Confirmed worldwide Covid-19 death toll passes 100,000 – as it happened
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Italy extends lockdown; death rate in Spain begins falling again; cases worldwide top 1.6m
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Argentina has extended its lockdown until 27 April - President Alberto Fernandez said in a televised address on Friday that the measure would be applied only in major cities.
Most of the population lives in metropolitan areas like Buenos Aires, Mendoza and Cordoba.
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