In Ireland there is now a total of 25,498 confirmed cases after nine more people were reported today to have tested positive. Almost a quarter of the known global deaths have occurred in the United States - nearly 129,000. Latin America, where Brazil has 1.5 million cases, makes up 23pc of the global total of people infected. In some countries with limited testing capabilities, case numbers reflect a small proportion of total infections. Worldwide, there have been more than 520,000 fatalities linked to the disease so far, roughly the same as the number of influenza deaths reported annually.

Source: Irish Independent July 03, 2020 19:18 UTC