Iran Press/ America: Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has again tested positive for coronavirus, he told reporters in Brasilia, suggesting he has yet to recover from an infection first diagnosed last week.
Since catching the virus, the president has said he remains in good health and he would resume his normal work schedule if he tested negative this week. On Wednesday he said he would get tested again in a few days.
In South Africa's coronavirus cases of crossed 300,000, the most in Africa and amongst the top 10 in the world.
Africa's most industrialized nation recorded a rise of 12,757 cases on Wednesday to reach 311,049 confirmed COVID-19 cases, its health ministry said in a late evening statement, a little over four months since the first case was confirmed in the country.
It has tested 2,278,127 people so far and has seen a total of 160,693 recoveries and 4,453 deaths, the statement said.
In the US, Florida reported 10,181 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, taking the total number of infections in the state to 301,810.
The state confirmed 112 deaths, the third time in the last seven days its eclipsed 100. The death toll stands at 4,626.
13.5 m infected to COVID-19, more than 580,000 died across the globe
As of Tuesday, Florida had the second-highest fatalities in the United States, slightly behind Texas.
Also, Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt announced Wednesday that he's the first governor in the United States to test positive for the coronavirus and that he is isolating at home.
There has been a dramatic increase in the number of people testing positive for COVID-19 in Oklahoma, with nearly 22,000 confirmed cases and 428 deaths.
in Europe, Russia reported 6,422 new coronavirus cases, pushing its confirmed national tally to 746,369, the fourth highest in the world.
Officials said 156 people had died of the virus in the last 24 hours, bringing the official death toll to 11,770.
And the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 351 to 199,726, Reuters news agency reported on Wednesday citing the latest data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases.
The reported death toll rose by three to 9,071, the tally showed.
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