The overall number of global coronavirus cases has crossed the 98.72-million mark, while the deaths have increased to more than 2.1 million, according to Johns Hopkins University data.
Here are the top 10 developments this morning:
- The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the African continent reached 3,393,591 as of Saturday evening, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said.
- France on Saturday reported 23,924 new cases of COVID-19 infection in a 24-hour span, raising the country’s cumulative number of confirmed cases to 3,035,181, official data showed.
- Morocco announced on Saturday 925 new COVID-19 cases, raising the total tally in the North African country to 465,769.
- COVID-19 deaths in Portugal passed the 10,000 mark Saturday after a record 274 fatalities were counted in the past 24 hours, according to the Directorate-General for Health (DGS).
- Israel’s Ministry of Health reported 4,550 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, bringing the total tally in the country to 593,578.
- Turkey’s Health Ministry on Saturday confirmed 5,856 new COVID-19 cases, raising the total number in the country to 2,424,328.
- The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday announced that it had reached an agreement with Pfizer/BioNTech for 40 million doses of their COVID-19 vaccine delivering to poor countries under its COVAX initiative next month.
- Myanmar reported 507 new COVID-19 infections and 14 more deaths in the past 24 hours, according to a release from the Health and Sports Ministry on Saturday.
- A total of one million French nationals have received a vaccine against COVID-19, French Prime Minister Jean Castex announced on Saturday.
- The Qatari health ministry on Saturday announced 251 new COVID-19 infections, raising the total number of confirmed cases in the Gulf state to 148,772, the official Qatar News Agency (QNA) reported.
(With ANI inputs)