“As of 9am 17 May, there have been 2,580,769 tests, with 91,206 tests on 16 May. 1,818,712 people have been tested of which 243,695 tested positive. As of 5pm on 16 May, of those tested positive for coronavirus, across all settings, 34,636 have sadly died,” the Department tweeted on Saturday.

Global death toll from coronavirus has reached 316,399, with at least 4,795,494 confirmed cases and 1,849,394 recoveries, according to Worldometer, a reference website that provides counters and real-time statistics for diverse topics.