Western Europe and the US might have passed the peak of coronavirus, but many countries around the world are still very much fighting a rising tide.
Brazil, Mexico, Russia, Peru, India, Pakistan, and Indonesia have all seen daily death figures rise, when calculated as a seven-day rolling average.
The rise in South America and elsewhere means that global figures are only going down slightly week-on-week, despite big falls in Europe.
In the last seven days, 32,151 people died after testing positive for the disease, according to the latest data from John’s Hopkins University.
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That compares to 34,793 over the previous week.
At least 318,481 people have now died from the disease worldwide.
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