More than 250,000 people across the world have now died of Covid-19.
The number of cases has also increased to almost 3.6 million.
Nearly 1.2 million people have got the virus in the US, where nearly 69,000 people have died.
Another 16 people with the coronavirus have died in the Republic of Ireland.
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There are 266 new confirmed cases, with the total death toll now standing at 1,319.
The World Health Organisation's director-general, Tedros Ghebreyesus, says the virus's growth is dropping in some places:
"The number of new cases and deaths is declining in some countries, it's mounting in others....this virus will be with us for a long time, but we must come together to defeat it."
