Note: The news under this section are according to official reports in these countries; the numbers might not necessarily correspond to the data in the Global table, at the top of this article, which is calculated based on Beijing 24 hours time zone at around 10:00 AM.
Spain reported 5,756 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, taking the country's total tally to 152,446. The death toll has risen to 15,238 from 14,555, its health ministry said on Thursday. Speaking earlier on the day, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said the country's latest coronavirus data is encouraging and is close to the beginning of a decline in the epidemic.
Sweden reports large increase in deaths for second day:
Sweden has reported a rise in the daily death rate from coronavirus of at least 100 for two days in a row, taking the total number of dead to 792. Sweden has not implemented a nationwide lockdown like other European countries. Instead they are asking those aged 70 and over to stay at home and for other to observe respected levels of social distancing, but public meeting places such as bars and restaurants are open.
Britain's coronavirus death toll rose by 881 to 7,978 people as of 16:00 GMT on April 8, Foreign Minister Dominic Raab said. As of 08:00 GMT on April 9, a total of 243,421 had been tested, of which 65,077 tested positive, Raab said, speaking at the government's daily news conference. Raab warned that the country hadn't "yet reached the peak of the virus".
New York: The US' coronavirus epicenter of New York recorded a new single-day high of 799 COVID-19 deaths, outdoing the previous high of 779 announced on Wednesday, but Governor Andrew Cuomo said the rate of hospitalisations continued to fall.
Italy: The total number of confirmed cases in Italy rises to 143,626, while the death toll rises by 610 to a total of 18,279.
Russia reported a record one-day rise in cases of novel coronavirus, pushing the official tally to more than 10,000, a day after President Vladimir Putin said the coming weeks would prove decisive in the fight against the virus. The number of cases jumped by 1,459 and 13 more people died, the national coronavirus crisis response centre said on its website. That brings the overall death toll to 76.