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While the increase is believed to reflect, in part, greatly expanded testing, experts say there is ample evidence the virus is making a comeback, including rising deaths and hospitalizations in parts of the country.

A source said Sanofi would be focusing on efficiency gains through increased digitalisation and IT outsourcing.

British officials are currently reviewing how best to securely deploy Huawei equipment in the country's 5G networks, after granting the Chinese firm a limited role in January.

Of 6,923 people who had their case transferred to the contact-tracing system in its third week of operation, 1,791, or 25.9%, could not be reached, with no contact details provided for a further 263 people.

The new IHME worst-case forecast – 179,106 U.S. lives lost by Oct. 1 – was revised downward from the 201,000 deaths projected on June 15.

The Indian actions violated a consensus between the two countries and were a unilateral provocation, the Chinese ministry said.

The secretary-general said coordinating political, economic and social responses to the fallout from COVID-19 including job losses, increasing violence and human rights being violated will also help mitigate the impact of the pandemic.

Twitter users, including Trump's supporters, will be unable to retweet the offending tweet due to the measure.

Trump has repeatedly said that better US testing has led to a higher number of identified coronavirus cases across the country, and at a political rally on Saturday he said he had asked for a slowdown in testing.

China National Biotec Group (CNBG) has won approval to run a large-scale "Phase 3" clinical trial of its novel coronavirus vaccine candidate in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the company said.

India has been recording about 15,000 new infections each day, and some states Tuesday were considering fresh lockdown measures to try to halt the spread of the virus in the nation of more than 1.3 billion.

The United States leads the world with the highest number of infections, at about 2.2 million or 25% of all reported cases.

The police said three people were also seriously injured and a 25-year-old resident of the historic town 60 kilometres (35 miles) west of London was detained.

Images streamed live to Facebook showed at least one person lying on the pavement as dozens gather around Minneapolis some screaming for medical help.

US President Donald Trump had appeared to be showing signs of fatigue at a recent graduation ceremony.

After a year of often-violent unrest, anti-government demonstrations have lost momentum due to a higher risk of arrest, with recent rallies failing to receive police approval due to coronavirus.