A pedestrian wearing a protective mask and a shield due to coronavirus pandemic walks along a street in Tehran on June 28, 2020.
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The rate of infections worldwide continues to rise, with one million new cases recorded in just six days.
More than 10 million cases of the new coronavirus have been officially declared around the world, half of them in Europe and the United States, according to an AFP tally on Sunday based on official sources.
At least 10,003,942 infections, including 498,779 deaths, have been registered globally.
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