Latest on the coronavirus: Worldwide deaths exceed 14,000

More countries imposed lockdown measures as coronavirus cases across the globe ballooned, led by a sharp rise in infections in Europe. Italy banned travel within the country, nearly one in three Americans were ordered to stay home and New Zealand said it will move to its highest alert level imposing self-isolation. 

Deaths, infections

More than 337,500 people have been infected across the world and over 14,500 have died, according to a Reuters tally.    

Europe

  • Italy banned travel within the country on March 22 in yet another attempt to slow the coronavirus' spread, as data showed a further 651 people had died from the disease, lifting the number of fatalities to 5,476.
  • Britain may need to impose curfews and travel restrictions to halt the spread of the coronavirus if people do not heed the government's advice on social distancing, Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned on March 22.
  • Greece announced a lockdown on March 22, restricting movement from March 23 morning with only a few exceptions.
  • The Spanish government sought to extend until April 11 a state of emergency that it has imposed to try to control Europe's second-worst outbreak of coronavirus. Spain's death toll jumped to over 1,700.

Americas

  • Nearly 1 in 4 Americans were under orders to close up shop and stay at home on March 21. At least 23,941 cases of the virus have been reported in the United States and 306 people have died as of March 21 evening.
  • The Canadian death toll from the outbreak jumped by more than 50 percent on March 22, and officials threatened to punish people refusing to take precautions to fight the spread of the virus.
  • Panama health...
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