New Delhi (NVI): Around 6.6 million coronavirus cases have been confirmed around the world with more than 3,89,000 deaths, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
With more than 34,000 deaths, Brazil now has the third-highest toll in the world after it recorded nearly 1,400 fatalities in the last 24 hours. The total number of coronavirus cases have also surpassed 6,00,000 mark in the country with the tally being at 6,14,941.
In the US, more than 1.87 million confirmed cases have been reported including at least 1,08,000 deaths.
Meanwhile, Mexico has more than 1,05,600 total cases after 4,442 new infections were reported in a single day – its largest single-day increase to date.
Iran marked its highest daily jump since the beginning of the coronavirus outbreak with 3,574 coronavirus cases. The figures marked the third consecutive day that the country recorded more than 3,000 daily new infections.
Turkey is set to impose a weekend curfew in 15 cities to curb the spread of the virus.
South Korea reported 39 new cases of the coronavirus over a 24-hour period, a continuation of an upward trend in new infections in the country. The new figures have took the country’s total to 11,668 cases, with 273 deaths.
China reported five new confirmed coronavirus cases, all of them brought by Chinese citizens from outside the country. China has reported a total of 4,634 deaths and 83,027 confirmed cases since the virus was first detected in the central Chinese city of Wuhan late last year.
On a positive note, Frank Bainimarama, the Prime Minister of Fiji, said all coronavirus patients in the Pacific island nation have now recovered.
