Paris, April 3 (AFP/APP): Here are the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis: – More than one million cases – At least 1,082,470 cases of infection, including 57,474 deaths have been reported in 188 countries and territories around the world since the epidemic started in December, according to an AFP tally compiled around 1900 GMT Friday based on official sources. Italy has the highest official death toll with 14,681 fatalities. Spain follows with 10,935, the United States with 6,699 and France 6,507. – Economic cost – The pandemic could cost the global economy $4.1 trillion, equivalent to 4.8 percent of worldwide output, as it ravages major economies, the Asian Development Bank warns. In the United States employment plunged by 701,000 in March and the jobless rate surged to 4.4 percent, the Labor Department reports. Latin America is heading into “a deep recession” in 2020, the UN says. – Food shortages – The pandemic threatens to cause food shortages for hundreds of millions of people, especially in Africa, who depend on imports of foodstuffs paid for by exports, the World Food Programme says. – Half of humanity confined – More than 3.9 billion people — half of the world’s population — … Continue reading Coronavirus: latest global developments