Coronavirus live news: Spain records new highest daily death toll, as Syria reports first Covid-19 death
New York, New Jersey and Connecticut halt non-essential travel; global deaths pass 30,000 with one-third in Italy
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Jérôme Salomon, the head of France’s health authority, has issued an update on the country’s situation.
Italy has said it will extend its month-long lockdown as the number of deaths in the country increased by 756 to reach 10,779. There are now 97,689 confirmed cases in Italy.
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