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Coronavirus live news: Europe cases continue to rise as Victoria sees fewest in two months

France racks up post-lockdown high in new infections; Australian state sees 18 deaths and 94 cases; India sets new daily record with more than 77,000 cases. Follow all the updates live

Mexico’s health ministry on Friday has reported 5,824 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infections and 552 additional fatalities, bringing the total in the country to 585,738 cases and 63,146 deaths.

The government has said the real number of infected people is likely significantly higher than the confirmed cases, Reuters reports.

Great exclusive here from my colleague Michael McGowan:

Federal Nationals MP Anne Webster has quietly launched defamation action against an Australian conspiracy theorist who claimed the MP was “a member of a secretive pedophile network” who had been “parachuted into parliament to protect a past generation of pedophiles”.

Related: Australian MP takes on conspiracy theorist in court but experts don't know where to begin with online battle

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