The death toll from COVID-19 has passed 92,000, with a confirmed 1.57 million infections recorded.
So far about 345,000 people have recovered from the deadly disease.
Here's what happened overnight.
Europe
United Kingdom
The coronavirus death toll in English hospitals has risen by 765 to 7248, the health service says.
Of the 765 patients, 43 (aged between 33 and 99) had no known underlying health condition.
UK-wide numbers have not yet been released for the latest 24 hours. As of 4pm local time, the UK's hospital death toll was 7097. Those numbers only show the deaths from COVID-19 in hospitals and the true toll is likely to be much higher due to deaths outside hospitals.
British scientists advising the government have said the country would be doing well if the total death toll came in below 20,000.
Boris Johnson's condition "continues to improve" in intensive care where he has spent three nights while being treated for the coronavirus, Downing Street says.
The Prime Minister had a "good night" in St Thomas' Hospital in London and thanks the NHS for the "brilliant care" he has received, his official spokesman said on Thursday.
The Netherlands
A 107-year-old Dutch woman has recovered from the coronavirus, probably becoming the oldest survivor of the pandemic in the world.
Cornelia Ras fell ill on March 17, the day after her 107th birthday, Dutch newspaper AD reported, after attending a church service with other residents of her nursing home on Goeree-Overflakkee, an island in the southwest of the country.
She and 40 others at the service were subsequently diagnosed as carrying the virus. Twelve of that group have since died, but Ras was told by her doctors on Monday that she had beaten the infection.
Italy
Italy may start gradually lifting some restrictions in place to contain the new coronavirus by the end of April, provided the spread of the disease continues to slow, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has told the BBC.
"We need to pick sectors that can restart their activity. If scientists confirm it, we might begin to relax some measures already by the end of this month," Conte told the British broadcaster.
There were 542 deaths from COVID-19 in Italy on Wednesday, lower than the 604 the day before, taking the total death toll to 17,669. There were 3693 people in intensive care, down from 3792 on Tuesday - the fifth daily decline in a row.
Spain
Spain is close to the beginning of a decline in the coronavirus epidemic, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez says.
Spain's measures to curb the COVID-19 disease - some of the toughest in Europe - have helped save many lives and slashed the proportional daily increase in new infections to 4 percent from 22 percent, Sanchez also told parliament .
Latest health ministry data showed on Wednesday total deaths from the epidemic rising by 757 to 14,555 - the world's third-highest after Italy and the United States. Overall, Spain's cases rose to 146,690 from 140,510 on Tuesday.
Turkey
Video shows security forces raiding an empty building where an illegal barbershop is giving haircuts to people.
Last month, Turkey ordered barbershops, hairdressers and beauty salons to shut down as one of the first measures to combat the spread of the coronavirus. As a response, illegal barbershops and "home barbers" increased.
According to data from John Hopkins University, Turkey has 38,226 confirmed COVID-19 cases, 812 confirmed deaths and 1846 patients who recovered from the virus.
Asia
Indonesia
Indonesia has reported its biggest daily jump in coronavirus deaths, bringing the total confirmed number to 280 in the world's fourth most populous country, the highest death toll in Asia outside China where the virus first emerged.
Indonesia confirmed 40 more deaths and its death toll accounts for nearly half of the more than 590 across Southeast Asia. More than 16500 cases have been reported across the region.
Singapore
Singapore has confirmed 287 new coronavirus infections, the biggest daily increase yet, taking the total in the city-state to 1910, its health ministry says.
More than 200 of the new cases were linked to outbreaks in dormitories for foreign workers.
Six people infected with the disease have died in Singapore and authorities are investigating the death of a seventh person who was infected but also had other complications.
The latest count of new infections is more than double the previous daily record of 142, reported on Wednesday.
Japan
The total number of Japanese coronavirus infections has hit at least 5002, NHK public broadcaster says, showing no signs of slowing despite a state of emergency being imposed this week on Tokyo and six other areas.
The number of new infections rose by at least 29 on Thursday to 5002, while the death toll edged up by 1 to 105, according to Japanese media reports.
Thailand
People queued to buy wine, beer and spirits in Bangkok on Thursday after the Thai capital announced a 10-day ban on alcohol sales to try to limit social activities before the traditional new year.
At supermarkets in downtown Bangkok, shoppers wearing face masks crowded into alcohol aisles to stock up before the restrictions came into place.
Thailand has confirmed 2423 coronavirus cases, with 32 fatalities. More than half the cases have been in Bangkok, where a mobile testing system is being rolled out.
Americas
United States
The US Federal Reserve has rolled out a broad U$2.3 trillion effort to bolster local governments and small and mid-sized businesses in its latest move to keep the US economy intact as the country battles the coronavirus pandemic.
The Fed said it would work through banks to offer four-year loans to companies of up to 10,000 employees and directly buy the bonds of states and more populous counties and cities to help them respond to the health crisis.
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the United States has climbed to 455,000 and deaths to 16,074.
Mexico
Hungry, scared and tired, scores of sex workers in Mexico City have been forced to live on the streets as fear of contracting the coronavirus keeps clients away and the government shuttered the hotels where many of them lived and worked.
Now they sleep under makeshift tents and on sidewalks, relying on social workers and handouts for what little they have been able to eat, and on each other to fend off attackers and criminals.
The government estimates there are around 7000 prostitutes in Mexico City.
In an effort to contain the spread of the coronavirus, which has infected 3181 people and killed 174 in Mexico so far, city authorities deemed hotels non-essential and ordered them shut.
Africa
There have been 12,275 confirmed cases in Africa, with 611 deaths.
Oceania
Australia recorded 52 new cases on Thursday, bringing the total to 6104. One more death lifted the toll to 51.
Economic impact
The coronavirus pandemic will turn global economic growth "sharply negative" in 2020, triggering the worst fall-out since the 1930s Great Depression, with only a partial recovery seen in 2021, the head of the International Monetary Fund says.
IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva painted a far bleaker picture of the social and economic impact of the coronavirus than even a few weeks ago, noting governments had already undertaken fiscal stimulus measures of US$8 trillion, but more would likely be needed.
She said the crisis would hit emerging markets and developing countries hardest of all, which would then need hundreds of billions of dollars in foreign aid.
"Just three months ago, we expected positive per capita income growth in over 160 of our member countries in 2020," she said on Thursday in remarks prepared for delivery ahead of next week's IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings.
"Today, that number has been turned on its head: we now project that over 170 countries will experience negative per capita income growth this year."
If the pandemic faded in the second half of the year, the IMF expected a partial recovery in 2021, Georgieva said, but she warned the situation could also get worse.
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