전세계 코로나 누적 확진 370만 넘어<br /><br />The number of global COVID-19 cases has surpassed 3-point-7 million,... and the global death toll has topped 260-thousand.<br />Russia has been reporting over 10-thousand new cases a day for the past four consecutive days,... with its accumulated number of cases at over 165-thousand as of Wednesday.<br />Russia's culture minister has also been diagnosed with COVID-19 ,... the fourth top Russian official to have contracted the virus.<br />The UK has now leapfrogged Italy to have the highest number of COVID-19 deaths in Europe,... with its death toll surpassing the 30-thousand mark.<br />German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Wednesday that the country had passed the first phase of the pandemic,... and shops will be allowed to open.<br />She explained that the public will be required to maintain social distancing until June 5th,... but added the country's football league will restart in mid-May with no spectators.<br />