BEIJING, April 10 (Xinhua) -- The world is now in a battle against COVID-19, a disease caused by a previously unknown coronavirus that has spread to over 200 countries and regions.

The following are the updates on the contagious disease.

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VIENTIANE -- Laos has tested more 132 suspected cases, all of them negative, with the total confirmed cases standing at 16.

Lao Deputy Minister of Health, Phouthone Meaungpak told at a press conference in the capital city Vientiane on Friday that COVID-19 infected case in Laos remained at 16, as no new cases were confirmed.

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SEOUL -- A total of 91 South Koreans tested positive again for the COVID-19 after being released from quarantine with full recovery, the country's health authorities said Friday.

An epidemiological and clinical investigation was underway into 91 people who tested positive again for the COVID-19 after having been discharged from quarantine with recovery, according to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC). It was up from 74 cases that retested positive as of Thursday.

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KIEV -- The death toll from COVID-19 in Ukraine rose to 69 on Friday, as the total cases reached 2,203, the country's health ministry has said.

According to the ministry, 311 people have tested positive for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, while 61 patients have recovered.

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ULAN BATOR -- Mongolia tested 121 suspected cases of COVID-19 on Thursday and all results were negative, according to the country's National Center for Communicable Disease (NCCD).

"A total of 121 COVID-19 suspected cases, including a suspected case of COVID-19 in Zamiin-Uud soum of Mongolia's southeastern province of Dornogovi, tested negative on Thursday," Dulmaa Nyamkhuu, head of the NCCD, said at a press conference.

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JERUSALEM -- The number of novel coronavirus cases in Israel has risen to 10,095, the Israeli Ministry of Health said Friday.

The death toll of COVID-19 has reached 92 in Israel, said the ministry.

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BERLIN -- Germany has reported total 2,373 deaths of COVID-19 infection on Friday morning as the confirmed cases have risen to 113,525, according to Robert Koch Institute, the country's disease control agency.

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OTTAWA -- It took less than four months for COVID-19 to change life in Canada and it could take much longer to return to some degree of normalcy, as grim statistics released Thursday showed.

According to Canada's Public Health Agency, there could be as many as 31,850 cases and 700 deaths due to COVID-19 by April 16. As of Thursday, 20,748 cases were reported across Canada, with 509 deaths. But that projection is mild compared to what Canadians can expect in the coming months. Enditem

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