Coronavirus live updates: Cases in Russia surge

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• Global cases: More than 2,169,022
• Global deaths: At least 146,071
• US cases: More than 671,425
• US deaths: At least 33,286

The data above was compiled by Johns Hopkins University.

Procter & Gamble reported that its fiscal third-quarter U.S. sales surged 10{3c4481f38fc19dde56b7b1f4329b509c88239ba5565146922180ec5012de023f} as consumers stocked up on staples like toilet paper ahead of the coronavirus outbreak.

P&G reported fiscal third-quarter net income of $2.92 billion, or $1.12 per share, up from $2.75 million, or $1.04 per share, a year earlier. Excluding items, the Charmin owner earned $1.17 per share.

Net sales rose 5{3c4481f38fc19dde56b7b1f4329b509c88239ba5565146922180ec5012de023f} to $17.21 billion.

Wall Street anticipated earnings per share of $1.13 on revenue of $17.46 billion, based on a survey of analysts by Refinitiv. However, it’s difficult to compare reported earnings to analyst estimates for P&G’s quarter, as the coronavirus pandemic continues to hit global economies and makes earnings impact difficult to assess. —Amelia Lucas

Switzerland’s public health agency has recorded a further 42 fatalities as a result of the coronavirus over the last 24 hours, Reuters reported, taking the country’s death to 1,059 up from 1,017. 

The number of people that have now tested positive nationwide increased to 27,078, it added, up from 26,732 on Thursday. —Sam Meredith

Google has been pressured to closely follow Europe’s data privacy rules with the coronavirus tracing apps that it’s developing alongside Apple. 

The two tech giants announced last week a partnership to develop tools that will help track the spread of the coronavirus via Bluetooth technology. The idea is to mitigate the number of new infections when lockdown measures are lifted over the coming months. However, the announcement has raised concerns that such technology could breach an individual’s privacy. 

“Contact tracing apps can be useful to limit the spread of the coronavirus. But their development and interoperability need to fully respect our values and privacy,” Thierry Breton, the EU’s internal market commissioner, said after a video meeting with Google and YouTube CEOs on Wednesday. —Silvia Amaro

Britain has expanded the number of people who are eligible to be tested for Covid-19 to include the police, fire service, judiciary, and others, health minister Matt Hancock said, in part of its efforts to widen its testing program.

The government has been criticized for all but abandoning testing in mid-March, but Hancock said it was part of the government’s strategy to have mass testing in the community, something that gets closer as Britain builds testing capacity.

“The challenge is that as the epidemic increased exponentially at that point in the middle of March. It meant that the incidence of the outbreak was broad and it meant that we weren’t able to test everybody with symptoms,” Hancock told a parliamentary committee. “I can today expand eligibility for testing to the police, the fire service, prison staff, critical local authority staff, the judiciary, and DWP (Department of Work and Pensions) staff who need it.” —Reuters

Spain’s health ministry said the total number of cases in the country had jumped to 188,068, up from 182,816 on Thursday.

Second only to the U.S. worldwide, Spain has recorded the highest number of Covid-19 infections in Europe.

Earlier on Friday, Spain’s social security minister said the government would try to support roughly 1 million of the poorest households with a monthly basic wage. Speaking to COPE radio station, the minister said the policy was designed to help people weather the economic impact of the coronavirus crisis. —Sam Meredith

Indonesia’s health ministry confirmed an additional 407 coronavirus cases, taking the country’s total number of infections to 5,923. 

To date, the Southeast Asian nation has recorded 520 deaths as a result of Covid-19. —Sam Meredith

Russia reported 4,069 new coronavirus cases over the last 24 hours — a record rise in new infections, reported Reuters, citing the Interfax news agency. 

That brings total cases in Russia to 32,007, according to the report. —Yen Nee Lee

China’s National Health Commission said that it has updated the death toll and total confirmed cases in the mainland after Wuhan city revised its tally. 

China’s national death toll now stands at 4,632, up from the 3,342 that the NHC provided on Friday morning. Meanwhile, total confirmed cases have been revised from 82,367 to 82,692, the NHC said. —Yen Nee Lee