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Mon Sep 14, 2020, 05:03 PM Sep 2020

WHO reports highest one-day increase in global coronavirus cases since pandemic began

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The World Health Organization on Sunday reported the highest one-day increase in coronavirus infections since the pandemic began: more than 308,000 new cases. India, the United States and Brazil logged the largest numbers of new infections on Sunday.

The WHO also warned that Europe will see a surge in coronavirus-linked deaths in the fall as new infections have been soaring over the past weeks to levels not seen since the spring.

Here are some significant developments:

-At least 190,000 people have died of the coronavirus in the United States. More than 6,488,000 cases have been detected since February.

-President Trump held a campaign rally for a massive and at times maskless crowd in the city of Henderson, Nev., on Sunday night, despite a statewide ban on indoor event


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