BEIJING, April 4 (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.

HANOI -- Vietnam's Ministry of Health confirmed two new cases of COVID-19 infection on Saturday morning, raising the total confirmed cases in the country to 239.

One of the new cases, both Vietnamese, is a female who recently returned from Thailand and was connected with an earlier confirmed case, and the other is a male who had been to the Hanoi-based Bach Mai Hospital for treatment, which is in connection with a number of confirmed infections, Vietnam News Agency reported.

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KABUL -- Afghanistan on Saturday reported 25 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total to 299, spokesman of the country's Ministry of Public Health said.

A total of 153 suspected cases had been tested in COVID-19 laboratories in the capital city Kabul and western Herat province on Friday, spokesman Wahidullah Mayar said in a statement.

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ISLAMABAD -- According to the data updated by the Health Ministry of Pakistan late Friday night, the total number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 has risen to 2,547 in the country, with 37 deaths reported.

According to the data, the most populated eastern Punjab province is the worst-hit area with 977 cases, followed by 783 cases in southern Sindh province.

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NEW DELHI -- India's federal health ministry said Saturday morning that the death toll due to COVID-19 in India rose to 68 and the total number of confirmed cases in the country reached 2,902.

"As of 9:00 a.m (local time) today, 68 deaths related to novel coronavirus have been recorded in the country," read the information released by the ministry.

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SUVA -- Fiji reported on Saturday five more confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number to 12.

In a televised speech on Saturday afternoon, Fiji's Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama said the latest cases are two from Labasa, a city in Fiji's second largest island of Vanua Levu, one each from capital city of Suva, the third largest city of Nadi and the second largest city of Lautoka.

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WASHINGTON -- The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide has risen above 1.1 million, according to the latest tally from Johns Hopkins University on Saturday.

A total of 1,118,921 people have been diagnosed with the novel coronavirus across the world, with a death toll of 58,937, while more than 226,000 patients have recovered, showed the tally, updated by the university's Center for Systems Science and Engineering.

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KABUL -- The Afghan Ministry of Public Health on Saturday registered one new death from COVID-19, bringing the total number of fatalities to seven since the outbreak of the pandemic in mid February.

"A 73-year-old patient died of complication caused by COVID-19 in Kabul on Friday. The death toll from the infectious disease is seven now," Wahidullah Mayar, spokesman of the ministry, told reporters.