Summary
- The world’s coronavirus death toll nears one million, with the US, Brazil and India making up nearly half of the total
- It comes nearly 10 months after news began to emerge about mysterious cases of viral pneumonia in Wuhan, China
- More than 33 million cases have been confirmed around the world, according to Johns Hopkins University
- The UK has seen nearly 42,000 deaths, and cases have been rising by an average of more than 5,500 a day
- Nearly two-thirds of Wales’ population will be under lockdown when new restrictions are imposed in three more areas from 18:00 BST
- Curbs on movement are being extended to cover one million people in the Spanish capital, Madrid, and its surrounding areas
- The World Health Organization declared Covid-19 a pandemic on 11 March, when about 4,300 people had died
- At the time, the global health agency warned of “alarming levels of inaction” in the fight against the new virus
