Coronavirus: Death toll crosses 4700 globally,more than 1,28,000 infected cases ; full details here

The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 topped 128,000 in about 120 countries, with more than 4,700 deaths blamed on the virus.

The death toll from an outbreak of coronavirus in Italy has jumped in the last 24 hours by 189 to 1,016, a rise of 23 percent, the country’s Civil Protection Agency said on Thursday.

The total number of cases in Italy, the European country hardest hit by the virus, rose to 15,113 from a previous 12,462, an increase of 21.7 percent.

The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak a pandemic as Italy tightened its strict quarantine and the United States imposed a ban on flights to Europe.