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Brazil has suffered a record 68,000 new coronavirus cases while South Africa saw its biggest daily spike in deaths as the crisis continues to mount in two of the world's worst-hit countries.

In Brazil, the 67,860 new cases announced last night smash the previous record of 54,771 on June 19, taking the country's total past 2.2million.

Brazil's outbreak is the second-largest in the world while South Africa is fifth with 394,948 cases, of which 13,183 were discovered in the last 24 hours.

South Africa's death toll surged by 572, more than in the previous four days combined, bringing the total to 5,940.