Coronavirus, on the rise ‘exponentially’, claimed 46,000 lives including a newborn

A refrigerated truck serves as a temporary morgue near a hospital in Brooklyn, New York on April 1, 2020

The new coronavirus continued its cruel race Wednesday at an "almost exponential" speed, mowing lives around the world including that of a six-week-old baby in the United States, who has become one of the youngest of more than 46,000 victims of the pandemic.

More than 900,000 cases of Covid-19 have been recorded worldwide, including 215,000 in the United States, where the disease is progressing most rapidly. In the absence of sufficient screening capacity, these assessments are most likely far below reality.