Worldwide coronavirus cases exceeded 33 million and the death toll has passed 999,000 people, according to Worldometers.

Sunday, September 27, 2020 - latest updates on COVID-19:

• China has recorded 14 new cases during the past 24 hours.

The total number of COVID-19 cases in China is 85,351, while the number of deaths is 4,634.

• Mexico's COVID-19 cases reached 726,431, in addition to 76,243 deaths.

• New York records more than 1,000 daily COVID-19 cases

"Out of 99,953 tests that were conducted on Friday, 1,005 came out positive," NY Governor Andrew M. Cuomo said in a tweet.

Overall, the health situation in New York State has improved since the beginning of the coronavirus crisis.

• Brazil COVID-19 cases exceed 4.7 million

The Brazilian Ministry of Health said that it had recorded 28,378 new cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours, in addition to 869 deaths were reported.

• Egypt confirms 111 new COVID-19 cases.

The Egyptian Ministry of Health said that 111 new COVID-19 cases have been recorded in the country, bringing the total number of cases since the start of the pandemic to 102,736.

In addition, 16 new deaths were recorded in Egypt and the COVID-19 deaths in the country now totals 5,869.

• U.S. COVID-19 infections surpass 7.2 million

The United States recorded more than 7.2 million cases and 209,177 deaths were reported since the beginning of the crisis.

• Argentina enters the list of top five countries with coronavirus cases

Reuters data showed that Argentina is now among the top five countries in the world with the most coronavirus cases, as the COVID-19 cases in the country exceeded 700,000.

• Calls in France to impose a total lockdown before Christmas

Two Nobel Prize-winning economists urged France to consider an Advent lockdown so that family Christmas celebrations can go ahead with reduced risk of coronavirus transmission.