Brazil accounts for almost 40,000 – or more than half – of Latin America's total deaths, registering 1,274 fatalities in the last 24 hours. Shopping malls were set to reopen in a slew of cities on Thursday, the day before Brazilians celebrate Valentine's Day. AdvertisementDEEP SURGEMexico, with nearly 15,000 Covid-19 deaths, and Peru, with almost 6,000 deaths from 208,000 cases, are also battling a deep surge. Austria and Germany also announced they were easing travel restrictions, though Germany extended a warning against travel outside the EU until August 31. In India's capital New Delhi, authorities say they expect half a million Covid-19 cases that will need 150,000 hospital beds by mid-July.

Source: Daily Nation June 11, 2020 03:56 UTC