COVID-19: What you need to know about coronavirus on 26 June

People enjoy the hot weather at the beach in Brighton, Britain, June 25, 2020. REUTERS/Hannah McKay - RC2DGH97DP5P
People flocked to Brighton beach on the hottest day of the year in Britain.Image: REUTERS/Hannah McKay
  • This daily round-up brings you a selection of the latest news updates on the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, as well as tips and tools to help you stay informed and protected.

  • Top stories: WHO warns of resurgence in Europe, Mexico's surge, and the true figure for US cases could be 10 times higher than reported.

1. How COVID-19 is affecting the globe

Confirmed coronavirus casesImage: Our World in Data

2. CDC: Only 1 in 10 US cases likely to have been identified

The true number of coronavirus cases in the United States could be 10 times higher than previously thought, according to the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

In a media briefing on 25 June, Dr. Robert Redfield said: “We probably recognized about 10 percent of the outbreak.”

The current total stands at 2.4 million confirmed cases, according to Johns Hopkins University, which would mean there could in fact be more than 20 million.

Redfield said that between 5% and 8% of Americans have been infected to date, according to estimates based on antibody test results from across the country.

3. Severe COVID-19 'uncommon' in children

Children in Europe are very unlikely to die from COVID-19, according to a cohort study of 25 countries published in the Lancet.

Led by researchers from the UK's Great Ormond Street children's hospital, the largest clinical study of children outside China looked at 582 young patients, aged from 3 days to 18 years, who were infected with coronavirus.

The researchers said: "Our data show that severe COVID-19 is uncommon in young children, including infants, despite their immune maturation being incomplete."

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