The biggest increases were from the United States, Brazil, India and South Africa, according to a daily report.
He told a news briefing that the R number - the number of people each infected person goes on to infect - now appeared to be between 0.5 and 1.5 across states in Brazil."The virus is not doubling itself in the community as it was before, so the rise is not exponential," he said. But there was "absolutely no guarantee that it will go down by itself".
Mr Ryan said the health body was "very pleased" with the collaboration from Chinese officials so far - but setting up and deploying the larger team would take time. By contrast, 43 days passed between one million and two million confirmed cases in the United States, where the spread of Covid-19 eased briefly in May before accelerating again in June.Despite the rapid spread of the virus, Mr Bolsonaro has pressured local governments to lift lockdown restrictions.
Residents of Barcelona, which is one of Spain's tourism hotspots, are encouraged to shop online and only go out of home when it is absolutely essential, regional officials told a news conference.The Catalan capital - home to 1.6 million people and one of Europe's most visited cities - has seen its number of coronavirus cases jump from last week.The United States reported a daily global record of more than 77,000 new infections today, raising the total to more than 3.
Authorities in the state of Victoria, which surrounds Melbourne, said there were 423 new infections in the metropolitan area and five more in rural parts of the state. The Melbourne outbreak was initially blamed on health and security breaches at hotels where returning international travellers were under quarantine.
Health ministry data released today put the total cases recorded at 1,003,382, a jump of almost 35,000, with 25,602 deaths after an increase of 687, both new daily records.