World update: April 8 2020

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Apr 09, 2020

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Happy Passover to those who are celebrating!

COVID-19

Worldometer’s tracker for April 8 has us at 1,517,960 confirmed cases of COVID-19 worldwide (+84,384 since yesterday), 1,099,239 of which are active, with 88,455 reported fatalities (+6414 since yesterday). There are a couple of pandemic-related items to note:

Oxfam is warning that the pandemic and its …

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