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Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States have all reported their highest one-day cases of deaths since the start of the coronavirus pandemic which began in China late last year.
The US recorded 884 coronavirus deaths, according to data collected by Johns Hopkins University. It has also confirmed more than 213,000 cases of the disease.
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In the UK, a further 563 people died from COVID-19, in what Prime Minister Boris Johnson described as a “sad, sad day”.
In Spain, an additional 864 people died.
Globally, about 933,000 have been diagnosed with the virus, and some 193,000 have recovered. Nearly 47,000 people have died from the disease.
I’m Kate Mayberry in Kuala Lumpur with Al Jazeera’s continuing coverage of the coronavirus pandemic.
Here are the latest updates:
Thursday, April 2
00:15 GMT – Sailors to be taken off aircraft carrier by Friday: US Navy
Nearly 3,000 sailors on board a US aircraft carrier where the coronavirus has spread will be taken off the ship by Friday, Navy officials said on Wednesday.
Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly said some need to remain on board the USS Theodore Roosevelt to protect the ship and run critical systems.
“We cannot and will not remove all sailors from the ship,” Modly told Pentagon reporters.
He said about 1,000 have gone ashore and that number will grow to at least 2,700 in a couple of days. Just under 100 of the nearly 5,000 sailors on the ship, now docked in Guam, have tested positive for the virus.
00:00 GMT – Israel’s health minister and his wife test positive for coronavirus
Israeli Health Minister Yaakov Litzman and his wife have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, his office said late on Wednesday.
The Health Ministry says the 71-year-old and his wife are feeling well, receiving medical care and will remain in isolation.
Litzman is the most senior Israeli official to be diagnosed with the virus and will continue to work from home.
Read all the updates from yesterday (April 1) here.
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Al Jazeera and news agencies
