By: TP News     Date: 3/21/2020 8:16:34 PM

World :The death toll from the new Coronavirus has surpassed 5,000 in Europe, with Italy, Spain and Germany reporting a steep rise in infections.
Worldwide deaths surged past 11,000 on Saturday, according to data collected by the Johns Hopkins University in the United States. More than 277,000 people have been infected, while some 88,000 have recovered.
Italy announced 793 more deaths on Saturday, the second day in a row of the biggest day-to-day increase in the country's four-week epidemic, after surpassing China's death toll on Thursday. The total number of deaths in Italy has now reached 4,825. Spain's death toll has also increased to more than 1,300, while in Iran, the number of deaths hit another grim milestone of 1,500 as the country marks the beginning of the Persian New Year. 

France has recorded 112 coronavirus deaths in a day, taking its total to 562, the health ministry has said.

There have been 14,459 confirmed cases, the ministry said in a statement.

It said 1,525 people were in severe condition out of the 6,172 who were currently in hospital. Half the severe cases were people aged under 60.

A further 53 people have died in England after testing positive for the coronavirus, bringing the total number of confirmed deaths to 220, the National Health Service has said. 

The patients who died were aged between 41 and 94 and all had underlying health conditions.

A total of 288 deaths have been confirmed in the USA and the total number of cases has crossed 24000.