The UK has recorded 980 deaths from coronavirus in a single day, its highest one-day toll since the pandemic began. Follow our live coverage here:
The global death toll from coronavirus has passed 97,000. There are more than 1.6 million known cases of infection but more than 364,000 people have recovered, according to the Johns Hopkins University tallyAustralia's Deputy Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly says Australia is probably on the cusp of slowing coronavirus to the point where it could die out
The figure, which tallies people who have died in hospital with the virus, is the highest one-day toll recorded in Britain since the pandemic began. It takes the country's overall toll to 8958.
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