There was, however, some evidence that drastic lockdown measures in the city of Melbourne were having an effect, with daily new infections in the state of Victoria slowing to a near two-week low.
With some other states still to report daily new case and death numbers, that already marks the country's biggest single day rise in fatalities. With around 21,000 Covid-19 cases and 314 deaths, Australia has still recorded fewer infections and fatalities than many other developed nations. The global death toll is at least 727,288 since the novel coronavirus emerged in China last December, according to a running tally from official sources compiled by AFP.
Fellow Democrat and Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer, appearing on ABC, dismissed Mr Trump's unilateral measures as "unworkable, weak and far too narrow". "The Democrats were unwilling to do anything," Mr Trump told reporters as he boarded Air Force One to return to Washington.His Democratic opponent in the presidential election, Joe Biden, tweeted that five million coronavirus cases was "a number that boggles the mind and breaks the heart".The US yesterday added 47,197 new cases in 24 hours, with 532 additional deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University.
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