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| - Here are the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis: Four French cities -- Lille, Lyon, Grenoble and Saint-Etienne -- are placed on maximum coronavirus alert, joining Paris and other metropolises where bars have been shuttered in an increasingly urgent bid to brake a fast-accelerating outbreak. The Paris region's ARS health authority warns of "a huge wave of cases" to come, and urges hospitals to place themselves on emergency footing and mobilise extra doctors. "We need to throw all our forces into the battle," agency chief Aurelien Rousseau tells AFP. US President Donald Trump pulls out of next week's presidential debate following a switch by organizers to a virtual format due to Covid-19, but then suggests a new clash be held less than a week before election day. Far behind Democrat Joe Biden in the polls and with only 26 days until the November 3 election, Trump's reelection bid is in as much upheaval as the debate schedule. Across the world, 36.2 million cases of the novel coronavirus have been officially diagnosed since it first emerged in China late last year, according to an AFP tally at 1100 GMT on Thursday based on official sources. Of those 1,057,084 have died. The United States has the highest death toll, with 211,844, followed by Brazil with 148,228, India 105,526, Mexico 82,726 and Britain 42,515. Brazil has surpassed the five million coronavirus infections mark. Madrid's top regional court rejects a partial lockdown imposed on the capital and nine nearby towns to slow the rapid spread of infections. It says the lockdown "impacted on the rights and fundamental freedoms" of the 4.5 million residents affected by the closure which went into force late last week. Under the restrictions, residents are not allowed to leave the city limits except for work, school or medical reasons as the region battles a soaring infection rate of well over 700 cases per 100,000 people. Germany is experiencing a "worrying jump" in cases, Health Minister Jens Spahn says, as the number of new daily infections passes 4,000 for the first time since early April. Europe's biggest economy has a relatively low death toll compared with other European nations. But Spahn says numbers in central Berlin and financial capital Frankfurt, added to infections from family events or private parties are fuelling the rise in cases, with younger people "partying, travelling, thinking they are invincible". Poles will have to wear face masks in all public spaces from Saturday, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki says, after coronavirus cases hit a new record daily high of 4,280. "The second wave has reached us and we have to face it in a decisive way," Morawiecki tells reporters, explaining that the entire EU country of 38 million would now be considered a "yellow zone". Austria records its highest ever one-day total of coronavirus infections, putting the tourism industry under pressure as the ski season approaches. The Alpine nation of nearly nine million showed 1,209 new infections in 24 hours, according to the health ministry. Eight months into a strict, coronavirus-triggered border shutdown, nuclear-armed North Korea is widely expected to stage an attention-grabbing display of its latest and most advanced weaponry at a mass military parade in Pyongyang on Saturday. The parade will mark the 75th anniversary of the ruling Workers' Party and satellite imagery on the respected 38North website suggests it could be huge, a top US military official says. burs-ach/
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