Global deaths top 81,000; Ireland likely to extend lockdown

Liz Main, Bo Seo, Natasha Rudra and Timothy Moore

Updated Apr 8, 2020 – 6.50am, first published at Apr 7, 2020 – 7.16am

Key Points

COVID-19 cases are up 110, or 1.9 per cent, to 5908. The death toll has risen to 48.
Globally, 1.41 million people have tested positive for the virus, and more than 81,100 have died.
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6.50AM – Apr 8, 2020

Jack Dorsey pledges $US1b to virus relief efforts

Jack Dorsey is devoting $US1 billion ($1.6 billion) of his stake in Square Inc, the payments firm he co-founded, to help fund coronavirus relief efforts.

"After we disarm this pandemic, the focus will shift to girl's health and education, and UBI," Dorsey said Tuesday in a tweet, referring to universal basic income. The pledge represents about 28 per cent of his wealth.

Dorsey, also co-founder of Twitter, has a net worth of about $US3.9 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

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