Coronavirus live news: global deaths pass 500,000 as 'window closing' in US on chance to curb Covid-19

California governor closes bars in several counties; half a million confined in Beijing; cases worldwide top 10m; Follow the latest updatesGlobal deaths pass 500,000Global report: Covid-19 cases exceed 10mUS health secretary says ‘window is closing’ to stop virusNew Zealand’s isolation facilities under ‘extreme stress’See all our coronavirus coverage 2.54am BST The surge in Covid-19 cases in Victoria, Australia and strict new quarantine regulations issued by the Queensland state government has thrown the recently-recommenced football seasons into chaos, with the AFL forced into a last-minute change of this week’s fixture.Victoria announced 75 new cases of the coronavirus on Monday as the Queensland government moved to require any Queensland team, or team based in the state, to quarantine for 14 days if they play against a team from Melbourne. Related: Sporting calendar in chaos due to rise in Victorian Covid-19 cases 2.33am BST The Australian state of Victoria, which is battling a new coronavirus outbreak, has reported 75 new coronavirus cases overnight, taking the state’s total yo 2,099 (four previous cases were reclassified, meaning there was a net increase of 71 cases). The number of cases is the highest since April, and higher than yesterday’s record of 49. The breakdown is we have one case in hotel quarantine, 14 linked to outbreaks, 37 were detected through routine testing and 23 are still under investigation and as you would appreciate, as new cases come through in some cases very late into the previous evening, we are still looking and the Department is still looking at potential further links to known outbreaks of those ones that are both through routine testing as well as the ones under investigation.Thankfully, we have no new deaths reported overnight, that number remains at 20. Continue reading…
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