Revealed: countries facing coronavirus rise as lockdown relaxed

Of the 45 countries to have recorded more than 25,000 coronavirus cases to date, 21 currently have relaxed responses to the pandemic. Of these, 10 are reporting a rising number of cases

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Ten countries currently facing serious increases in coronavirus infections are among those nations with less stringent approaches to managing their outbreaks.

Guardian analysis of coronavirus data, in combination with the University of Oxford's coronavirus government response tracker, has identified that 10 of the 45 most badly-affected countries are also among those rated as having a relaxed response" to the pandemic, underlining the mitigating impact of effective government public health policies.