Coronavirus live news: cases worldwide growing by 1m per week with surge in the United States and Latin America

By Frances Perraudin (now), Nazia Parveen and Helen Sullivan (earlier)

Latin American death toll expected to reach 390,000 by October; Texas hospitals near capacity; volunteers receive first doses of experimental vaccine

11.24am BST

Hello, it’s Frances Perraudin here. I’ll be bringing you the latest developments in the global coronavirus crisis for the rest of the day. Let me know if there are stories you think we should be covering – my email address is frances.perraudin@theguardian.com and you can contact me on twitter at @fperraudin.

11.01am BST

More from our Paris correspondent, Kim Willsher, on the reopening of the Eiffel Tower.

The Iron Lady is back. No, not Margaret Thatcher but the Eiffel Tower that opens today after a three-month lockdown closure.

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