Latest on the coronavirus: Global cases pass 1.9 mln

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases worldwide passed 1.9 million on April 14 as the pandemic swept across the globe.

Johns Hopkins University's website showed over 119,686 people have died from the virus.

The total number of people recovered from COVID-19 reached passed 453,289, according to the data.

Americas

• Total confirmed cases rose to more than 584,000, with deaths exceeding 23,500 in the United States, according to a Reuters tally.
• Ten U.S. governors banded together in two regional pacts to coordinate gradual economic re-openings as the coronavirus crisis appeared to be ebbing.
• Wyoming reported its first death from the novel coronavirus on April 13, the final U.S. state to report a fatality from the outbreak.
• The U.S. Department of Agriculture will spend up to $15.5 billion in the initial phase of its plan to bolster the nation's food supply chain against the impacts of the coronavirus outbreak.
• Brazil likely has 12 times more cases of the new coronavirus than are being officially reported by the government, with too little testing and long waits to confirm the results, according to a study released.
• Panama registered 72 new cases on April 13, bringing the country's total to 3,472 cases with 94 deaths.
• Mexico registered 353 new cases on April 13, bringing its total to 5,014 cases and 332 deaths.

Europe

• The death toll from COVID-19 in British hospitals rose to 11,329 and the government, which is having to operate without its convalescing leader Boris Johnson, signaled that there would be no easing of lockdown measures this week.
• French President Emmanuel Macron announced he was extending a virtual...