China's capital recorded a further drop in coronavirus cases amid tightened containment measures while Brazil surpassed more than 1 million confirmed infections, second only to the United States. Brazil's Health Ministry said the total number of cases had risen to by more than 50,000 from the previous day. South Africa has about 30% of the virus cases on the African continent, or more than 87,000. Britain lowered its coronavirus threat level one notch, becoming the latest country to claim it's getting a national outbreak under control. Meanwhile, Germany reported the country's highest daily increase in virus cases in a month after managing to contain its outbreak better than comparable large European nations.

Source: Stuff June 20, 2020 09:45 UTC