Latest COVID-19 development around the world

Asia

Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc agreed on Wednesday to ease the nationwide coronavirus lockdown in most parts of the country.

Singapore reported 1,016 new cases of COVID-19 infection as of Wednesday noon, taking the city state's total confirmed cases to 10,141. Singapore authorities on Tuesday extended a partial lockdown until June 1.

Malaysia recorded 50 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, bringing the cumulative total to 5,532. The total number of fatalities was up to 93 by one.

Large-scale social restrictions in Indonesia's capital Jakarta will be extended for a month until May 22. The Southeastern Asian country now has a total of 7,418 cases and a death toll of 635.

Europe

The number of UK hospital deaths from coronavirus rises to 18,100 from 17,337 as of 5 p.m. (1600GMT) on Tuesday, while the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 had risen to 133,495 as of 9 a.m. (0800 GMT) on Wednesday.

Matt Hancock, Health secretary told the Parliament on Wednesday that UK is "at the peak" of the coronavirus outbreak.

The number of people infected with the new coronavirus in Poland exceeded 10,000 on Wednesday, with the death toll reaching 404. On Monday, the government has started to relax some of the restrictions imposed during the outbreak.

Swiss death toll from the new coronavirus has reached 1,217. The number of positive tests also increased to 28,268 from 28,063 on Tuesday, 

The Netherlands said on Wednesday that confirmed cases in the country rose by 708 to 34,842, and the country's death toll stands at 4,054.

Ukraine has extended strong quarantine measures till May 11. The country has reported 6,592 infections of April 22, including 174 deaths, and 424 recovered.

Middle East

Iran on Wednesday confirmed 1,194 new cases, bringing the total number infected by the COVID-19 to 85,996, and the country's death toll has reached 5,391.

Lebanon has recorded a total of 682 coronavirus cases and 22 fatalities as of Thursday noon. So far, 108 patients have recovered.

Israel reported an increase of 384 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, bringing the total number to 14,326. The number of coronavirus deaths rose to 187 in Israel, with three new death cases in the past 24 hours.

Kuwait Wednesday recorded the largest daily spike of 168 cases. The total infections in the country are 2,248, among which 13 were fatal. A total of 443 patients have recovered.

Saudi Arabia identified 1,141 new cases, bringing its total to 12,772. Among all, 109 patients have died, and 1,812 have recovered.