Spain's coronavirus death toll surged to over 40,000 on Wednesday with infections passing the 1.4 million mark, while the rate of new cases continued to grow, health ministry data showed.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday warned of a second coronavirus wave following a surge of infections in a southern province in the continent's worst-affected country.
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Italy on Wednesday passed the symbolic one million mark, while almost 43,000 people have died, according to official data.
Havana's airport will resume commercial flights from Sunday, nearly eight months after authorities shut Cuba's main international gateway to shield the island nation from the coronavirus pandemic.
Vanuatu reported its first Covid-19 case Wednesday, ending the Pacific island nation's status as one of the few remaining virus-free countries in the world.
At least eight laborers were killed and several others injured after the roof of an under-construction building collapsed in the western Indian state of Rajasthan, police said Wednesday.
The United States on Tuesday far exceeded its previous daily record of new Covid-19 cases, adding 201,961 cases in 24 hours, according to the tally compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
The longtime Palestinian chief negotiator in Middle East peace talks, Saeb Erekat, has died after contracting the coronavirus last month. He was 65 years old.