New Delhi (NVI): More than 28.3 million people around the world have been diagnosed with the coronavirus, and over 9,13,000 have died from the pandemic, according to Johns Hopkins University data.
At least 19 million patients have been cured and recovered worldwide.
In the US, the total number of cases stand around 6.44 million while more than 1,92,968 people have lost their lives due to the deadly virus.
Brazil, remains number one COVID-19 affected country in Latin America, recorded 43,718 cases within 24-hours and surpassed 4.28 million.The country’s death toll stands at 1,28,000.
In addition to this, the last regions of Sao Paulo state, Brazil’s economic hub, made it to the so-called yellow phase, which allows stores to reopen.
Canada reported zero COVID-19 deaths in the past 24 hours for the first time since March, the country’s death toll from the pandemic stood at 9,163, according to public health agency data.
Meanwhile, the coronavirus death toll in Mexico has surpassed 70,000 after the government reported 534 new deaths in the past 24 hours, a grim milestone for a country among those most affected by the pandemic.
Jakarta recorded 3,737 new cases on COVID-19, bringing the total to 210,940, while the death toll reached 8,544 with 88 people succumbing to the disease in the past 24 hours.
Moreover, the rate of new coronavirus cases in Peru, Colombia and Mexico has fallen slightly in recent weeks.
Apart from this, the island country of East Asia, Japan is preparing to relax restrictions on attendance numbers for events including professional sports games. The current restriction of no more than 5,000 attendees and replacing it with an up to 50 per cent capacity rule, according to Economy Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura.
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