Coronavirus live news: 60m Indians may have contracted Covid; Disney announces mass layoffs

India ’s pandemic agency says cases may be ten times official figure; New York introduces face mask fines as positivity rates climb;Boris Johnson apologises for getting north-east England lockdown rules wrong. Follow the latest updatesGlobal coronavirus deaths pass 1m with no sign rate is slowingWalt Disney sheds 28,000 jobs at theme parks as pandemic bitesInteractive: how did we get to one million deaths?France struggles to push Covid app as neighbours race aheadSee all our coronavirus coverage1.22amBSTCharlotte Graham-McLay reports for the Guardian:New Zealand on Wednesday reported a fifth consecutive day of no new Covid-19 cases spread in the community.There was one new diagnosis of the virus in the government-run isolation facilities for travelers returning to New Zealand, health officials said. The passenger had arrived from France, via Singapore.Only New Zealanders and their families – as well as those with special exemptions – may enter the country, and all must spend two weeks in managed quarantine facilities where they are tested twice for Covid-19.There are 44 active cases in New Zealand, a drop of 11 from Tuesday as sufferers recover. 30 of the cases are in managed isolation and 14 in the community. A cluster of cases in the largest city, Auckland, is shrinking and restrictions on the city have begun to ease in recent weeks.There have been 1,480 known cases of the coronavirus in New Zealand, with 25 deaths. One person is in hospital.1.03amBSTAfter preying hea...
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