Highlights: 186 new coronavirus cases and 1 death reported in Delhi today

Japan is scrambling to expand testing with drive-through facilities and general practitioners helping to collect samples as the country is alarmed by rising coronavirus deaths. For weeks, Japan has limited its testing for the coronavirus, despite calls from many health experts who see testing as vital to detecting cases and slowing the spread.

Netflix has added $50 million to relief fund for production workers, reported news agency Reuters.

As many as 1,4378 people in India have been infected by coronavirus, and the death toll has reached 480, according to the health ministry website.

Brazil's mining company Vale has slashed its 2020 output forecasts, citing Covid-19 pandemic.

Precautionary measures have been put in place at all naval facilities to check the spread of coronavirus after 25 Indian Navy personnel tested positive for the virus in Mumbai on Friday. The personnel, who are undergoing treatment for Covid-19, were part of logistics establishment of Western Naval Command.

As many as 33 of 92 Covid-19 patients, more than one-third, have been cured and discharged from hospitals in UP's Gautam Buddh Nagar. No fresh case has been reported in last 24 hours, according to the official data, reported news agency ANI.

California has formed a task force to jump-start the country's economy as Covid-19 deaths surge. Death toll in the US has crossed 35,000.

Elderly residents were left soiled and unfed after caregivers flee the premises of nursing home in Montreal. As many as 31 people died there in just a few weeks, reports news agency AFP.

Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei said on Friday that a large number of the migrants on a deportation flight from the United States to Guatemala earlier this week were infected with the novel coronavirus, reported news agency Reuters.

A case was registered against a couple and their relatives for violation of coronavirus lockdown norms in Gujarat's Chikhli. "Police raided a temple in Vankal village and found 14 people who had gathered there for a wedding," said SP Navsari.

Global coronavirus death toll has crossed 150,000, reported news agency Reuters.

A pattern is emerging among Covid-19 patients arriving at hospitals in New York: Beyond fever, cough and shortness of breath, some are deeply disoriented to the point of not knowing where they are or what year it is. : AFP

Africa needs $44 billion more to fight the coronavirus pandemic despite a freeze in debt payments for many countries and massive pledges of support, says World Bank and IMF.

The Rolling Stones and a galaxy of pop performers, Hollywood megastars and sports celebrities will appear in an event to "provide a moment of global unity in the fight to end Covid-19" and support health care workers combating the pandemic. The event is being organised by the international advocacy organization Global Citizen in collaboration with the World Health Organization and superstar Lady Gaga, reported news agency AFP.

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro has sacked the country's health minister over differences on how to tackle the spread of the novel coronavirus. "This struggle to start opening up for business is a risk that I will take," he said one day after sacking the minister.