections,... bringing the total case count there to more than 21-thousand.<br />In Japan, COVID-19 cases rose by 482 on Tuesday and the number of deaths rose by 19 -- the country's highest daily death increase so far.<br />Oh Soo-young, Arirang News.<br />
