Global deaths jumped by more than 12,000, another daily record, according to data from Johns Hopkins. Japan is bracing for a new daily record of coronavirus infections, as authorities began hinting they may take stronger measures to arrest the increase. Cases worldwide have topped 52 million. Germany’s infection rate eased. US new daily cases set a record, with the early epicentre of New York ordering measures to tamp down a fresh wave. Covid hospitalisations climbed by more than 10 percent in five days