Coronavirus death toll nears 1,85,000-mark globally; total number of cases cross 2.6 million

The number of deaths due to the deadly coronavirus rose to 1,84,204 on early Thursday. Meanwhile, the total number of cases across the globe mounted to 2,637,414. According to John Hopkins University, the United States recorded 1,738 new Coronavirus deaths in 24 hours. The Republican governors, urged on by President Donald Trump, are taking the first steps toward reopening parts of their states’ economies in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, and without adhering to the president’s own guidelines. Democratic governors are largely keeping strict stay-at-home orders and nonessential business closures in place, resisting small pockets of Trump-aligned protesters and public pressure from the president.

Meanwhile, Germany has found itself well equipped now to weather the coronavirus pandemic. As the country moves to relax some restrictions this week, Chancellor Angela Merkel is pointing to the example of South Korea, which relied on its experience fighting a different coronavirus five years ago to combat COVID-19, as the way forward.

The coronavirus pandemic has claimed over 25,000 lives in locked-down Italy, bringing the total number of active infections, fatalities and recoveries so far to 187,327, according to the latest data released by the country's Civil Protection Department.

Wednesday saw 437 new deaths, bringing the total to 25,085 fatalities since the pandemic first broke out in the northern Lombardy region on February 21, Xinhua news agency reported.

A total of 2,943 additional recoveries were registered on Wednesday compared to Tuesday, bringing the total to 54,543. It was also the biggest daily recoveries recorded so far.

Here's the total number of cases of coronavirus across the globe: 

Country, Other	Total Cases	New Cases	Total Deaths	New Deaths	Total Recovered	Active Cases
World	2,635,719	+79,959	184,066	+6,607	717,444	1,734,209
USA	848,717	+29,973	47,659	+2,341	84,050	717,008
Spain	208,389	+4,211	21,717	+435	85,915	100,757
Italy	187,327	+3,370	25,085	+437	54,543	107,699
France	159,877	+1,827	21,340	+544	40,657	97,880
Germany	150,648	+2,195	5,315	+229	99,400	45,933
UK	133,495	+4,451	18,100	+763	N/A	115,051
Turkey	98,674	+3,083	2,376	+117	16,477	79,821
Iran	85,996	+1,194	5,391	+94	63,113	17,492
China	82,788	+30	4,632		77,151	1,005
Russia	57,999	+5,236	513	+57	4,420	53,066
Brazil	45,757	+2,678	2,906	+165	25,318	17,533
Belgium	41,889	+933	6,262	+264	9,433	26,194
Canada	40,190	+1,768	1,974	+140	13,986	24,230
Netherlands	34,842	+708	4,054	+138	N/A	30,538
Switzerland	28,268	+205	1,509	+31	19,900	6,859
Portugal	21,982	+603	785	+23	1,143	20,054
India	21,370	+1,290	681	+36	4,370	16,319
Peru	19,250	+1,413	530	+46	7,027	11,693