COVID-19 DEATHSWorldwide, Covid-19 deaths have passed 407,000, with more than seven million infections. And the crisis continued to escalate in Latin America, which by late Tuesday had almost 1.4 million cases and nearly 70,000 deaths. Brazil's health ministry cited figures late Tuesday indicating the death toll had risen by 1,272 to over 38,400 killed by the virus -- the third highest toll in the world after the US and Britain. Britain, which on Tuesday announced its death toll had passed 50,000, has imposed a two-week quarantine for anyone coming into the country, British nationals included. Those restrictions prevented 3.1 million deaths in 11 European countries alone, according to an Imperial College London study published on Monday

Source: Daily Nation June 10, 2020 08:03 UTC