Health
WHO reports record daily increase in global coronavirus cases – Sydney Morning Herald
More than 290,000 new coronavirus cases were recorded in the past day, a new record, with the biggest increases in the US, Brazil, India and South Africa.
Cases have been on the rise also in Australia, Japan, Hong Kong, Bolivia, Sudan, Ethiopia, Bulgaria, Belgium, Uzbekistan and Israel, among others.
Last week, cases in Latin America for the first time surpassed the combined infections in the United States and Canada, a Reuters tally showed. Infections are surging in Brazil, which is second in the world behind the US in cases and deaths.
Globally there are over 17.4 million infections and nearly 675,000 deaths, according to a Reuters tally.
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