A virtual audience this year and a lot. Of as welcome corona virus infections confirmed worldwide have now passed 1500000 with the death toll approaching 90000 some countries hope the worst may soon be over after seeing sustained drops in new cases but others are seeing fresh outbreaks hungary has discovered more than 100 infections at a senior cas center in the capital city budapest russia has seen a record daily spike in confirmed virus cases nearly 1500 new infections spains Prime Minister says the country may be nearing the peak of its epidemic lawmakers there are set to vote on extending lockdown measures by another 2 weeks and in germany the death toll climb past 2100 today while the number of confirmed infections as risen to more than 108000. Those figures roughly equal to a death rate of 1. 9 percent which is remarkably low in comparison to other western nations the german anomaly has puzzled scientists among the answers the high number of tests carried out and the country is a