Just looking at those Mexico figures again of 2,999 deaths on Monday for a minute ... the US has only recorded three days throughout the entire pandemic with deaths higher than 2,999 (April 16, 19, 24). Brazil’s highest recorded daily death toll is 1,473. So if those figures are correctly attributed to one day, it would mark a dark day indeed for Mexico. We will try and get some more information on that for you as soon as possible. Mexico reports jump in deaths The Mexican government has reported 2,999 new deaths attributed to Covid-19 on Monday, the Reuters news agency reports. The country’s previous highest daily total was 1,091, on Thursday. I am still waiting for clarification but the last two days have been much lower (188 and341), which may be linked to lower reporting rates on weekends. The government says cases stand at 120,102 and the official coronavirus death toll is now14,053. 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The capital’s restriction on movement would end on Tuesday, allowing residents to travel freely for the first time since March. Some measures have gradually eased, with some shops opening. Sergei Sobyanin said all restrictions on movement will lift on Tuesdays, with restaurants and cafes expected to start opening from mid June. Russia continues to report thousands of new infections daily. Its nationwide tally is more than 476,000, the third-highest in the world, but the number of cases in Moscow, the original epicentre of the virus, has more than halved to around 2,000 a day. WHO warns global pandemic is worsening The world has recorded its highest daily jump of cases (136,000), according to the WHO chief, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who said: “More than six months into the pandemic, this is not the time for any country to take its foot off the pedal.” “Although the situation in Europe is improving, globally it is worsening,” he said. Nearly 75% of the 136,000 cases were reported from 10 countries, mostly in the Americas and South Asia. The WHO emergencies chief, Dr Mike Ryan, said retrospective studies of how the outbreak has been addressed could wait, adding: “We need to focus now on what we are doing today to prevent second peaks.” Ryan also said infections in central American countries including Guatemala were still on the rise, and that they were “complex” epidemics. “I think this is a time of great concern,” he said, calling for strong government leadership and international support for the region. Maria van Kerkhove, the WHO’s technical lead on the virus, said that a “comprehensive approach” was essential in South America. “This is far from over,” van Kerkhove said, adding that asymptomatic transmission of the virus “appears to be rare”. Brazil"s infections pass 700,000 South America’s worst affected country now has 707,412 and deaths recorded are 37,134. It marks a continuing steep rise – Brazil recorded 500,000 cases on 1 June. A leading newspaper in the country reported that Brazil’s health ministry slashed the number of new Covid-19 deaths it reported on Sunday by 857 because far-right president Jair Bolsonaro wanted less than a thousand deaths a day. The Guardian’s Dom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro writes: On Sunday the health ministry said 1,382 deaths had been recorded in the previous 24 hours, but later corrected it down to 525. On Monday the Estado de S.Paulo newspaper reported that the correction was ordered because Bolsonaro wanted the number of deaths at less than a thousand a day. He has vociferously attacked social isolation and notoriously quipped “so what?” to the rising death toll in April. To accommodate him, the health ministry separated out all the deaths reported over 24 hours – as it had been doing for months – and began including only deaths that had actually occurred during the last day. The correction came two days after the Ministry stopped releasing accumulated cases and deaths in a daily bulletin and wiped a government site clean of data – a move also reportedly ordered by Bolsonaro that provoked widespread condemnation. Hello and welcome to our continuing live coverage of the coronavirus pandemic, with me Alison Rourke. If you would like to get in touch, you can email me at Alison.Rourke@guardian.co.uk. Before we dive in, let’s get up to speed on what’s happening right now... Infections globally have passed 7 million and deaths have passed 400,000, according to Johns Hopkins University. Brazil cases pass 700,000. The country’s health ministry says cases now stand at 707,412 and deaths recorded are 37,134. A Brazilian senator called for an inquiry into Covid-19 data, after the country shared contradictory figures on deaths and infections. The discrepancy prompted criticism from across the political spectrum, and a leading newspaper has reported the health ministry slashed the number of deaths it reported by 857 because president Jair Bolsonaro wanted less than a thousand deaths a day. The World Health Organization has warned against complacency, saying the coronavirus pandemic situation is worsening around the globe. The WHO said it had recorded its highest daily tally of new infections on Sunday (136,000), with Covid-19 raging in the Americas. “Although the situation in Europe is improving, globally it is worsening,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said. The WHO’s technical lead on coronavirus, Dr Maria Van Kerkhove, has said it “appears to be rare” that asymptomatic cases transmit coronavirus. Moscow is lifting its months-long lockdown, mayor Sergei Sobyanin said. Local media reported that the Russian capital’s general lockdown would end on Tuesday, allowing residents to travel freely for the first time since late March. Poland will close 12 coal mines from Tuesday for three weeks to curb the spread of the coronavirus among miners. Miners account for almost 20% of coronavirus cases reported in the country. Over half of pregnant women hospitalised for coronavirus in UK were BAME, a study has found. The research looked at data for 427 pregnant women admitted to 194 obstetric units in the UK with a positive Covid-19 infection between 1 March and 14 April. South Africa has passed 1,000 deaths and 50,000 cases. The grim milestones were passed just a week after the country further eased lockdown restrictions. At 50,879 the number of detected infections is the worst in Africa, and two-thirds are in the Western Cape province. South Africa ranks second in terms of deaths at 1,080 after Egypt. Antiracist protesters should wear masks, says Tedros. The director general of the WHO has called on people attending antiracism protests to wear masks, as he warned that the biggest threat in the ongoing coronavirus outbreak “was now complacency.” The UK has recorded its lowest daily death toll since 22 March. A further 55 people have died after contracting Covid-19 in UK, taking the country’s death toll to 40,597. This is the lowest daily total of newly reported deaths since 22 March, but there is often a reporting lag over a weekend. The figures do not include all deaths across the UK, which is thought to have passed 50,000.