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Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the coronavirus coverage with me, Rebecca Ratcliffe.
The World Health Organization reported a record increase in coronavirus infections globally on Saturday, which have risen by 212,326 in 24 hours. In total there are now 11, 185,627 cases worldwide, and 528,354 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University.
In the US, president Donald Trump said the country is getting close to fighting its way out of this “terrible plague from China” during an Independence Day message, even as a surge in coronavirus cases was recorded. Texas reported 8,258 new cases in the 24 hours to Saturday, the highest single-day surge since the pandemic started, taking overall infections in the state to 191,790. Meanwhile, confirmed infections in Florida increased by a record 11,458 on Saturday. This is the second time in three days that the figure has increased by more than 10,000.
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