AKIPRESS.COM - France and Italy have recorded their lowest death toll from the coronavirus in one and two weeks, respectively, Aljazeera reports. 

Spain saw its third consecutive daily decline in the number of people dying from COVID-19 as the country recorded another 674 deaths, official figures showed.

The health ministry said the number, the lowest in 10 days, brought total deaths to 12,418 since the pandemic hit Spain. The number of infections rose 4.8 percent to 130,759.

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.