People wait in line at a New York State Department of Health COVID-19 antibody testing center at Steve's 9th Street Market in Brooklyn, New York, the United States, on April 25, 2020. (Photo: Xinhua)

The total number of deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic worldwide has increased to 202,846 with the global confirmed cases reaching 2,896,746 as of 11 am BJT on Sunday, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University.

Current status (data as of 11 am BJT, April 26):

Chinese health authority said Sunday that it received reports of 11 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases on the mainland for Saturday, of which 5 were imported.

The United States recorded 2,494 more coronavirus deaths in the past 24 hours, according to figures reported Saturday night by Johns Hopkins University.

Spaniards will be allowed out for exercise and to take walks from next weekend, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said Saturday, in the latest move to ease one of the world's tightest coronavirus lockdowns.

Italy announced plans Saturday to set price limits on face masks and ramp up antibody testing as it nears the end of the world's longest active national lockdown.

France reported 369 more coronavirus deaths on Saturday, a drop on previous days, with the number of people in intensive care falling for the 17th day in a row.

German police arrested dozens of protesters in Berlin on Saturday for flouting the coronavirus lockdown measures they were demonstrating against.

Britain's coronavirus-related death toll officially passed the grim mark of 20,000 on Saturday after another 813 people who tested positive for COVID-19 have died in hospitals in Britain, according to the Department of Health and Social Care.

The Turkish health minister on Saturday reported 2,861 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number in the country to 107,773.

Iran's revenues from exports of petrochemical products will decrease by nearly one third as the novel coronavirus pandemic has posed an adverse effect on the international market, Press TV reported on Saturday.