Spain overtook Italy for the first time on Friday for the number of confirmed coronavirus cases, but the overnight death toll fell from the previous day, providing a small glimmer of hope, Reuters reports.

Russia maintains close contact with Saudi Arabia on the oil market situation, President Vladimir Putin said on Friday, TASS reports.

Turkey confirmed Friday that 69 more people died from the coronavirus in the country over the past 24 hours, bringing the death toll to 425, Anadolu Agency reports.

The ruling Georgian Dream party members in the Georgian government as well as in the Parliament will transfer 1/3 of their monthly salaries to the StopCov fund for three months, ruling party MP Irakli Kobakhidze said.

The total volume of deposits in Azerbaijan reached 24.9 billion manat ($14.6 billion) in late February 2020, which is 11.3 percent more compared to late February 2019, Trend reports referring to the Azerbaijani Central Bank (CBA).

Italian luxury shoemaker Sergio Rossi has died aged 85 after being hospitalised with the coronavirus, the mayor of the designer’s home town said on Friday, Reut

The famous American musician of Armenian origin, the lead singer of "System Of A Down" band Serj Tankian has joined the appeal of the Azerbaijani Community of Nagorno Karabakh region of the Azerbaijan Republic, the member of the Community Samir Mammadov said in his statement to APA.

The UK has announced 684 more coronavirus deaths today, taking the total number of fatalities to 3,605, Daily Mail reports.

Moscow's Domodedovo Airport has closed its international flights' sector, the airport said in a statement published Friday, adding that this decision was made because air service with foreign nations has been shut down, TASS reports.

Over 103 million manat ($60.5 million) has been transferred to Azerbaijan’s Fund to Support Fight against Coronavirus to date, Trend reports on April 3.