Latest COVID-19 developments around the globe
South Korea reported 67 more cases as of Friday, raising the country's total number of infections to 12,373. The death toll remains unchanged at 280.
India Saturday morning reported 375 new deaths and 14,516 new positive cases in the past 24 hours, taking number of total deaths to 12,948 and cases to 395,048. This is the highest single day spike in the country so far.
New Zealand reported two new confirmed cases on Saturday, a couple in their 20s who returned from India on a direct repatriation flight and arrived on June 5. The total number of confirmed cases in the country was 1,159, while the death toll remained at 22.
Iran's total confirmed cases rose to more than 200,000 officials said Friday, re-emerging as the hardest-hit country by the COVID-19 pandemic in the Middle East with 200,262 infections.
South Africa on Friday reported 94 coronavirus fatalities in the past 24 hours, the highest daily death toll which brought the total nationwide deaths to 1,831. The total number of confirmed cases in the country rose to 87,715, an increase of 3,825 from Thursday.
Costa Rica's government will halt the reopening of the country's economy due to a recent increase in the number of coronavirus cases. The total number of confirmed cases in the Central American country now stands at 2,058. Twelve people have died from the disease so far.
Coronavirus deaths in Mexico surpassed 20,000 on Friday after 647 new fatalities and 5,030 new confirmed cases were found. Total cases in the country now stand at 170,485, with 20,394 fatalities.
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 601 to 189,135, data from the Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases showed on Saturday. The reported death toll rose by 11 to 8,883, the tally showed.
(With input from agencies)