Live updates: Worldwide coronavirus deaths top 2.5 million

SUMMARY

The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide has exceeded 113 million, with over 2.5 million deaths and more than 64 million recoveries, according to the latest data from Johns Hopkins University.

Here is the latest:

The Chinese mainlandon Saturday reported six confirmed cases of COVID-19, all from abroad.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

approved the single-dose Johnson Johnson COVID-19 vaccine

for emergency use on Saturday, the third vaccine to be greenlighted in the country after those from Pfizer and Moderna.

Cote d'Ivoire has become the second country to receive vaccines from COVAXafter Ghana. Nigeria and Honduras are both expecting the first vaccine deliveries from the schemenext month.

**French **Prime Minister Jean Castex on Saturday called on police chiefs in20 regions to reinforce surveillance to crack down on citizens flouting rules aimed at stemming the spread of COVID-19.