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Nadeem Badshah (now) and Haroon Siddique, Damien Gayle, Caroline Davies and Helen Sullivan (earlier)
Wed 8 Jul 2020 19.39 EDT
First published on Tue 7 Jul 2020 18.56 EDTKey events
- Argentina posts daily record of cases
- Global coronavirus cases approach 12 million mark
- Brazil death toll creeps towards 68,000
- Trump’s campaign rally contributed to surge of cases in Tulsa, doctor claims
- Here are the latest developments:
- Bolsonaro vetoes plans to offer Covid-19 support to indigenous people
- Number of cases recorded in Chile passes 301,000 mark
- US hits 3 million confirmed coronavirus cases
- Summary
- New Melbourne lockdown to start shortly
- Half a million confirmed cases across Africa
- Warning of serious brain disorders in people with mild Covid symptoms
- Jair Bolsonaro says he is taking hydroxychloroquine to cure his Covid-19 infection
- Summary
- Global report: WHO says 'evidence emerging' of airborne coronavirus spread
- Australia to consider limiting returning residents, PM Morrison says
- New Zealand: man with Covid-19 absconds from quarantine for supermarket 'dash'
- Victoria reports 134 new coronavirus cases as NSW warns of border region restrictions
- Britain to reveal post-coronavirus recovery plan
- New Zealand opposition MP who leaked details of Covid-19 patients steps down
- New Zealand man left isolation facility to visit supermarket, tested positive next day
- California reports more than 10,000 cases
- Australian state of Victoria records 134 new Covid-19 cases
- Joe Biden says he would return the US to the WHO if elected
- Texas reports more than 10,000 cases
- Brazil records 1,312 new Covid-19 deaths as Bolsonaro tests positive
- US officially notifies World Health Organization of its withdrawal
- WHO acknowledges 'evidence emerging' of airborne spread of Covid-19
- Summary
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Key events
- Argentina posts daily record of cases
- Global coronavirus cases approach 12 million mark
- Brazil death toll creeps towards 68,000
- Trump’s campaign rally contributed to surge of cases in Tulsa, doctor claims
- Here are the latest developments:
- Bolsonaro vetoes plans to offer Covid-19 support to indigenous people
- Number of cases recorded in Chile passes 301,000 mark
- US hits 3 million confirmed coronavirus cases
- Summary
- New Melbourne lockdown to start shortly
- Half a million confirmed cases across Africa
- Warning of serious brain disorders in people with mild Covid symptoms
- Jair Bolsonaro says he is taking hydroxychloroquine to cure his Covid-19 infection
- Summary
- Global report: WHO says 'evidence emerging' of airborne coronavirus spread
- Australia to consider limiting returning residents, PM Morrison says
- New Zealand: man with Covid-19 absconds from quarantine for supermarket 'dash'
- Victoria reports 134 new coronavirus cases as NSW warns of border region restrictions
- Britain to reveal post-coronavirus recovery plan
- New Zealand opposition MP who leaked details of Covid-19 patients steps down
- New Zealand man left isolation facility to visit supermarket, tested positive next day
- California reports more than 10,000 cases
- Australian state of Victoria records 134 new Covid-19 cases
- Joe Biden says he would return the US to the WHO if elected
- Texas reports more than 10,000 cases
- Brazil records 1,312 new Covid-19 deaths as Bolsonaro tests positive
- US officially notifies World Health Organization of its withdrawal
- WHO acknowledges 'evidence emerging' of airborne spread of Covid-19
- Summary
Argentina posts daily record of cases
Argentina has posted a daily record of 3,604 confirmed cases of Covid-19.
The sharp rise, the first time daily cases have surpassed 3,000, took the total number to 87,030, fivefold the number at the start of June, though still well below case loads in Brazil, Chile and Peru.
Argentina’s center-left government imposed a strict lockdown in mid-March, which has been loosened in most of the country but was extended and reinforced last month in and around Buenos Aires due to a spike in cases.
The country’s death toll from the pandemic stands at 1,694.
Nigeria has passed 30,000 confirmed coronavirus cases, according to the country’s Centre for Disease Control.
Global coronavirus cases approach 12 million mark
Coronavirus cases worldwide are nearing 12 million, according to a tracker by Johns Hopkins University.
The number of cases currently stands at 11.92 million, according to the US-based university.
The US has recorded more than 3 million cases, the highest of any country, followed by Brazil with around 1.67 million cases.
Unions at Chile’s Codelco, the world’s largest copper producer, said nearly 3,000 workers had been infected with coronavirus, prompting renewed calls for more safety measures at the company’s operations.
Patricio Elgueta, president of the Federation of Copper Workers (FTC), an umbrella group for the company’s unions, told Reuters it had tallied 2,843 coronavirus infections among workers as of July 5.
“The company does not give the database to the workers, so we have to rebuild it every day in order to see how (infections) are progressing,” he said.
In Texas, the death rate has risen by 98 on Wednesday, bringing the total to 2,813 which is the biggest daily increase, according to the state health department.
In West Virginia, cases have increased by 202 to 3,707, the biggest increase since the pandemic started, a tally by Reuters found.
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