The global number of novel coronavirus cases has passed 5.25 million with more than 339,000 deaths.
Here are the top 10 global developments this morning:
1. More than 5.28 million people around the world have been been infected with the coronavirus to date, according to Johns Hopkins University. More than 340,000 people have died globally, while more than two million people have recovered.
2. Government officials says six million Australians have downloaded a mobile telephone app that helps health authorities trace coronavirus infections.
3. Argentina extended a mandatory lockdown for the capital, Buenos Aires, until June 7, President Alberto Fernandez has announced, after the city saw a steady increase of coronavirus cases in recent days.
4. Brazil registered 965 new coronavirus deaths on Saturday, taking the total number of fatalities to 22,013, the Ministry of Health said.
5. Two fatalities from COVID-19 were reported in Greece during the most recent 24-hour period, bringing the death toll to 171, AP news agency reported quoting health authorities.
6. The University of Oxford’s COVID-19 vaccine trial has only a 50 percent chance of success as the coronavirus cases ebb in Britain, the professor co-leading the development of the vaccine told the Daily Telegraph newspaper.
7. The New York Times newspaper has devoted Sunday’s entire front page to a long list of names of people who have died in the coronavirus pandemic.
8. The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 431 to 178,281, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Sunday.
9. South Korea reported 25 more cases of the new coronavirus Sunday as health officials are trying to bring mass infections tied to Seoul’s nightlife district of Itaewon under control, Yonhap news agency reported.
10. Turkey announced 32 new COVID-19 deaths and 1,186 infections in the previous 24 hours, the highest number of the week, pushing the nation’s total cases to 55,686 and deaths to 4,308. An Eid al-Fitr weekend lockdown has been imposed.