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April 24, 2020 Update by AFP The virus hit a grim new milestone on Friday, according to AFP, as the number of people who have lost their lives to the disease passed 190,00 and continues to rise while countries battle to keep populations safe. The agency reports that a total of 190,089 people passed away and 2,698,733 have been infected since Covid-19 emerged in China in December. Europe has recorded the highest number of fatalities with 116,221 people dying across the continent. More than 1.2 million Europeans have been diagnosed with the disease, putting the mortality rate around 8.9%. The country with the highest recorded death toll has been the United States followed by Italy, France and Britain. But there is some cause for hope that the tide may be about to turn as testing capabilities grow worldwide and human trials for a vaccine get underway. The UK, Germany and Israel have all reported early progress with vaccine trials, the biggest ho...

Share footage, record statement: Police urge over violence in North-east Delhi Thirty-eight people have died in the violence and hundreds are still in hospital in the violence after clashes broke out between supporters and anti-citizenship amendment act (CAA) protesters broke out in northeast Delhi earlier this week.  DELHI   Updated: Feb 28, 2020 07:48 IST Delhi Police have issued an appeal requesting people to give their statements and share video footage in connection with the violence in northeast Delhi.(Biplov Bhuyan/HT PHOTO)           Delhi Police have issued an appeal requesting people to give their statements and share video footage in connection with the violence in northeast Delhi, which has claimed more than 35 lives. Thirty-eight people have died in the violence and hundreds are still in hospital in the violence after clashes broke out between supporters and anti-citizenship amendment act (CAA) protesters broke out in no...