These are some of the latest developments Wednesday in the world's coronavirus pandemic:NUMBER OF WORLDWIDE CASES TOPS 200,000 The number of people infected worldwide surpassed the 200,000 mark. Deaths topped 8,000, but the number of people considered recovered reached over 82,000, according to a tally kept by Johns Hopkins University. The countries with the most confirmed cases were China, Italy, Iran, Spain and Germany. The countries with the most confirmed deaths were China, Italy, Iran, Spain and France.GOVERNMENTS GRAPPLE WITH BORDER CLOSURES Governments grappled with how to implement border closures and lockdowns that caused transportation chaos and imperiled economies but which authorities said y are needed to slow the spread of the virus. European Union leaders agreed to
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