Cases of the new coronavirus are overwhelming hospitals, morgues and cemeteries across Brazil as Latin America's largest nation veers closer to becoming one of the world's pandemic hot spots.

Medical officials

The rate of coronavirus deaths in the United States has slowed to 2,113 in the past 24 hours, with the total number of people killed standing at 52,422 Friday evening. 

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The family of a grandmother who died aged 77 held her funeral service in the back garden so neighbours could participate from the safety of her own home. 

Hilda Pattison, 77,

Farmers who have received death threats for flying in potato pickers from Eastern Europe hit back today, saying 'What else could we do - British people haven't wanted this sort of