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| - Here are the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis: The virus has killed at least 993,463 people since the outbreak emerged in China late last year, according to a tally from official sources compiled by AFP at 1100 GMT on Sunday. More than 32.9 million cases of infection have been registered. An overnight curfew in Australia's second-biggest city will be lifted from Monday, almost two months after it was imposed across Melbourne to counter a surging coronavirus outbreak. Residents will again be free to leave their homes at any time for work, exercise, to buy essentials or provide care. The relaxation comes after 16 new infections and two deaths are reported in Victoria on Sunday and the state's active cases fall below 400 for the first time since June 30. Cardiff becomes the first UK capital city to go into local lockdown since the national shutdown earlier this year. The restrictions, which bar people from entering or leaving areas unless for work, education or another valid reason, apply to the Welsh capital, second city Swansea and the town of Llanelli. The new rules, which also forbid people meeting anyone not in their household indoors, follow a nationwide surge in coronavirus cases that has intensified across south Wales. The state of New York, one-time epicentre of the US virus epidemic, sees case numbers rise to more than 1,000 a day for the first time since June 5. "It's vital that New Yorkers continue to practice the basic behaviours that drive our ability to fight Covid-19 as we move into the fall and flu season," warns Governor Andrew Cuomo. Hundreds of people protest in Madrid on against partial lockdown measures imposed on mainly densely populated low-income neighbourhoods, to curb a surge in coronavirus cases. The demonstration comes a day after more than 10,000 protested in London ahead of the re-imposition of restrictions there. Both countries are battling to beat a second wave of the virus. The British minister for sport urges the Premier League to give financial support to cash-strapped Football League clubs in a bid to ease the financial damage caused by the pandemic. The English Football League says its teams will lose £200 million ($255 million) this season while matches are played behind closed doors. Having already lost £50 million last season from the lockdown, there are fears clubs in the three divisions below the Premier League could go out of business. In Paris, a very limited number of spectators watch live tennis for the first time in months as the French Open starts -- four months later than scheduled. It's an eerily unfamiliar tournament as a resurgence of the virus means only 1,000 spectators will be allowed into the Roland Garros stadium each day. burs/bp/pma
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