13 countries, including the UK, Canada and Brazil, call for joint action to protect economies

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The total number of global cases has surpassed 2.2 million, including more than 150,000 fatalities. More than 560,000 patients are reported to have recovered.

 

• Global coordination group urges global cooperation to limit economic impact of the pandemic
• India surpasses 13,000 cases
• Delhi government says it will compensate families of care workers who die from COVID-19
• Iran's death toll surpasses 5,000
• Spanish death toll exceeds 20,000
• Japan enters first weekend under national state of emergency
• "Millions" of masks to be produced at Australia's first mask-testing facility
• US death toll exceeds 35,000
• Canada and the US agree to keep their border closed to nonessential travel for another 30 days
• More than 19,000 cases recorded in Africa, WHO says
• Protests against public health measures continue in some US states
• Experts call for increased testing as more US states consider easing restrictions
• Ontario and Quebec constitute the majority of new COVID-19 cases in Canada
• Data suggests UK "could be at or near" the peak for new infections
• Number of hospital admissions in France reported to be declining
• Wuhan revises up coronavirus cases by 325 and death toll up by 1,290
• South Korea records fewer than 30 new cases for fifth consecutive day
• Australia establishes nation's first face mask testing facility
• Japan enters first weekend under national state of emergency
• Brazil's Bolsonaro fires health minister
• Chile plans to issues the world's first "immunity cards" for those who have recovered from COVID-19
• More than 19,000 cases reported on the African continent
• Over 4,000 people in the region have recovered, according to WHO

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