The US continues to lead the world in the number of infections and deaths, followed by Spain and Italy. New York recorded 1,384 new hospitalisations on Saturday, down from 1,915 on Friday, according to Governor Andrew Cuomo.Deaths rose by 507 on Saturday compared to an increase of 540 a day earlier.
(SPAIN)Spain’s death toll from the new coronavirus outbreak rose by 410 on Sunday, down from 565 on Saturday, the Health Ministry said, bringing the total to 20,454 deaths in one of the world's hardest hit countries.The number of overall coronavirus cases rose to 195,944 on Sunday from 191,726 on Saturday, it added.This is the lowest number of daily deaths since March 22.
On Saturday night, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced in an address to the nation his plans to extend the lockdown until May 9. From there, he said there would be a “cautious and progressive” relaxation of quarantine measures.
(Germany)Germany's confirmed coronavirus cases have risen by 2,458 to 144,406 , data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Sunday.
That was lower than a 3,609 increase reported on Saturday, when cases of infections had been increasing for four days in a row.The reported death toll has risen by 184 to 4547, the Sunday tally showed.
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Britain's hospital death toll from COVID-19 rose by 596 to 16,060 as of 16:00 GMT Sunday, the smallest increase in nearly two weeks, the health ministry said.Britain is not considering lifting the lockdown imposed almost four weeks ago to control the coronavirus outbreak given "deeply worrying" increases in the death toll, a senior minister said.
Britain is at or near the peak of a health crisis in which more than 16,060 people have died - the fifth-highest national death toll of a pandemic linked to at least 1,61,330 deaths worldwide.While infected people increased to 1,21,172
Cabinet Office minister Michael Gove said a BuzzFeed report that the government was considering lifting the lockdown in phases over the coming months was not correct.
"The facts and the advice are clear at the moment that we should not be thinking of lifting of these restrictions yet," Gove told Sky News.
(Canada)
The COVID-19 pandemic has so far infected more than 8,200 people across Pakistan and left over 160 dead.The total number of coronavirus-related deaths in Canada rose by just under 12 percent to 1,506 in a day, according to official data posted by the public health agency.
In a statement posted shortly before 15:00 GMT, it said the number of people diagnosed with the coronavirus climbed to 33,922. The respective figures on Saturday were 1,346 deaths and 32,412 positive diagnoses.
(Italy)Italy said that deaths from the coronavirus pandemic rose by 433, the lowest daily tally in a week, and the number of new cases slowed to 3,047 from a previous 3,491.
The death toll as reported by Italy's Civil Protection Agency had risen by 482 on Saturday, down from 575 on Friday.
(FRANCE)France recorded 395 more deaths, bringing the total to 19,718, as the pace in fatalities continued to slow and the number of patients in intensive care decreased.
France's public health chief Jerome Salomon told a news briefing that the total number of people in intensive care units fell for the 11th day in a row, to 5,744 - the lowest level since March 30.
(Qatar)Qatar's Health Ministry reported 440 new cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours bringing the total number of people currently undergoing treatment to 4,922.So far eight people have died in total from COVID-19.
(CHILE)Chile has reported a total of 133 deaths, the health ministry said.Chile reported over 10,000 cases of coronavirus, the third-highest tally in Latin America.
RUSSIA) Russia on Saturday confirmed 6,060 new cases of the coronavirus, bringing the tally to 42,853 in the country.
In a statement, the emergency team said 43 percent of the new cases did not have clinical symptoms.
The death toll from the coronavirus in the country reached 361 as 48 more people died over the past 24 hours.
(Japan)The Japanese health ministry said 568 new cases of the coronavirus were reported on Saturday, bringing the domestic total to 10,361. A combined total including 712 others from a cruise ship quarantined near Tokyo earlier this year came to 11,073, with 174 deaths.
Indonesia)Indonesia reported 327 new coronavirus cases, taking the total number of infections to 6,575.Health ministry official Achmad Yurianto also reported 47 new deaths, taking the total to 582.
