The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Saturday reported 10,690,665 cases of the novel coronavirus, an increase of 181,801 cases from its previous count, and said that the number of deaths had risen by 1,364 to 243,580. 

The CDC reported its tally of cases of the respiratory illness known as COVID-19 as of 4 pm ET on Nov. 13, compared with its previous report released a day earlier. 

The CDC figures do not necessarily reflect cases reported by individual states. 

Also, Brazil on Saturday registered 38,307 new cases of the coronavirus, the Health Ministry said, bringing the total to 5,848,959. 

Deaths rose by 921 to 165,658. 

The number of confirmed new COVID-19 cases and deaths in France rose sharply in the last 24 hours, according to French health ministry data published on Saturday. 

France registered 32,095 new COVID-19 cases over the previous 24 hours to reach a total of 1,954,599. Deaths in hospitals in France from COVID-19 rose by 359 over the previous 24 hours to reach a total of 44,246 so far. 

Malaysia also reported 1,114 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, raising the total to 46,209 infections. 

The health ministry also recorded two new deaths, taking the total number of fatalities from the pandemic to 306.