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CORONAVIRUS has infected more than 5.3 million people across the world and killed over 342,000, according to a tally kept by Johns Hopkins University.

Here are the latest updates from around the world:

GERMANY

The number of confirmed coronavirus infections following a Baptist community’s service in Frankfurt has risen to at least 107, a German official has said.

Kai Klose, health minister for Hesse state, said yesterday that those infected live in Frankfurt and three other counties in the region.

The deputy head of the Evangelical Christian Baptist congregation has said that the service took place on May 10 and that it complied with rules under which authorities allowed religious services to resume at the beginning of the month.

Health officials say most of those infected appear to have caught the virus after rather than at the service.

AUSTRIA

Austria’s president has apologised after police found him at a Vienna restaurant later than restaurants are permitted to be open.

The Krone newspaper reported that police found President Alexander Van der Bellen and his wife in the Italian restaurant’s garden during a routine check after midnight on Sunday, with drinks on their table. Restaurants must close at 11pm under rules that allowed them to reopen this month. The Austria Press Agency reported that Mr Van der Bellen had expressed regret.

He said: “I went to eat with two friends and my wife for the first time since the lockdown. We were talking away and unfortunately lost sight of the time. I am truly sorry. It was a mistake.”

VATICAN CITY

Well-spaced faithful have gathered in St Peter’s Square for the first time in months for the traditional Sunday papal blessing.

They cast their gaze at the window where the pope normally addresses the faithful. Francis came to the window and waved to the people in the piazza at the end of the blessing. Pope Francis has been delivering the blessing from inside the Apostolic library during the epidemic.

RUSSIA

Russia has reported its highest one-day coronavirus death toll but also the lowest number of new infections in three weeks.

The national coronavirus task force said on Sunday that 3,541 people have died from the virus, an increase of 153. The previous high was 150.

The number of new infection cases was 8,599. Daily infection tallies of more than 11,000 were reported for several days in May. Overall, Russia has recorded 344,481 infection cases.

MUSLIMS around the world on Sunday began celebrating Eid al-Fitr, a normally festive holiday marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, with millions under strict stay-athome orders and many fearing renewed coronavirus outbreaks.

The three-day holiday is usually a time of travel, family get-togethers and lavish daytime feasts after weeks of dawn-to-dusk fasting.

But this year many can only celebrate at home with immediate family, with virus fears dampening the holiday spirit.

Indonesia has reported nearly 22,000 infections and 1,350 fatalities, the most in Southeast Asia.

Lockdown orders intended to contain the pandemic mean there will be no congregational prayers at mosques or even open fields, no family reunions, no relatives bearing gifts for children.

“This outbreak is not just dampening spirits of Eid, but also has made the tradition entirely different,” said Andieka Rabbani, a university student in Jakarta.

This year, like many Indonesians, he will only see family and friends through video calls.

Some countries, including Turkey, Iraq and Jordan, have imposed roundthe-clock holiday curfews.

But even where many restrictions have been lifted, celebrations will be