New Delhi (NVI): More than 30 million people around the world have been diagnosed with the coronavirus and 9,43,515 have died, according to Johns Hopkins University. Some 20.4 million people have recovered.
In the US, the number of coronavirus infections rose to 6.67 million while the death toll crossed 1,97,000 in the country.
Brazil recorded 829 new deaths due to coronavirus, bringing the total to 1,34,106. New cases rose by 36,303 to 4,455,386.
Greece reported 135 cases of coronavirus infections among migrants and refugees made homeless by a fire at a large refugee on the island of Lesbos.
Australia’s coronavirus hot spot of Victoria reported its biggest daily rise in coronavirus infections in more than a week as the state began relaxing lockdown restrictions. Victoria, Australia’s second-most populous state, reported five deaths from COVID-19 and 45 cases in the last 24 hours.
Health authorities in mainland China reported 32 new COVID-19 cases, all imported cases, marking the highest daily increase in more than a month and up sharply from nine cases reported a day earlier.
New Zealand reported no new confirmed cases of the coronavirus for the first time in more than five weeks as hopes rise that an outbreak discovered in Auckland last month has been stamped out.
One in seven cases of COVID-19 reported to the WHO is a health worker and in some countries that figure rises to one in three, according to the organisation.
-CHK
