{"id":17122,"date":"2020-04-13T12:56:17","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T03:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2020\/apr\/13\/coronavirus-live-news-global-cases-italy-new-york-death-tolls-slow-latest-updates"},"modified":"2020-04-14T00:34:26","modified_gmt":"2020-04-13T15:34:26","slug":"coronavirus-live-news-global-cases-pass-1-8m-as-italy-and-new-york-death-tolls-slow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=17122","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus live news: Spain records another drop in daily death toll as cases worldwide pass 1.85m"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>China reports highest daily cases in over five weeks: WHO official warns Covid-19 will \u2018stalk\u2019 human race; New York deaths slow<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/apr\/13\/spain-relaxes-lockdown-as-daily-coronavirus-death-toll-falls-to-517\">Spain relaxes lockdown as daily coronavirus death toll falls to 517<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/apr\/13\/half-of-coronavirus-deaths-happen-in-care-homes-data-from-eu-suggests\">Half of coronavirus deaths happen in care homes, EU data suggests<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2020\/apr\/13\/coronavirus-us-live-donald-trump-anthony-fauci-new-york-times-report-social-distancing-deaths-latest-news-updates\">US coronavirus latest \u2013 live blog<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/live\/2020\/apr\/13\/coronavirus-uk-live-news-praise-nhs-nurses-prime-minister-boris-johnson-latest-updates\">UK coronavirus latest \u2013 live blog<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/apr\/13\/coronavirus-latest-at-a-glance-monday\">Coronavirus latest: at a glance<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"block-time published-time\"> <time datetime=\"2020-04-13T15:34:26.340Z\">4.34pm <span class=\"timezone\">BST<\/span><\/time> <\/p>\n<p>The head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has urged caution over moves by countries to lift lockdown conditions. <\/p>\n<p>In the opening address to today\u2019s coronavirus press conference, he said much was still unknown about the behaviour of the virus, and emphasised that case finding, testing and isolating was still crucial to controlling the outbreak. <\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;We know that in some countries, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COVID19<\/a> cases are doubling every 3 to 4 days.<\/p>\n<p>However, while COVID-19 accelerates very fast, it decelerates much more slowly. <\/p>\n<p>In other words, the way down is much slower than the way up&#8221;-<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrTedros?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DrTedros<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/coronavirus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#coronavirus<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"block-time published-time\"> <time datetime=\"2020-04-13T15:17:58.856Z\">4.17pm <span class=\"timezone\">BST<\/span><\/time> <\/p>\n<p>Health authorities in <strong>Kenya<\/strong> have reported 11 new confirmed cases of coronavirus, and one death, in the past 24 hours. <\/p>\n<p>The total death toll from the virus now stands at nine in Kenya, which has in total recorded 208 cases, of whom 40 have so far recovered. <\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">COVID-19 UPDATE<br \/>\u2714\ufe0f674 samples tested <br \/>\u2714\ufe0f11 new positive cases (All Kenyan) <br \/>\u2714\ufe0f208 total positive cases<br \/>\u2714\ufe0f15 new recoveries<br \/>\u2714\ufe0fTotal discharged and recovered stands at 40<br \/>\u2714\ufe0f1 fatality today<br \/>\u2714\ufe0fTotal fatalities stand at 9<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/KomeshaCorona?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#KomeshaCorona<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QaQeDs9BiR\">pic.twitter.com\/QaQeDs9BiR<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2020\/apr\/13\/coronavirus-live-news-global-cases-italy-new-york-death-tolls-slow-latest-updates\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China reports highest daily cases in over five weeks: WHO official warns Covid-19 will \u2018stalk\u2019 human race; 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