NEW YORK -- The U.S. state of New York lost 731 lives to COVID-19 from Monday to Tuesday, bringing the state's death toll to 5,489 while marking the deadliest 24 hours yet since the pandemic took hold here, said Governor Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday.

"Behind every one of those numbers is an individual, is a family, is a mother, is a father, is a sister, is a brother. So a lot of pain again today for many New Yorkers and they're in our thoughts and prayers," said Cuomo at his daily briefing on coronavirus. (New York-COVID-19-Update)

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BRASILIA -- Brazil on Tuesday reported the total number of COVID-19 cases has risen to 13,717, with 667 deaths, for a mortality rate of 4.9 percent.

According to the Health Ministry, 1,661 new cases of infection have been reported in the country in the past 24 hours, and 114 patients died. (Brasil-Coronavirus)

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ATHENS -- Greece is considering to tap the bond markets in the next couple of months to cover its financing needs, Finance Minister Christos Staikouras said on Tuesday.

Speaking on Open Beyond TV, Staikouras explained that the country's cash reserves can cover until June the government's extraordinary measures aimed at softening the blow on the economy from the restrictions to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus. Various instruments such as European Union funding are considered to increase liquidity, he said, adding the possibility of a bond issue. (Greece-Bond-Market)

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BRUSSELS -- A team of European doctors and nurses from Romania and Norway is being dispatched to Milan and Bergamo to help Italian medical staff battle the coronavirus pandemic, the European Union (EU) said Tuesday in a statement.

According to the statement, the medical team is deployed through the European Union Civil Protection Mechanism. Austria has also offered over 3,000 liters of disinfectant to Italy via the Mechanism. (EU-COVID-19)

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TUNIS -- The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Tunisia has risen to 623, including 23 deaths, the Tunisian Minister of Health Abdellatif Mekki announced on Tuesday.

"We will reach an alarming phase in which people will die in the streets and at the gates of hospitals if all citizens do not respect the general confinement," warned Mekki at a joint press conference with the Minister of the Interior, Hichem Mechichi. (Tunisia-COVID-19) Enditem

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