Global deaths:10,038; confirmed cases:2,50,650; recovered:86,035; Italy death toll surpasses China

Italy's death toll from its coronavirus epidemic has now reached 3,405, eclipsing the 3,245 coronavirus-related deaths in China, now the world's second highest. Although Italy registered fewer deaths than the day before, it announced over 5,000 new cases on Thursday.

Prince Albert of Monaco and Michel Barnier, the European Union's chief Brexit negotiator, both announced positive coronavirus tests on Thursday, the latest in a string of high-profile figures to contract COVID-19. Foreign Policy is keeping track of the world leaders who have been struck by the coronavirus with a running list, updated daily. There have been more than 10,000 deaths around the world, roughly two-thirds of which have occurred in China and Italy, and more than 240,000 cases of the virus have been confirmed. There have been 205 deaths in the US, 144 in the UK and seven in Australia, as a result of the outbreak.

Figures released in China on Friday morning say that the country has gone a second successive day without recording any new locally transmitted cases.

The death toll in Spain has surged to 1,002 – climbing by 235 deaths in the past day – as the country scrambles to contain an epidemic that has spiralled into one of the worst in Europe. The latest statistics from the country's Health Ministry showed 19,980 confirmed cases of Covid-19 across the country.

Iran's death toll has risen to 1,433, the state TV reported Friday. Deputy Health Minister Alireza Reisi told the state TV that another 149 people died of the virus over the last 24 hours. With 1,237 new cases in a day, the total number of confirmed cases hit 19,644, he added. A total of 6,745 people have been discharged from hospitals after recovering from the virus, the official added.

The first case of coronavirus in Iran was confirmed in Qom province on Feb. 19.