Latest news about novel coronavirus (April 1)

(ECNS) -- The number of confirmed cases across the world has exceeded 85,0583 by Tuesday midnight, with the death toll passing 40,000, according to the latest tally from Johns Hopkins University.

U.S. reports 181,099 cases and 3,721 deaths as of Tuesday evening

Spain reports 9,222 new cases as infections in Austria top 10,000

Death toll from COVID-19 passes 40,000 worldwide

First two cases reported in Burundi

COVID-19 death toll tops 200 in Brazil

COVID-19 pandemic 'far from over' in Asia-Pacific region: WHO

China：

Chinese mainland reports 36 new confirmed cases (35 imported cases, one indigenous)

China reports 1,367 asymptomatic virus carriers as of Wednesday

-- Cumulative infections: 81,554; cumulative recoveries 76,238; cumulative deaths: 3,312; remaining infections: 2,004. 

-- Another714 cumulative cases in Hong Kong, 41 in Macao and 322 in Taiwan.

Global reactions:

Thailand to shut down Phuket airport for 20 days

U.S. Texas extends social distancing order to April 30

Several U.S. states issue travel-related quarantine orders

China to report asymptomatic patients daily starting Wednesday

All Olympic Solidarity programs related to Tokyo 2020 will be extended into 2021