More than 2,525,240 infections have now been reported and at least 174,001 people have died, according to official sources.
The United States has the most deaths of any country with 43,200.
Italy is the second hardest-hit country, with 24,648 dead. Spain follows with 21,282, then France with 20,796 and Britain with 17,337.
The pandemic could nearly double the number of people around the world facing acute hunger to more than 250 million by the end of 2020, the UN’s World Food Programme says, its director warning of a looming “global humanitarian catastrophe.”
G20 agriculture ministers pledge to ensure “sufficient” global food supplies.
On the other hand, the pandemic is severely impacting jobs and output around the world, having a “devastating effect on workers and employers,” the International Labor Organization says.
Half of the world’s school and university students affected by class closures because of the Coronavirus — some 826 million from pre-primary to university level — do not have access to a computer for home-schooling, UNESCO says.
