More than half a million people have died in the coronavirus pandemic, as bars in Los Angeles were ordered to close again due to surging cases in the United States.
The worldwide number of recorded infections is now just over 10 million from the virus that first emerged in China late last year, with fears growing of a full-blown second wave.
The rate of contagion has doubled since 21 May. One million new infections were recorded in just six days, according to an AFP tally based on official sources, even as some countries loosen punishing lockdowns that have devastated their economies and thrown millions out of work.