SAO PAULO, June 2 — Brazil has registered a single-day increase of 623 Covid-19 deaths, raising the national death toll to 29,937, reported Xinhua news agency, quoting the health ministry on Monday.

ANKARA, May 31 — The total number of global confirmed Covid-19 cases surpassed six million late on Saturday, Anadolu Agency reported according to a running tally by the US-based Johns Hopkins University.

NEW DELHI, May 29 — India has confirmed 7,466 new cases of the coronavirus over the past 24 hours, which brings the total toll of those infected to 165,799, the country's Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Friday, reported Sputnik News Agency.

PUTRAJAYA, May 28 — The Office of the Malaysian Consulate General in New York has yet to receive any official report from any American agency about Malaysians who have been infected or died from Covid-19 in America, said Wisma Putra.

DUBAI, May 28 — The number of coronavirus cases in the six Gulf Arab states doubled in less than a month to surpass 200,000 yesterday, according to a Reuters' tally, at a time the region's two biggest economies move to resume activity.

WASHINGTON, May 28 — The novel coronavirus has killed more than 100,000 people in the United States, according to a Reuters tally yesterday, even as the slowdown in deaths encouraged businesses to reopen and Americans to emerge from more than two months of lockdowns.

BANGKOK, May 27 — Thailand today reported nine new coronavirus infections, bringing its total to 3,054 confirmed cases.

SEOUL, May 27 — South Korea reported the highest daily number of new coronavirus cases in 49 days today, as one of the country’s largest e-commerce companies battled an outbreak linked to a now-shuttered logistics facility.

NEW YORK, May 27 — Asian shares shed some of their recent gains today as investor concerns about rising tensions between the United States and China tempered optimism about a re-opening of the world economy.

ANKARA, May 21 — Global coronavirus recoveries crossed the 1.9 million mark on Thursday, according to a running tally by the US’ Johns Hopkins University.

SHANGHAI, May 21 — China recorded two new coronavirus cases for May 20, down from five a day earlier, the National Health Commission (NHC) reported today.

ANKARA, May 20 — The global tally for novel coronavirus infections surpassed 4.9 million on Wednesday, according to a running tally by US-based Johns Hopkins University.

RIO DE JANEIRO, May 20 — The death toll from the novel coronavirus disease in Brazil has risen by a record 1,179 people over the past 24 hours to 17,971, the country's Health Ministry said.

YANGON, May 20 — Myanmar authorities said on Tuesday said they have found eight coronavirus cases among scores of people who returned from Malaysia, where the authorities have recently been detaining undocumented migrants.

ANKARA, May 19 — The global tally for novel coronavirus infections surpassed 4.8 million late Monday, according to US-based Johns Hopkins University.

BEIJING, May 19 — China reported six confirmed coronavirus cases for May 18, including a new case in Wuhan, the health authority said today, compared to seven a day earlier.

GENEVA, May 19 — The head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) said yesterday that he would initiate an independent evaluation of its handling of the coronavirus pandemic at the “earliest appropriate moment” and vowed transparency and accountability.

NEW YORK, May 18 — Confirmed Covid-19 cases worldwide topped 4.7 million on Sunday, reaching 4,708,415 as of 6.32 pm (2232 GMT), reported Xinhua news agency, according to data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University.

SHANGHAI, May 18 — China reported seven new confirmed coronavirus cases for May 17, up from five a day earlier, the country's health authority said today.

SHANGHAI, May 13 — China reported seven new coronavirus infections on the mainland yesterday, versus one a day earlier, the national health authority said today, with six local cases in northeastern Jilin province and one imported case in Shanghai.