Brazil cases near 500,000; Pope asks world leaders to provide Covid relief; lockdown eased for clinically vulnerable in UK. Follow the latest updates
- Pope Francis calls on world leaders to provide coronavirus relief
- Global cases pass 6 million
- Senior UK adviser has broken trust in policy, say top scientists
- Trump announces severing of ties with WHO
- Coronavirus latest: at a glance
The world has passed the milestone of six million confirmed coronavirus cases, with 6,048,384 confirmed infections worldwide, according to the Johns Hopkins University tracker.
The US is the worst-affected country in terms of cases and deaths, with 1,769,776 infections and 103,685 fatalities.
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