Live updates: Global COVID-19 cases exceed 84 million

Confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide have surpassed 84 million, with over 1.8 million fatalities and more than 47 million recoveries, according to the latest data from Johns Hopkins University.

Here is the latest:

TheChinese mainlandon Friday recorded 22 new COVID-19 cases, including eight local infections. Shanghai has identified in an

imported case

the COVID-19 virus variant detected in the UK.

Japan will consider issuing

a new emergency declaration

after governors in the capital region urged action to tackle a record surge in cases.

India on Friday approved a vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University for emergency use, the first in the country.

The U.S. has recorded over 20 million cases with more than 347,000 deaths. Florida became the third known U.S. state to detect the highly contagious COVID-19 strain circulating in the UK.

The World Health Organization on Thursday approved

Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine

for emergency use, making it the first jab to receive emergency validation from the organization.