<span style="color: #222222;">Hundreds of millions of people worldwide kicked off the weekend under a coronavirus lockdown, as the global death toll accelerated sharply and the World Health Organization warned young people they were not invincible.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />''The pandemic has completely upended lives across the planet, sharply restricting the movement of huge populations, shutting down schools and businesses, and forcing millions to work from home — while many have lost their livelihoods entirely.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' While President Donald Trump insisted the United States was winning the war against the virus, individual states dramatically ramped up restrictions, with New York and Illinois joining California in ordering residents to stay home.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' The virus death toll surged past 11,000 worldwide, with 4,000 alone in worst-hit Italy where the daily number of fatalities has shot up relentlessly over the past week.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' While the elderly and those with pre-existing medical conditions are the hardest hit by the virus, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned that young people were also vulnerable.<br />''<br />''With virus fears gripping the United States, its largest state California with over 1,000 cases and 19 deaths, told its 40 million residents to stay at home.</span><br />