As it happened: COVID-19 patients in US trial\, Boeing to slash jobs

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As it happened: COVID-19 patients in US trial, Boeing to slash jobs

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Summary

  • The global death toll from coronavirus has passed 224,000. There are more than 3.1 million known cases of infection but more than 958,000 people have recovered, according to the Johns Hopkins University tally
  • In Australia, the death toll has risen to 92 after an 86-year old woman died in Tasmania today.
  • Three million Australians have downloaded the COVIDSafe app in just three days
  • Donald Trump and Anthony Fauci have said a trial of a US-produced coronavirus drug has shown the virus can be treated
  • The UK has registered the world's third-highest death toll, after nursing home deaths were included in the count for the first time
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