Praying the News Summary 16

Summary: Country of the Week: India
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Refugee Crisis

Remember to keep praying for refugees as they navigate a pandemic from crowded refugee camps.

Other Requests

Summary: Earthquake in Zagreb (capital of Croatia)
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Summary: 64 dead (due to suspected suffocation) in the back of a truck in Mozambique. 14 survived.
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Summary: Militants in Afghanistan storm Sikh temple.
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Covid-19 (Coronavirus) Update

Summary: Live updates: Germany bans gatherings of more than 2. 328,000 cases worldwide including 13,000 deaths and 93,000 people already recovered.
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Summary: Live updates centered on Africa.
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Summary: Live updates: 350,000 cases worldwide.
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Summary: Live updates: PRAISE: More than 100,000 recoveries.
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Summary: Live updates: 450,000 cases including 20,000 deaths and 110,000 recoveries worldwide.
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Summary: 1,300+ including 7 dead cases in Australia as they shut down non-essential work & meetings.
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Summary: 315 cases in India.
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Summary: In addition to their recent earthquake (see other requests above), Croatia has 200 cases.
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Summary: 55,500+ cases including 4,800+ dead in Italy.
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Summary: Pray for government leaders to work together to help combat the virus
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Summary: 31,000+ cases including 390 deaths in the US, with 15,000 cases in New York state alone (5% of the world's cases).
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Summary: 18,600+ cases including 55 deaths in Germany. 59,000+ cases including 5,400 deaths in Italy. There are other stats for European countries as well in this article.
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Summary: At least 23 dead and 83 injured due to unrest in prisons and an attempted breakout due to virus concerns in prison in Columbia. The 132 prisons in Columbia were meant to house 81,000 inmates, but have over 121,000. There's also over 200 cases including 2 deaths.
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Summary: 8 US states (Ohio,  Delaware, Louisiana, California, Connecticut, Illinois, New Jersey and New York) covering 31+% of the US population have issued stay at home orders to their citizens. After China & Italy, the US has the largest number of cases.
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Summary: 250+ cases including 2 deaths in Mexico.
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Summary: PRAISE: South Korea has had the lowest numbers of new cases in 4 weeks.
8,900+ cases including 100+ deaths in South Korea. Over 2,000 dead in Spain.
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Summary: 14,000+ dead worldwide. 33,000+ cases in the US.
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Summary: Pray for prisoners and prison workers as they navigate decisions related to the virus.
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Summary: Indiana governor issues stay at home orders as well, from March 25-April 7 at least. 3 other executive orders from Indiana's governor were also issued.
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Summary: It took 67 days to get to the first 100,000 cases. It took 11 days to get to the second 100,000. It took 4 days to get to the third 100,000. 367,000 cases including 101,000 recoveries and 16,100 deaths. 6,000+ dead in Italy. 2,100+ dead in Spain. 860+ deaths in France. The UN calls for a global ceasefire. Pray people and groups will comply.
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Summary: 20,875 cases in New York state alone. 12,300+ of those are in NYC alone. We went from 15,000+ cases in the US last week to 40,000+ cases this week.
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Summary: Pray for people to take the virus seriously and to follow government directives
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Summary: A large religious gathering happened in Pakistan with over 80 countries represented. Many fear this will spread the virus further.
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Summary: 43,000+ cases and 500+ deaths in US. Over a dozen states have issued stay at home orders, impacting 1 in 3 Americans (around 100 million people). 367,000 cases including 101,000 recoveries and 16,100 deaths worldwide.
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Summary: PRAISE:  The lockdown on Wuhan will be partially lifted on April 8th. Travel restrictions in the Hubei province are being lifted.
The article has stats on other Asian countries as well.
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Summary: 39,600+ cases including 2,600+ deaths in Spain.
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Summary: 382,000 cases including 16,100+ deaths and 102,000+ recoveries in 160 countries. 63,900+ cases including 6,000 deaths in Italy.
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Summary: A husband died and his wife is in critical care after they tried a variation of chloroquine used in aquariums.
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Summary: 46,500+ cases including 490+ deaths in US. The couple (see above summary) took the chloroquine variation because they were afraid of getting sick.
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Summary: India's 1.3 billion citizens are on lockdown for 21 days after the country passed 500+ cases. 2.6 billion people are on lockdown around the world as the virus has spread to 190 countries. More stats on other countries in this article.
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Summary: Nearly 40,000 cases including 2,600+ deaths in Spain.
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Summary: 25,000+ cases including 200+ deaths in New York alone. 53,000+ cases and 700+ deaths in the US (including New York numbers). 17 states have stay at home orders.
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Summary: 8,000+ cases including 400+ deaths in the UK.
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Summary: ICE detainee tests positive for the virus.
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Summary: A second country's (Spain) death toll (3,400+ deaths) has passed China's death toll (3,200+ deaths). The first country was Italy (6,800+). 47,600 total cases in Spain. 435,000 cases worldwide.
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Summary: Italy's 7,500+ deaths are more than double China's death toll.
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Summary: PRAISE: Germany has the lowest fatality rate in the world to to the virus.
Germany has 34,000+ cases including 175 deaths.
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