Latest COVID-19 developments around the world

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday that he might have contracted the novel coronavirus previously and he may do another test for the disease, having already tested negative for the virus multiple times weeks earlier. The country recorded 39,483 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours as well as 1,141 deaths, bringing the total deaths to 54,971.

Mexico's total confirmed coronavirus infections rose to 202,951 cases and death toll reached 25,060, according to the country's health ministry.

Italy recorded 296 fresh cases of infection from the new coronavirus in the past 24 hours across the country, but total active infections decreased to 18,303 on Thursday from 18,655 on Wednesday, said the Ministry of Health in a statement. A total of 186,725 patients have recovered (against 186,111 on Wednesday) and 34 patients succumbed to COVID-19, pushing the overall death toll to 34,678 since the pandemic officially broke out in Italy on Feb. 21.

Egypt confirmed on Thursday 1,569 new COVID-19 infections, bringing the total cases registered in the country since mid-February to 61,130, said the Health Ministry. Meanwhile, 83 patients died from the novel coronavirus, raising the death toll to 2,533, while 403 were completely cured and discharged from hospitals, increasing the total recoveries in the country to 16,338.

UK: Another 149 COVID-19 patients have died in UK as of Wednesday afternoon, bringing the total coronavirus-related death toll in the country to 43,230, the British Department of Health and Social Care said Thursday. As of Thursday morning, 307,980 people have tested positive for the disease, a daily increase of 1,118, according to the department.

Israel's number of coronavirus cases rose to 22,400 on Thursday after 356 new ones were added, the Ministry of Health said. The death toll from the virus rose from 308 to 309, while the number of patients in serious condition increased from 46 to 47, out of 186 patients currently hospitalized. The number of recoveries reached 16,007, with 67 new ones, while the number of active cases increased to 6,084, the highest since May 3.