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Brazil registered 692 new coronavirus deaths on Monday, bringing the total death toll to 58,314, the Ministry of Health said. The confirmed cases rose by 24,052 to reach 1,368,195, the second biggest number in the world trailing the United States.

Chile on Monday reported 275,999 positive cases for the novel coronavirus in total. The death toll climbed to 5,575 after 66 more people died in the previous 24 hours, and tests detected 4,017 new cases of infection, with 3,092 showing symptoms and 432 presenting no symptoms despite testing positive.

Israel reported 686 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, the highest daily number since April 2, taking the tally to 24,441. The number of deaths increased from 318 to 319. Earlier on Monday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Israel Katz announced a two-billion-shekel (580 million U.S. dollars) aid package to help businesses affected by the coronavirus.

Iran, the hardest-hit country by the COVID-19 pandemic in the Middle East, reported 2,536 new cases, lifting the total number of infections to 225,205. The pandemic has so far claimed 10,670 lives, up by 162 in the past 24 hours. A total of 186,180 patients have recovered while 3,037 remain in critical condition.

Egypt's coronavirus cases reached 66,754 after 1,566 new infections were found. The Egyptian Health Ministry also reported 83 more deaths and 412 cases of recoveries, pushing the death toll to 2,872 and the total recoveries to 17,951.

Saudi Arabia announced 3,943 new cases and 48 more deaths, raising the total number of confirmed cases to 186,436 and the death toll to 1,599. It also reported 2,363 more recovered patients, taking total recoveries to 127,118.