Coronavirus update 16 April: Confirmed case numbers has passed two million worldwide | ABC News

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases worldwide has passed two million. Almost a third are in the United States. It took 83 days to reach the first million cases and two weeks for the second million.

In this update:

0:55 - The number of confirmed coronavirus cases passes two million.

1:23 - Five more residents at a western Sydney aged care home infected.

1:35 - The head of the WHO says he regrets Donald Trump's decision to halt funding.

1:49 - Germany will slowly ease restriction from next week.

2:11 - National Cabinet meets today to determine how and when students can return to school.

3:55 - National Cabinet is also looking broadly at the current restrictions in place and how long they may last.

6:01 - Efforts to control the spread of coronavirus in Australia appear to be working. NSW confirms 11 new COVID-19 infections overnight.

8:58 - World leaders have attacked Donald Trump's decision to suspend US funding for the World Health Organization.

10:38 - Donald Trump repeats claims that the WHO's opposition to his early restrictions on Chinese travellers cost lives.

11:20 - A former lawyer for the WHO has conceded that China likely concealed information about the coronavirus.

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