전세계 코로나19 확진자 250만명 넘어…미국 80만명, 전 세계 31.8% 확진자 해당<br /><br />Over 2-and-a-half million people globally have now contracted COVID-19 with the number of deaths now well over 175-thousand.<br />The U.S. with near 800-thousand cases taking up over 31-percent of the global infections.<br />Once deemed epicenter of the virus in Europe,... Italy is set to ease its coronavirus lockdown starting May 4th,... though the long-awaited rollback will be cautious and calculated, according to its PM.<br />Sweden saw its highest daily COVID-19 death toll with 185 fatalities on Tuesday all while the country refuses to go into lockdown.<br />In Japan,... the country will extend its suspension of visas held by foreign nationals until the end of May as the confirmed patients there reach over 12-thousand as of Tuesday.<br />