Coronavirus live news: Bolsonaro says he may have had Covid-19 as cases rise in 27 US states

Mike Pence to hold first coronavirus task force briefing in weeks on Friday; Texas pauses next phase of reopening; Brazil registers 39,483 new cases; Follow the latest updatesBolsonaro says he may have had coronavirusCases rise in 27 US states More than 20m Americans could have contracted Covid-19, experts sayEngland: major incident declared as people flock to south coastSee all our coronavirus coverage 2.44am BST Mexico pushed past 25,000 reported coronavirus deaths and 200,000 confirmed cases Thursday, as the treasury secretary said he tested positive and would self-isolate while working from home, AP reports. The Health Department reported 6,104 newly confirmed infections, one of the highest 24-hour counts so far. That brought the country’s confirmed cases to 202,951. Deaths increased by 736, bringing the total since the pandemic began to 25,060. Only Brazil and the United States have higher death tolls in the Americas.Treasury Secretary Arturo Herrera said he had only minor symptoms and planned to self-isolate as he continued to work from home. It was unclear how recently he was in close contact with President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who refuses to use a face mask and has resumed public tours across Mexico.Herrera is the countrys highest-ranking Cabinet member to be infected so far. Previously, the head of the Mexican Social Security Institute tested positive but later returned to work. Several state governors have also acknowledged testing positive. 2.37am BST Charlotte Graham-McLay reports for the Guardian from Wellington:New Zealand has reported one new case of Covid-19 today; like all of the country’s current active cases it was diagnosed during the routine testing of quarantined travellers.After reporting just over a week without any active cases of the virus, the number of diagnosed instances has started to increase again as a growing number of New Zealanders return from Covid-19 hotspots abroad. There are 14 active cases in the country, all of them people who were diagnosed at the hotels where everyone entering New Zealand must spend a fortnight in government-managed isolation. They are tested twice during their stay.The latest case, announced by health officials this afternoon, is a man in his 30s who arrived from Kenya via Doha and Brisbane on 21 June. A total of 1,170 confirmed Covid-19 cases have been reported in New Zealand, with 22 deaths. The comparatively low figures are widely attributed to a swift, strict lockdown when the pandemic arrived on New Zealand’s shores. Continue reading…
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