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Coronavirus in numbers in Newzealand, Japan, China and US
- Numbers in New Zealand as of Thursday morning: 262 confirmed, 21 probable, 27 recovered.
- Numbers in Japan as of Thursday morning: 2,003 cases (712 from the Diamond Princess cruise ship), 55 deaths (10 from the Diamond Princess).
- Numbers in mainland China as of the end of the day Wednesday: 81,285 confirmed, 3,287 deaths, 74,051 recovered and discharged from hospital.
- Numbers in the US as of the end of the day Wednesday: 65,273 cases, 938 deaths.
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Earlier this week Nirmala Sitharaman announced she is readying an economic package
Even as we are readying an economic package to help us through the Corona lockdown (on priority, to be announced soon) I will address the media at 2pm today, specifically on statutory and regulatory compliance matters. Via video conference. @FinMinIndia @PIB_India @ANI @PTI_News
— Nirmala Sitharaman (@nsitharaman) March 24, 2020
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