Coronavirus live news: Global cases pass 6 million as Brazil sees record one-day increase

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1.25am BST

Brazil has nearly 500,000 cases, after a record one-day increase.

Brazil registered a record 33,274 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Saturday, its health ministry said, raising the total to 498,440 in a country with one of the world’s worst outbreaks.

1.19am BST

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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