Known global Covid-19 deaths pass 215,000 – as it happened

Infections in Saudi Arabia pass 20,000; Germany ’s infection rate back at 1.0; Turkey delivers medical kit to the US. This blog is now closed.Follow our new coronavirus blog here for live news and updates12.23amBSTWe ’ve launched a new blog at the link below. Head there for the latest global coronavirus news:Related:Coronavirus live news: Brazil deaths exceed known China toll as US infections pass 1 million12.13amBSTThree US children infected with the coronavirus are being treated for a rare inflammatory syndrome that appears similar to one that has raised concerns by doctors in Britain, Italy and Spain, Reuters reports.All three children - who range in age from 6 months to 8 years - have undergone treatment at Columbia University Medical Centre in New York, and all had fever and inflammation of the heart and the gut.“Right now, we’re at the very beginning of trying to understand what that represents,” Columbia’s Dr Mark Gorelik told Reuters.Italian and British medical experts are investigating a possible link between the coronavirus pandemic and clusters of Kawasaki disease, a severe inflammatory disease among infants arriving in hospitals with high fevers and swollen arteries.The syndrome has been largely undetected in the United States, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics.Gorelik said he believes the cases are likely not Kawasaki disease, but a similar process that shares an underlying mechanism with Kawasaki, which is thought to be triggered by an ...
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