New York has reported 731 new deaths from the coronavirus, the highest overnight jump since the beginning of the outbreak, taking its total number of fatalities to 5, 489.
Meanwhile, Spain recorded a slight increase in the daily death toll of coronavirus for the first time in five days, with 743 people succumbing overnight.
Japan declared a state of emergency on Tueasday amid a spike in coronavirus cases, as Singapore began a partial lockdown and other countries extended stay-at-home orders to curb the spread of the disease.
