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COVID-19 | Top 10 Global Developments This Sunday Morning

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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:

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Morocco announced on Saturday 925 new COVID-19 cases, raising the total tally in the North African country to 465,769.
  4. 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).
  5. Israel’s Ministry of Health reported 4,550 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, bringing the total tally in the country to 593,578.
  6. Turkey’s Health Ministry on Saturday confirmed 5,856 new COVID-19 cases, raising the total number in the country to 2,424,328.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. A total of one million French nationals have received a vaccine against COVID-19, French Prime Minister Jean Castex announced on Saturday.
  10. 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)

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