Latest COVID-19 development around the world

Kuwait reported 475 new COVID-19 cases and four more deaths, raising the tally of infections to 68,774 and the death toll to 465. The country started the third-phase of restoring normal life on July 28, with labor capacity increased to no more than 50 percent and visits to social care homes allowed.

The Philippines' total number of confirmed cases surged to 112,593 after reporting a record high of 6,352 new cases on Tuesday. The number of recoveries rose to 66,049.

Iran recorded 2,751 new cases during the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of infections to 314,786, and the death toll from the virus in the country rose to 17,617 after 212 new deaths were added.

Afghanistan reported 36 newly confirmed cases, taking the country's total to 36,782 with 1,288 deaths. A total of 187 tests were conducted in the past 24 hours, of which 15 positive cases were from western Herat province and 21 positive cases from capital Kabul.

Bangladesh's total number of confirmed cases topped 244,000 on Tuesday with about 1,918 new cases reported, and deaths from the virus increased to 3,234. The fatality rate is now 1.33 percent and the current recovery rate is 57.31 percent in the country.

Indonesia reported 1,922 new cases with 86 new deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 115,056 and death toll to 5,388. Meanwhile, 1,813 more people were discharged from hospitals, bringing the total number of recovered patients to 72,050.