Coronavirus updates LIVE: Global COVID-19 cases surpass 2.7 million, US deaths near 50,000 as Australia's death toll stands at 78

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The global death toll from coronavirus has passed 190,000. There are more than 2.7 million known cases of infection but more than 743,000 people have recovered, according to the Johns Hopkins University tally
The Australian death toll has risen to 78 after the death of a German man who died in a WA hospital after contracting coronavirus on the cruise ship Artania
Victorian health authorities are investigating a coronavirus outbreak at a private inpatient psychiatric facility connected with 14 cases
Early antibody test results suggest up to 2.7 million New Yorkers may have been infected with COVID-19, as the US death toll reaches 40,000
Prime Minister Scott Morrison says Federal Parliament will return for three days from May 12