Iran Press/ America: in the US the total number of infections has hit 700,000, up more than 30,000 from the previous day with few states still not reporting. The number of US deaths is hovering around 37,000.
Germany's confirmed Coronavirus cases have risen by 3,609 to 137,439, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Saturday, marking a fourth straight day of a spike in new infections.
The death toll has risen by 242 to 4,110, the tally showed.
The British government was too slow to react on several fronts to the novel Coronavirus outbreak that could cause the deaths of 40,000 people in the United Kingdom, a leading public health professor told lawmakers on Friday.
China has reported 27 new confirmed cases of Coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, as it tries to stem an upsurge in infections in a northeastern province bordering Russia.
Indonesia now has the highest number of cases and deaths in Southeast Asia
Twenty of the new cases were in Heilongjiang province, including 13 Chinese nationals who had returned recently from Russia. The land border with Russia has been closed.
The confirmed cases brought the total to 82719, of which 77,029 have recovered. Meanwhile, China's official death toll rose sharply to 4,632, reflecting a major upwards revision the previous day by authorities in Wuhan, the nation’s hardest-hit city.
From zero reported infections and fatalities in January and February, Indonesia now has the highest number of cases and deaths in Southeast Asia.
Indonesia has reported nearly 6,000 cases surpassing the Philippines. The death toll in Indonesia as of Friday was 520.
Mexican health officials have reported 578 new cases of the novel Coronavirus and 60 new deaths, bringing the country's total to 6,875 cases and 546 deaths.
Deputy Health Minister Hugo Lopez-Gatell said on Thursday the country might have nearly 56,000 people infected with the fast-spreading the Coronavirus.
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