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People take Covid-19 swab tests in New Delhi as India posts a global one-day record of almost 315,000 new Covid infections. IMAGES
The United States passed nine million reported coronavirus cases on Friday, according to a tally from Johns Hopkins University, as infections spike days before the nation chooses its next president. IMAGES
A coronavirus testing centre in Delhi is busy as India reported that the number of virus cases in the country had passed six million. The pandemic is raging across the vast South Asian nation, with 6.1 million infections according to the health ministry and on course to pass the United States in the coming weeks as the country with the most cases. IMAGES
The number of new coronavirus cases for the past week has "exceeded 160,000 on every single day," WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says at a virtual briefing, while reiterating that taking a "comprehensive approach" is the best way to rein in the virus. SOUNDBITE of a WHO virtual press conference
"We are now having 40-plus thousand new cases a day. I would not be surprised if we go up to 100,000 a day if this does not turn around," warns top US infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci as he testifies before the Senate. SOUNDBITE
Supporters of Zambian President Lungu hold a rally in Lusaka during a tense presidential race, which has been marked by clashes between rival supporters. The presidential election will take place on Thursday. IMAGES.