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COVID-19: Global death toll hits 200,000
John Hopkins University said on Saturday the global coronavirus death toll had now reached 200,000 with 2.8million confirmed infections.
The university released the latest figures just as some countries prepare to remove their lockdowns.
The United States has started loosening the lockdown in Georgia, Oklahoma, and Alaska to help ease the economic damage inflicted on businesses despite the American death toll passing 50,000.
State governors allowed salons, spas, and barbershops to reopen, while Alaska allowed restaurants to resume dine-in service and retail shops and other businesses to open their doors.
At a press briefing in White House on Friday, President Donald Trump asked people to continue social distancing and use of face masks.
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Despite sounding optimistic about the American economy, Trump signed a $484billion (£391 billion) bill to aid employers and hospitals under stress from the pandemic.
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