Covid live news: UK records 40 more deaths and 37,960 new cases; Japan to lift state of emergency
by Robyn Vinter (now); Tom Ambrose, Harriet Grant and from on (#5Q166)
UK records 40 coronavirus-linked deaths in the past 24 hours; Japan to lift Covid state of emergency in all regions at the end of September
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11.12pm BST
That's it from me, Robyn Vinter, in the UK. Here's a summary of the events of the last 24 hours.
10.47pm BST
Brazil recorded 14,423 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the past 24 hours, along with 210 deaths from Covid-19, the Health Ministry said on Monday.
Brazil has registered more than 21 million cases since the pandemic began, while the official death toll has risen to 594,653, according to ministry data.
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