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Another miserable day in the sandpit. Perfect stay at home weather. Very quiet out and about


Corona Virus Update
New service launched to help people seek doctors' advice remotely
Bahrain’s government has spent millions of dinars towards testing its citizens and residents for Covid-19.  The minimum cost of conducting one test for the coronavirus is estimated at BD148 and Bahrain has so far tested 79,612 individuals for free 
The number of known coronavirus infections in the United States surpassed 700,000, the most of any country
China reports 27 new coronavirus cases, death toll at 4,632 after data revisions
Spain's coronavirus deaths surpass 20,000 as it mulls extending confinement.  The number of coronavirus cases rose to 191,726 from 188,068.
Reported cases of the coronavirus have crossed 2.23 million globally and 151,657 people have died, 

 U.S. coronavirus deaths topped 35,400 on Friday, rising by more than 2,000 for the fourth day in a row,

Deaths from the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy rose by 575 on Friday, up from 525 the day before, while the number of new cases declined slightly

Russia said its death toll from the novel coronavirus had risen to 313, an overnight increase of 40,

Singapore’s health ministry confirmed 942 more coronavirus infections

Iran’s death toll from the new coronavirus rose by 73 in the previous 24 hours to reach 5,031

Saudi Arabia’s grand mufti said Muslim prayers during Ramadan and the Eid al-Fitr feast should be performed at home if the outbreak continues.

Dubai has extended by one week a 24-hour-a-day curfew imposed as part of a sterilisation drive to control the spread of the coronavirus
China’s economy contracted for the first time on record in the first quarter as the coronavirus shut down factories and shopping malls and put millions out of work