New Delhi (NVI): More than 26.2 million people around the world have been diagnosed with the coronavirus, and at least 8,68,000 have died, according to Johns Hopkins University. Some 17.3 million people have recovered.
In Brazil, the coronavirus infections surpassed the 4 million-mark while the number of fatalities are nearing 1,25,000.
Mexico’s health ministry on Thursday reported 5,937 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infections and 513 additional fatalities, bringing the total in the country to 6,16,894 cases and 66,329 deaths.
In the US, the total number of COVID cases have exceeded 6.15 million while the death toll has crossed 1,86,000 in the country.
More than 1,00,000 people in Spain have tested positive for the novel coronavirus over the past two weeks, according to the ministry of health. Nearly 9,000 new coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours were added to the tally that has surged to 4,88,513 confirmed cases.
The confirmed death toll from the coronavirus passed 50,000 in the Middle East, based on official numbers provided by health authorities.
France has registered more than 7,000 new coronavirus infections over 24 hours for the second time in two days, the health ministry said, just shy of a 7,578 record set on March 31, while hospitalisations for the virus also rose again. The health ministry reported that the cumulative total of confirmed cases rose to 3,00,181, up by 7,157.
Norway has said it will impose a 10-day quarantine on all people arriving from Italy and Slovenia from September 5 due to rising numbers of COVID-19 cases in those countries.
The United Kingdom has recorded 1,735 daily confirmed cases of COVID-19, according to government data published on Thursday, up from 1,508 a day earlier and the highest since June 4.
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 782 to 2,46,948.
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