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| - Here are the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis: US President Donald Trump issues calls to "liberate" Michigan, Minnesota and Virginia in a series of tweets, which are quickly rebuked by the Democratic leaders of all three states. Demonstrators in the three states have staged public rallies this week to demand an end to lockdown restrictions. There have been 2,289,500 reported COVID-19 infections around the world, from which 157,539 people have died, according to an AFP tally at 1900 GMT Saturday based on official sources. The United States has the most deaths of any country with 37,659 fatalities. Italy is the second hardest-hit country, with 23,227 dead. Spain follows with 20,043, then France with 19,323 and Britain with 15,464. Beijing hits back at growing criticism from world leaders for its handling of the pandemic, saying it did not conceal information about the illness. On Friday, China sharply raised its death toll, adding another 1,290 fatalities for the city of Wuhan where the respiratory disease first emerged, pushing the nationwide death toll up to 4,632. Trump has accused Beijing of downplaying the impact of the virus within its borders while leaders in France and Britain have also questioned China's management of the crisis. Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces the US-Canada border will stay closed for another month. Care England, Britain's largest representative body for care homes, says the number of virus deaths in Britain's care homes could be as high as 7,500, five times more than the official estimate. In Zimbabwe, celebrations and mass rallies to mark the country's 40th anniversary of independence from British colonial rule are cancelled. Buckingham Palace announces that Queen Elizabeth II will not mark her 94th birthday on Tuesday with a traditional gun salute. The true number of cases in California's Silicon Valley is at least 50 times higher than the official figure, according to a preliminary study that took blood samples from a group of residents and tested them for viral antibodies. US government scientists also report that the experimental antiviral drug remdesivir has proven effective against COVID-19 in a small experiment involving monkeys. Nearly half of the 2,300 sailors who were aboard France's aircraft carrier and support craft when an outbreak occurred at sea have tested positive for the virus, the defence minister says. With 1,760 tests conducted so far, 1,046 have come back positive. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announces an extension of the lockdown to May 9, hours after the official death toll there reaches 20,043. Restrictions on movements will be loosened slightly however to allow children time outside from April 27. The World Bank warns the pandemic could wipe out recent development progress made in poor countries. burs-eab/spm
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