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10 maltatoday | WEDNESDAY • 29 APRIL 2020 NEWS INTERNATIONAL Countries with highest number of coronavirus cases and deaths Country GLOBAL USA Spain Italy France Germany UK Turkey Russia Iran China Brazil Canada Belgium Netherlands India Switzerland Peru Portugal Ecuador Saudi Arabia Ireland Sweden Israel Mexico Austria Singapore Pakistan Chile Japan Poland Belarus Qatar Romania UAE S. Korea Indonesia Ukraine Denmark Serbia Philippines Norway Czechia Australia Bangladesh Dominican Rep Panama Malaysia Colombia Egypt South Afri-ca Total Cases 3,105,461 1,022,259 232,128 201,505 165,842 159,137 157,149 114,653 93,558 92,584 82,836 68,188 49,025 47,334 38,416 29,451 29,264 28,699 24,322 23,240 20,077 19,877 19,621 15,589 15,529 15,357 14,951 14,514 14,365 13,614 12,218 12,208 11,921 11,616 11,380 10,752 9,511 9,410 8,851 8,497 7,958 7,619 7,486 6,731 6,462 6,416 6,021 5,851 5,597 5,042 4,793 Deaths 214,429 57,862 23,822 27,359 23,293 6,174 21,092 2,992 867 5,877 4,633 4,674 2,766 7,331 4,566 939 1,699 782 948 663 152 1,159 2,355 208 1,434 569 14 312 207 385 596 79 10 663 89 244 773 239 434 168 530 206 225 84 155 286 167 100 253 359 90 Italy COVID-19 infections surpass 200,000 ITALY'S tally of coronavirus infections has surpassed 200,000 while the death toll from the epidemic rose by 382 to 27,359. The total number of confirmed infec- tions rose to 201,505, up 1.05 per cent from the previous day, the Civil Protec- tion Agency said in a bulletin. More encouragingly, the number of active cases and the number of patients under intensive care both went down, by 608 to 105,205 and by 93 to 1863 re- spectively. Italy is one of the worst-af- fected countries in the world. Only the United States has counted more dead, and only the US and Spain have recorded more infections. The spread of the virus, however, has been slowing since late March, and the government has announced a limited softening of lockdown measures from May 4. "We have taken some little steps for- ward, for some it is not enough, but we cannot do more at this moment," Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said visiting the Lodi province, one of the original virus clusters. He was responding to widespread discontent about plans to reopen the country, criticised by many as lacking clarity and not going far enough. Conte said the government was tak- ing a "calculated risk" in allowing 4.5 million people return to work as of next Monday, and could not afford bolder action like reopening schools. A relaxation of stay-at-home rules is also on the agenda for May 4, as people will be allowed to do more outdoor ex- ercise and visit relatives, boyfriends or girlfriends. A worker sprays disinfectant to sanitise Duomo square in downtown Milan ANOTHER 586 people have died in UK hospitals after contracting coro- navirus, taking the death toll to at least 21,678, the Department of Health (DoH) has confirmed. Yesterday's jump follows an increase of 360 deaths on Monday, which was the lowest daily increase for four weeks. The toll was updated after England recorded another 546 deaths. Scot- land reported 70 deaths, while 17 were recorded in Wales. Northern Ireland has not yet released its figures. The combined daily increase from the three nations (not including Northern Ireland) comes to 633, which is 47 higher than the number – 586 – later released by the DoH yes- terday afternoon. There is also a difference in the DoH's death toll – 21,678 – and the com- bined figure from England (19,295), Scotland (1,332), Wales (813), and Northern Ireland (309), which is 71 higher at 21,749. For our Coronavirus live blog click here. The government has said this differ- ence is because each devolved author- ity often makes amendments to their own data after reporting deaths to the DoH each day. All of these deaths occurred in hos- pitals across the UK. They do not take into account the people dying at home, in care facili- ties, hospices, or other locations out- side of hospitals. The latest figures were released after new data showed the true coronavirus death toll could be 35% higher than government figures. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said 21,284 people in England had died by April 17 with mentions of Covid-19 on their death certificates, compared with 13,917 in the govern- ment's daily toll. The ONS recorded a further 1,016 deaths recorded in Wales, which is nearly double the number – 534 – re- corded by the government. That would take the UK's total death toll beyond those reported by France and Spain as of April 17, though lower than Italy's total toll. Another 586 dead across UK as death toll nears 22,000