Live COVID-19 updates: Brazil reports close to 10,000 deaths from COVID-19

BEIJING, May 9 (Xinhua) -- The following are the updates on the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. 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. NEW YORK -- A five-year-old boy in New York City (NYC) has...