US infections reach new high as Australian state eases restrictions – as it happened
WHO says virus spreading fast despite vaccine progress; French infections rise to 2.29m; Brazil reports 627 new deaths. This blog is now closed. Follow our new global coronavirus blog here
- Moscow delivers Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine to clinics
- Vaccine to have only marginal impact' on winter hospital admissions
- CDC advises universal' masks indoors as US deaths again break records
- See all coronavirus coverage
1.15am GMT
We are closing this coronavirus live blog now. Please follow our rolling global coverage of the pandemic on our new blog.
Related: Coronavirus live news: US passes 280,000 deaths, Australian state of Victoria eases restrictions
1.02am GMT
South Korea on Sunday reported 631 new coronavirus cases, the highest in nine months, ahead of an expected government decision on whether to further tighten social distancing curbs, Reuters reported.
After implementing tighter restrictions on Saturday, the government is to decide on Sunday whether to impose new measures in a country that had seen initial success through aggressive contact tracing and other steps.
The new cases bring the country's tally to 37,546, with 545 deaths, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency reported.
Many of the recent cases have been centered in the capital city of Seoul, which on Saturday launched unprecedented curfews, shuttering most establishments and shops at 9 pm for two weeks and cutting back public transportation operations by 30% in the evenings.