France reports 509 more coronavirus deaths, highest single-day toll

coronavirus infection continues to increase its horizon and claimed lives of 509 in France on April 1, bringing death toll to 4,032. number of deaths registered on April 1, me it darkest day of France with such a huge number of casualties in a single day from COVID-19. re are w 24,639 people hospitalized in France with infection, out of which  6,017 are currently being monitored under intensive care, health official Jerome Salomon reportedly told media outlets. 

figures put forward by health authorities on April 1, makes France fourth country to pass 4,000-casualties threshold after Italy, Spain, and US. With 13,155 deaths to date, Italy contributes to 30 per cent of global death tally. Spain has 9,053 deaths and, just like France, US death tally has also crossed 4,000-mark, surpassing death toll of horrifying 9/11 terror attack which happened in 2001.

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Coronavirus pandemic in Europe

coronavirus pandemic which has tightened its grip has claimed more than 30,000 lives in Europe alone, a global tally showed on April 1. After seeing loss of life everywhere, United Nations has described this epidemic as humanity's worst crisis since World War II. Italy and Spain have currently borne brunt of crisis, accounting for three cases of fatalities in every four on continent, as grim tally hit ar milestone even though half of planet's population is under quarantine or self-isolation to battle dely disease.

Owing to dangerous virus, on one hand, several companies have shut down for undetermined periods and entire workforces are working from to halt spre of COVID-19, while on or hand, scenes of ecomic desperation and unrest are emerging all across world. In Italy, long queues of people were lengning at soup kitchens while some supermarkets were reportedly crowded.

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Seeing rapid pace of rising in cases, US President Donald Trump warned Americans of a very painful two weeks as state registered its deliest 24 hours where upsurge in death toll was more than that from a "plague."  outbreak in US has mushroomed rapidly. re are around 190,000 kwn cases, making figure just double in five days. Currently, 47,249 cases of casualties have been registered across world from more than 936,204 infection cases since disease emerged in China last year in December.

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