New Delhi (NVI): More than 22.6 million people have been diagnosed with COVID-19 around the world, and more than 14.4 million have recovered. More than 7,93,500 people have died, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
In the US, the number of infections have crossed 5.57 million while the death toll is nearing 1,75,000 in the country.
Brazil reported 45,323 new cases of the novel coronavirus and 1,204 deaths from the disease caused by the virus in the past 24 hours. The country has now registered 3,501,975 cases of the virus since the pandemic began, while the official death toll from COVID-19 has risen to 1,12,304.
Meanwhile, the number of COVID-19 deaths in Latin America surged past 2,50,000 on Thursday.
The French health ministry reported 4,711 new coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours, a new post-lockdown record and a level last seen during the height of the epidemic in France.
Australia’s Victoria reported its lowest number of new infections in five weeks, logging 179 new cases in the past 24 hours, compared with 240 a day earlier and down from over 700 two weeks ago.
New Zealand reported nine new locally transmitted coronavirus cases, and put off a decision about easing restrictions in its biggest city of Auckland to next week.
Germany confirmed 1,707 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, the highest daily toll since April.
Japan plans to ease its COVID-19 entry restrictions on foreign nationals with resident visas starting next month.
Health authorities ordered residents of Sittwe, the capital of Myanmar’s Rakhine state, to stay at home after detecting three more locally transmitted cases.
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