“As of 9am 18 June, there have been 7,259,555 tests, with 136,516 tests on 17 June. 300,469 people have tested positive. As of 5pm on 17 June, of those tested positive for coronavirus, across all settings, 42,288 have sadly died,” the Department tweeted.
Global death toll from coronavirus has reached 452,669, with at least 8,494,633 confirmed cases and 4,450,448 recoveries, according to Worldometer, a reference website that provides counters and real-time statistics for diverse topics.