Latest on the global COVID-19 pandemic

India's COVID-19 tally reached 7,494,551 on Sunday as 61,871 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours. As many as 1,033 deaths since Saturday morning took the death toll to 114,031. For the past two days the number of active COVID-19 cases has fallen below the 800,000-mark, the first time in the past one and a half months.

Germany's COVID-19 cases rose by 5,587 to 361,974 over the past 24 hours, and the death toll from the disease went up by 10 to 9,777. Germany recorded on Saturday 7,830 new infections of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, the highest daily spike since the pandemic began.

New Zealand reported three new cases of COVID-19 including one new community case on Sunday. The new community case is a man working on ships at ports. However, the source of this man's infection is still under investigation. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said there was nothing in the latest case to suggest there was a need to move restriction levels.

Thailand reported three additional locally transmitted cases of the coronavirus on Sunday, a day after reporting its first  local infections in more than a month. The three new patients are family members of two Myanmar nationals who previously tested positive for the virus this week in the country's northern province bordering Myanmar. In total, Thailand has reported 3,686 cases of the virus and 59 deaths.

Mexico's health ministry reported on Saturday 5,447 more cases of the novel coronavirus and 355 more deaths in the country, bringing the official number of cases to 847,108 and the death toll to 86,059. Health officials have said the real number of infected people is likely significantly higher than the confirmed cases.

(With input from Xinhua, Reuters)