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Europe's virus toll surges, world plunges into recession

Spain recorded another 832 coronavirus deaths on Saturday, following the pattern of hardest-hit Italy as the epidemic surges through Europe.

Europe was reeling from a staggering surge in coronavirus deaths Saturday, still days or weeks from what experts desperately hope will be the epidemic's peak.

Grim new tolls from Italy and Spain came as the IMF confirmed the world economy has plunged into a historic slump, and the US invoked wartime procurement powers.

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