What you need to know
- Global action: Nearly a third of the world’s population are living under coronavirus-related movement restrictions.
- Death toll tops 20,000: More than 471,000 people have been infected by the virus and over 21,000 have died, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University.
- US stimulus bill: The Senate voted to pass a $2 trillion economic relief package, which will go to the House next. US cases have topped 65,000, with over 930 fatalities. New York is the epicenter of the country’s outbreak, with known cases there doubling every three days.
- Spain reels: The country has now recorded more deaths than China -- only Italy has more.
