___BEIJING China on Wednesday reported reported four new confirmed coronavirus cases, one brought from abroad and three added retroactively after nucleic acid tests returned positive results.
South Africa currently has the highest number of confirmed virus cases in Africa with more than 34,000, including 705 deaths.
___BAGHDAD -- Iraqs Health Ministry is reporting a record-breaking single-day spike in confirmed coronavirus cases that it says resulted from increased testing.
The number of confirmed cases in Iraq tripled in the last two weeks as more people were tested.
However, some experts warned that a daily increase of about 9,000 confirmed cases makes a quick lifting of the lockdown dangerous.