Confirmed Covid-19 cases have surpassed 37 million globally, with over 1 million fatalities and more than 25.7 million recoveries, according to the latest tally from worldmeter.
Brazil on Saturday passed the bleak marker of 150,000 deaths from Covid-19.
The US has registered over 219,000 deaths and more than 7.9 million cases – both the highest in the world. President Donald Trump rallied hundreds of supporters for a campaign-style comeback event at the White House on Saturday, his first public appearance after contracting Covid-19.
In France, the number of new coronavirus infections jumped over 26,000 in one day for the first time since the start of the epidemic, the Health Ministry data showed on Saturday. The cumulative infection total now stands at 718,873.
In the UK, 15,166 new cases of Covid-19 were reported on Saturday, a rise on the 13,864 cases reported the day before, government data showed. The UK so far has a total of 590,844 coronavirus cases.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has said European governments must take stricter measures to reduce infection rates in order to avoid more "punishing" lockdowns, as the continent surpassed 100,000 daily cases for the first time.
The United States is the worst-hit country with 213,795 deaths from 7,665,150 cases, followed by Brazil with 149,639 deaths from 5,055,888 cases, India with 107,416 deaths from 6,979,423 cases, Mexico with 83,507 deaths from 809,751 cases, and United Kingdom with 42,679 deaths from 575,679 cases.
Czech cases spike
The Czech Republic faces the prospect of a lockdown as the growth in Covid-19 cases reach a fourth straight daily record.
The health ministry says the country of 10.7 million people had 8,618 new cases, beating Thursday's record of 5,394 and bringing the total tally to 109,374 cases with 905 deaths.
Germany, Poland tighten curbs
Germany and Poland enforce new restrictions to contain the spread of the virus.
Bars and restaurants will now close at 23:00 pm in Berlin until October 31 in a partial curfew, a measure already imposed an hour earlier in the financial capital Frankfurt.
Measures in the German capital -- with more than 400 new cases daily -- would also affect all shops except pharmacies and petrol stations, which would be banned from selling alcohol.
In neighbouring Poland, people will have to wear face masks in all public spaces after coronavirus cases hit a new record daily high of 4,280.
Trump returns to fray
US President Donald Trump will address supporters in Florida on Monday at his first rally since testing positive for Covid-19.
He will also give a public speech at the White House on Saturday on his favoured theme of "law and order", giving him an opportunity to dispel lingering doubts about his health.
More French cities under alert
Four more French cities in the north and east -- Lyon, Grenoble, Saint-Etienne and Lille -- come under maximum alert like the capital Paris, Aix-Marseille and the overseas territory of Guadeloupe
In these places, bars are closed and restaurants have to take additional safety measures that include a minimum distance between tables and registering clients' addresses to alert them if any fellow diners end up testing positive.
There are also limits on public gatherings.
N Korea says no virus cases
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un presides over a giant military parade in Pyongyang.
State broadcaster KCTV shows company after company of armed soldiers marching through Kim Il Sung square in a night-time display, with Kim smiling and joking with his generals.
Kim says "not a single person" in the North had contracted the coronavirus.
Iran imposes fines for breaches
Iran will impose fines for breaches of health regulations in the capital Tehran, President Hassan Rouhani announces.
Iran has previously held back from using fines to enforce mask wearing in public and other health protocols, but they will now be imposed.
The police, the Basij paramilitary force and health inspectors will have powers to impose the fines, which range from $1.60 for not wearing a mask to a maximum of $32.80 for businesses not observing health protocols.