Italy´s curve flattening but deaths rise by 610; Boris Johnson stable in intensive care; virus could push 500m people into povertyFull story: global coronavirus cases pass 1.5 millionHow coronavirus spread across the globe - visualisedUS coronavirus updates - liveSee all of our coronavirus coverage 6.10pm BST How can we understand the risk of dying from Covid-19 when there are so many numbers flying around? There are actually three types of fatality rate, which are calculated in different ways and tell you different things. 6.10pm BST New York broke its record for the largest single-day coronavirus death toll for the third consecutive day, the state´s governor, Andrew Cuomo, announced at his daily briefing.New York recorded 799 deaths from coronavirus yesterday, bringing the state´s total death toll to 7,067. New York has lost about the same number of people to coronavirus as the UK. Related: Coronavirus US news: New York breaks its record for largest single-day Covid-19 death toll 6.04pm BST A hospital consultant who wrote a public plea to the UK prime minister for more personal protective equipment for frontline staff in British hospitals has died from the coronavirus, Matthew Weaver reports.Abdul Mabud Chowdhury, a consultant urologist at Homerton hospital in Hackney east London, died after spending 15 days in Queens hospital, Romford. Related: Doctor who pleaded for more hospital PPE dies of coronavirus 6.00pm BST The coronavirus crisis is not a `blank cheque` to flout civil liberties, the UN human rights commissioner warned on Thursday as she criticised some states´ adoption of `unlimited` emergency powers, AFP reports.Addressing the first-ever virtual meeting of the United Nations human rights council in Geneva, Michelle Bachelet said:Emergency measures may well be needed to respond to this public health emergency. But an emergency situation is not a blank cheque to disregard human rights obligations Emergency measures should be necessary and proportion ...
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