BEIJING, May 9 (Xinhua) -- The following are the updates on the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

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RIO DE JANEIRO -- Brazil's death toll from COVID-19 has risen to 9,897 with 751 new deaths reported in the last 24 hours, the country's Ministry of Health said on Friday.

Meanwhile, the number of COVID-19 cases reached 145,328 with 10,222 new cases registered in the last 24 hours.

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NEW YORK -- A five-year-old boy in New York City (NYC) has died from a rare syndrome potentially associated with COVID-19, raising new concerns about the pandemic's full impact on children.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said at his daily briefing that the boy died on Thursday, and there have been 73 reported cases of children with the syndrome in New York State.

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CAPE TOWN -- South Africa on Friday reported 663 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, the highest number since March 5 when the country reported its first case, raising the total number of cases in the country to 8,895.

Meanwhile, 17 more COVID-19 related deaths were reported, bringing the death toll to 178, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said in his daily update.

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BEIJING -- China saw a current account deficit in the first quarter this year due to mounting pressure from the COVID-19 epidemic.

The deficit in the current account stood at 29.7 billion U.S. dollars in the first three months, data from the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) showed Friday.

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MEXICO CITY -- Mexico reported 1,906 new COVID-19 cases and 199 more deaths during the last 24 hours, bringing the total cases in the country to 31,522 cases and the death toll to 3,160, the country's health ministry said on Friday.

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said that he will receive a proposal on Monday from his cabinet on reopening the country, including the economy.

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SAN FRANCISCO -- Leading health experts from China and the United States have agreed during a webinar to act together and follow scientific guidance in the fight against COVID-19, the event's organizer said Friday.

"They exchanged opinions and reached a very positive conclusion in the end, as Professor Barry Bloom from Harvard said that health care is local, but health research is global. The world must rely on scientific methods to deal with the pandemic. We must also use scientific methods to find the origin of the virus," said Florence Fang, co-founder of the newly-established, non-profit Global Alliance to Combat COVID-19 (GACC).

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ACCRA -- Ghana recorded 921 newly-confirmed COVID-19 cases, bringing the country's total number of cases to 4,012, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) disclosed late Friday.

The GHS said more than 50 percent of the new cases resulted from the outbreak in an industrial facility, with 533 workers out of 1,300 tested positive. Enditem

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