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2.56am GMT
Mexico’s health ministry reported 6,151 new confirmed coronavirus cases and 464 additional fatalities on Saturday, bringing the total in the country to 924,962 cases and 91,753 deaths.
The government has said the real number of infected people is likely to be significantly higher than the confirmed cases.
2.34am GMT
Associated Press reports on Barack Obama’s comments in Michigan on Saturday, where he accused Donald Trump of failing to take the coronavirus pandemic and the presidency seriously.
Obama and Biden held drive-in rallies in Flint and Detroit, predominantly black cities where strong turnout will be essential to swing the longtime Democratic state to Biden’s column after Trump won it in 2016.
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