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Brazil's health authorities reported 807 deaths from the novel coronavirus on Monday, taking its death toll from the virus to 23,473 fatalities. 11,687 new coronavirus cases were also detected, taking the total number of confirmed cases to 374,898. A total of 153,898 people have recovered from the virus so far. Brazil's Health Ministry revealed that the country's COVID-19 mortality rate stood at 6.3%. Sao Paolo, Brazil's capital, is the hotbed of the coronavirus pandemic in Brazil. The region reports more than 83,600 infections and 6,200+ dead. Rio de Janeiro and Seara follow, with 39,298 cases, 4105 deaths for Rio de Janeiro and 36,185 cases and 2,493 deaths for Seara.

On Wednesday, April 8, the UK's coronavirus death toll crossed the 7,000 mark, as 936 more deaths were recorded. England's National Health Service has confirmed 828 more people have died in its hospitals, aged between 22 and 103 years old. 46 of the 828 dead had no underlying health conditions. Scotland has confirmed 306 more cases and 77 more deaths, and Public Health Wales has confirmed 284 more cases and 33 more deaths. Northern Ireland confirmed 5 deaths. The sum of deaths from all four UK territories amounts to 936 deaths in 24 hours. This is the highest daily death toll from the virus recorded in the UK. The UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson who is coronavirus positive was admitted in hospital on Sunday as his condition worsened. He was moved to intensive care on Monday night as he got worse. Today, his spokesman said he is "responding to treatment" and is in a stable condition. "The PM is not working, he’s in intensive care, he has the ability to c...