The number of coronavirus cases in the United States has risen to over 3 million, after a daily record of 60,209 new cases. The grim milestone was passed as more states reported record numbers of new infections, and Florida faced an impending shortage of intensive care unit hospital beds.
Meanwhile, the number of infections in Latin America and the Caribbean has also risen to over 3 million. More than half of those cases are in Brazil, where they include President Jair Bolsonaro, who tested positive yesterday.
He has repeatedly played down risks of what he has called the "little flu", saying he would not be seriously affected. In the United States, the authorities have reported alarming upswings of daily caseloads in roughly two dozen