#BREAKING The US becomes the first country to record more than 2,000 #coronavirus deaths in one day, with 2,108 fatalities in the past 24 hours, according to the Johns Hopkins University tally 
The US has now recorded 18,586 deaths, closing in on the toll of 18,849 dead in Italy which has seen the most fatalities so far, and is also approaching half a million confirmed cases with 496,535 as of 0030 GMT Saturday up 35,098 in the past 24 hours
#BREAKING US records more than 500,000 coronavirus cases: Johns Hopkins
The US has led the world in the number of infections since the end of March and with more than a third of all officially declared cases globally, it threatens to overtake Europe, which has recorded over 850,000 cases
#UPDATES Global #coronavirus death toll tops 100,000 as Easter celebrations kick off in near-empty churches and as the WHO issues a dire warning that prematurely lifting lockdown restrictions could spark a dangerous resurgence u.afp.com/3pHD
VIDEO: Unable to go to church because of COVID-19, Catholics and Protestants park at an open-air cinema for a mass organised by a pastor and a priest
