Latest on COVID-19 development around the world

Brazil: The COVID-19 outbreak in hard-hit Brazil has plateaued, the World Health Organization said Friday, urging the country to seize the opportunity to drive down transmissions. Brazil registered 34,177 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus and 1,163 new deaths on Friday. Total cases in Brazil have now risen to 2,046,328 while deaths to 76,688.

Chile: The number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country has risen to 326,539, with 8,347 deaths. 98 new deaths and 2,840 new cases were registered in the last 24 hours.

Iran, which has re-emerged as the hardest-hit country in the Middle East region, reported 2,379 new cases, bringing the total number of infections to 269,440. The pandemic has so far claimed the lives of 13,791 Iranians, up by 183 in the past 24 hours. A total of 232,873 coronavirus patients have recovered, with 3,509 still in critical condition.

Argentina: The Argentine government announced on Friday that it has extended the national quarantine aimed at slowing the spread of COVID-19 to August 2. Argentina reported its first case of COVID-19 on March 3 and as of Friday, the country has reported 114,783 cases, with 2,133 deaths. 

Spain: In the last 24 hours, 628 new cases have been confirmed, of which 252 in Aragon and 121 in Catalonia. As of Friday, 28,420 people had lost their lives to COVID-19 in Spain. The number of those infected reached 260,255, and 150,376 people have recovered.

Egypt registered on Friday 703 new COVID-19 cases, raising the total infections in the country since mid-February to 86,474, said the health ministry. The death toll from the respiratory disease has reached 4,188 after 68 patients died in the past 24 hours, while  611 patients were cured and discharged from hospitals, taking the total recoveries to 27,302.

Singapore's Ministry of Health (MOH) reported 327 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, bringing the total confirmed cases in the country to 47,453. Of the new cases, three are imported cases, nine are community cases and the rest are linked with dormitories of foreign workers. Altogether 27 people have died from COVID-19.