“As of 9am 18 May, there have been 2,682,716 tests, with 100,678 tests on 17 May. 1,887,051 people have been tested of which 246,406 tested positive. As of 5pm on 17 May, of those tested positive for coronavirus, across all settings, 34,796 have sadly died,” the Department tweeted on Monday.

Global death toll from coronavirus has reached 317,849, with at least 4,849,685 confirmed cases and 1,880,169 recoveries, according to Worldometer, a reference website that provides counters and real-time statistics for diverse topics. (ILKHA)