COVID-19 cases top 9,500 in Belarus

Belarus reported 817 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, bringing the country's caseload to 9,590.

According to the country's health ministry, 1,573 patients have recovered, while 67 coronavirus patients suffering from chronic diseases have died.

As of Saturday, close to 140,000 tests for coronavirus infection have been conducted across the country.

The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) emerged in late 2019 in China's Hubei province, and the virus has spread to 210 countries and territories since then.

To date, COVID-19 cases surpassed 2,847,000 globally, resulting in more than 811,000 recoveries and over 197,000 deaths.

On February 11, the WHO officially named the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) as COVID-19, and on March 11, declared it a pandemic.