United States, Brazil, South Africa and India, which has reached more than one million cases over the weekend, reported the biggest increases.
A record number of new confirmed coronavirus cases were recorded across the globe on Saturday, with more than 250,000 cases reported, the World Health Organization said.
Calling the situation “critical,” she said there was no sign “that the situation is being brought under control.” She added that she would ask the justice department to consider extending the mandatory face mask requirement on public transport to include all indoor public places. Story continuesMeanwhile in Spain, which has suffered one of the worst outbreaks in Europe, authorities urged 4 million people in the country’s north-eastern region of Catalonia, including residents of Barcelona, to stay home in the strongest measure to stem virus spread since the country emerged from a nationwide state of emergency last month.
Elsewhere, Iran’s president Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday that some 25 million Iranians may have been infected with coronavirus, as the government reimposed restrictions in the capital and elsewhere.
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