World update: April 13 2020

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COVID-19

Worldometer’s pandemic figures for April 13:

• 1,923,848 confirmed cases of COVID-19 worldwide (+71,591 since yesterday)

• 1,359,594 active cases

• 119,618 reported fatalities (+5423 since yesterday)

At this point over 90 countries have requested some form of relief from the International Monetary Fund, whose estimates suggest developing nations are going…