Coronavirus-linked deaths hit 100,000 across globe

In Italy, officials employed helicopters, drones and stepped-up police checks to make sure residents did not slip out of their homes.

The worldwide death toll from coronavirus has hit 100,000 as Christians around the globe marked a Good Friday unlike any other — in front of computer screens instead of in church pews.

The death toll approached the grim milestone as some countries edged towards reopening segments of their battered economies.