Coronavirus world live updates: Los Angeles mayor orders full lockdown of city of 10 million

One of the world's most famous cities will go into full lock down mode at midnight with coronavirus cases rising in the metropolis of 10 million. 

The entire city of Los Angeles will go into enforced lockdown within hours as the city of 10 million struggles to put a lid  on the rising number of coronavirus cases.

California has 1000 of the US's 13,000 cases of COVID-19, however city officials said there was "no need for fear" and the extra precautions would be "temporary" and "will end".

It comes as Italy has now surpassed China's virus death toll - making it the deadliest outbreak in the world. A total of 3,405 people have died in Italy so far, while 3,249 deaths have been reported in China since the outbreak first began in late December.

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More than 235,000 cases of COVID-19 have now been confirmed across 160 countries, and more than 9,350 people have died. The worst outbreaks are in China, Italy, Iran, Spain and Germany.

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