Italy, France record lower coronavirus deaths: Live updates

France records 357 deaths, lowest daily increase in a week; Italy reports 525 deaths, the lowest in more than two weeks.

by Usaid Siddiqui & Mersiha Gadzo

 France and Italy have recorded their lowest death toll from the coronavirus in one and two weeks, respectively.

Meanwhile, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was taken to a hospital for tests after showing persistent symptoms of coronavirus 10 days after testing positive for the virus.

After President Donald Trump warned the United States is entering what could be its "toughest" week yet, New York reported 594 new deaths and 8,327 coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours.

Globally, the death toll surpassed 68,000, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University, and the number of infections rose above 1.26 million.

Coronavirus: Which countries have confirmed cases?

Over 1.3 million infections are confirmed in at least 184 countries and territories, including more than 74,000 deaths.

New cases of the novel coronavirus that emerged in the central Chinese city of Wuhan in late December are being reported daily around the world.

More than 74,000 people have died from COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, while some 1.3 million infections have been confirmed in at least 184 countries and territories. More than 280,000 people have recovered to date