Latest developments on global COVID-19 pandemic

The United Kingdom's chief medical officers have agreed that the COVID-19 alert level should be lowered from Level 4 (A COVID-19 epidemic is in general circulation; transmission is high or rising exponentially) to Level 3 (A COVID-19 epidemic is in general circulation).

Russia on Friday reported 7,972 new cases, bringing its nationwide tally to 569,063. The country's coronavirus response center said 181 people had died in the past 24 hours, raising the death toll to 7,841.

Indonesia's number of cases rose by 1,041 to 43,803 on Friday. The death toll increased by 34 to 2,373.

Bangladesh reported 3,243 new cases on Friday, a dip from Thursday's high of 3,803, raising its total to 105,535. The death toll in the country now stands at 1,388 after 45 fatalities were reported in the last 24 hours.

Singapore on Friday reported 142 new cases. It now has 41,615 total confirmed coronavirus infections. One of the new cases is a prisoner held in jail and the other cases are all from foreign workers' dormitories.