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10.54pm BST

The latest Covid situation in Australia:

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10.39pm BST

Brazil registered 1,548 Covid-19 deaths on Thursday and 52,789 additional cases, according to data released by the nation's health ministry.

The South American country has now registered 538,942 total coronavirus deaths and 19,262,518 total confirmed cases, Reuters reports.