COVID-19 Global Roundup: How new coronavirus cases reach 'all-time high'?
Globally, the number of new coronavirus cases has reached a record high on Sunday at 212,326 cases in the last 24 hours, the WHO data showed, breaking the previous record of 190,566 that set on June 28.
With the United States, Brazil, and India showing the biggest increases, more than 11 million coronavirus cases have been recorded, and nearly 534,000 people have died so far around the world since the pandemic began, with around 5,200 of those deaths reported in the last 24 hours.
New cases reached an all-time high as many countries eased restrictions.
The biggest increase reported occurred in North and South America, which saw over 129,000 new cases in the last 24 hours, bringing the total in the region to nearly 5.58 million. Southeast Asia had 27,947 new cases with India climbed to the forth and Bangladesh seeing the biggest increases in the region, while Australia is to close the border for the first time in one hundred years.
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