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11.30pm BST

Brazil reported 14,335 new coronavirus cases and 712 additional Covid-19 deaths in the last 24 hours, the country's health ministry said on Saturday.

More than 585,000 people have died from the virus in Brazil, with nearly 21 million cases.

11.29pm BST

Mexico recorded 12,511 confirmed coronavirus cases and 675 more deaths from the virus on Saturday, according to health ministry data.

It brings the total number of confirmed cases in the Latin American nation to 3,506,743 and the overall death toll to 267,524, Reuters reports.