Global corona infections exceed 15 million

Death toll from the virus is nearing 618,000, with recoveries topping 8.5 million according to data by Johns Hopkins University.

Worrying trends of coronavirus infection are emerging in southern Europe and in the Balkan region, Mike Ryan, head of the World Health Organization's emergencies programme, has said. "We're not out of the woods just yet in the European environment. It requires sustained vigilance," he added.

Almost a quarter of people in New Delhi have had the coronavirus, according to a study that cast serious doubt on the official numbers both in the megacity and across India.

More than 14.9 million people around the world have been diagnosed with the coronavirus, nearly 8.5 million have recovered, and nearly 616,000 have died, according to Johns Hopkins University.