Latest COVID-19 developments around the world

Brazil exceeded 1.7 million confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus as of Wednesday, with 67,964 deaths, according to the country's Health Ministry. In the last 24 hours, Brazil registered 44,571 new cases and 1,223 more deaths, the data showed.

Chile on Wednesday reported a total of 303,083 cases. The death toll climbed to 6,573 after 139 patients died in the past 24 hours, the Health Ministry said. Some 24,807 cases are considered to be active while 271,703 patients have recovered.

Mexico on Wednesday posted a record for new coronavirus cases reported on a single day, with 6,995 cases, bringing its overall tally to 275,003, health ministry data showed. The country also recorded 782 more fatalities, bringing its total deaths to 32,796.

Argentina posted a daily record of 3,604 confirmed COVID-19 cases. The sharp rise, the first time daily cases topped 3,000, took the total number to 87,030, fivefold the number at the start of June, though still well below case loads in hard-hit neighbors Brazil, Chile and Peru. Argentina's death toll stands at 1,694.

Egypt confirmed on Wednesday 1,025 new COVID-19 infections, bringing the total cases to 78,304, said the Egyptian Health Ministry. And 75 patients died from the novel coronavirus, raising the death toll to 3,564, while 523 patients were cured and discharged from hospitals, making the total recoveries to 22,241, Health Ministry spokesman Khaled Megahed said in a statement.