As many as 2 million people have been infected by the novel coronavirus globally.
That's according to the latest statistics, which puts the global death toll at 126,758 and recoveries at 484,729.
The United States has recorded the most number of deaths worldwide with 26,064 and 614,246 confirmed cases, while Italy comes in second with 21,067 fatalities. Spain has recorded 18,255 deaths and more than 174,000 confirmed cases.
US lets flights resume at El Paso airport after brief security halt
The US Federal Aviation Administration lifted emergency flight restrictions that had barred all flights to and from Texas' El Paso International Airport, which borders Mexico, after warning flights could be cancelled for 10 days, citing special security reasons.
Ten dead after shooter opens fire at high school in Canada
Ten people, including the shooter, are dead after an assailant opened fire at a high school in western Canada on Tuesday in one of the country's deadliest mass casualty events in recent history.
Tropical cyclone Gezani slams into Madagascar, killing nine
Tropical cyclone Gezani slammed into Madagascar's eastern coastline, killing nine people in the Indian Ocean island nation's second-largest city, as walls of wind and rain left a trail of devastation, authorities said on Wednesday.
Russian strike kills father and three children near Ukraine's Kharkiv
A Russian drone strike killed four people, including three small children and their father, in a town west of Ukraine's second-largest city of Kharkiv, Ukrainian officials said on Wednesday.
Cambodia says it has closed almost 200 scam centres in fraud crackdown
Cambodia has closed almost 200 scam centres in a crackdown on transnational fraud in recent weeks, with authorities providing rare access to one centre in a bid to show they are tackling the sophisticated operations.
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