Coronavirus: Catalonia goes back into lockdown as global infections gather pace

Hundreds of thousands of Catalonia residents were ordered back into lockdown on Sunday as coronavirus cases spiked in the Spanish region and new figures showed infections accelerating in many other parts of the world.Since the start of July, nearly 2.5 million new infections have been reported, a record level since the first outbreak of the disease in China last year, according to an AFP tally.In just a month-and-a-half the number of cases worldwide has doubled, according to the count based on…

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