Iran Press/Europe: Italy's reported the lowest number of coronavirus deaths since March 19, with 431 fatalities recorded in the last 24 hours, compared with 619 the previous day.
France reported 315 deaths in hospitals over the last day, compared with 345 the day before.
Globally, more than 114,000 people have died from the new coronavirus while nearly 422,000 have recovered, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
New York State had 758 deaths in the past 24 hours, down from 783 the day before and the third straight day of declines, Governor Andrew Cuomo said at his daily press conference.
But, the US has surpassed Italy as the country with the highest number of coronavirus deaths with more than 21,000 recorded by Sunday afternoon, according to NBC News figures.
Meanwhile, the Associated Press estimates more than 3,300 deaths in the US can be linked to coronavirus outbreaks in nursing and care homes.
Based on media reports and state health department updates, AP says there have been at least 3,323 deaths, an increase of 450 in ten days.
New York State had 758 deaths in the past 24 hours
Mainland China reported 99 new coronavirus infections, more than doubling from the previous day to reach a one-month high, as the number of single-day imported cases hit a record, official data released Sunday showed.
Turkey reported 97 new fatalities, bringing the death toll to 1,198 amid a two-day lockdown in major cities.
The country had 4,789 new cases, a 9.2% rise from 52,167 the previous day, according to data published by Health Minister Fahrettin Koca, bringing the total to 56,956.
The U.K. became the fifth country to record more than 10,000 deaths from the coronavirus. A daily increase of 737 brings the total number of Britons to die from the disease to 10,612, the Health Ministry said on Sunday.
Spain reported 619 deaths from the coronavirus on Sunday as the total number of people who have died in the country approaches 17,000.
Fewer new cases of the disease were reported than the day before. There were 4,167 new infections in the 24 hours through Sunday, pushing the total above 166,000, according to Health Ministry data.
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