Monday, 03 August 2020_The new coronavirus has so far infected more than 17.85 million people and claimed the lives of over 685,000 others around the world, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
The death toll from the outbreak in Latin America has surpassed 200,000, after Peru reported another 191 deaths from the pandemic early on Sunday.
In Africa, South Africa has also registered 500,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the new virus. The figure represents more than 50 percent of all reported infections across the African continent.
The Australia Victoria state, meanwhile, declared a state of disaster and imposed a nightly curfew on the capital Melbourne on Sunday.
The following is the latest on the coronavirus pandemic around the globe over the past 24 hours:
Mexico records over 9,500 cases
Mexico recorded 9,556 new cases on Saturday, bringing the nationwide tally to 434,193 cases.
It also registered 784 fatalities on Saturday, bringing the total number to 47,472 deaths.
Over 45,000 new cases reported in Brazil
Brazil’s Health Ministry recorded 45,392 additional confirmed cases and 1,088 deaths caused by the disease in the past 24 hours.
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