Coronavirus live news: US sees highest daily deaths since April; French ex-president dies of Covid complications ed.2
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing was 94 and served as France's leader from 1974 to 1981; US suffers highest daily deaths since April; Spain caps parties at 10 peopleFormer French president Valéry Giscard d'Estaing dies aged 94Beware fake coronavirus vaccines, says InterpolRural US hospitals ravaged by surge in casesUS braces for Covid surge after Thanksgiving holidays 3.36am GMT The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 22,046 to 1,106,789, data from the Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases showed on Thursday. The reported death toll rose by 479 to 17,602, the tally showed. 3.07am GMT CNN and the New York Times, using their own tallies, are reporting that the US has confirmed its highest daily death toll since the start of the pandemic. Johns Hopkins has not yet confirmed this – their most recent toll, for 1 December, is the highest since April and the second-highest overall.