As infections keep rising, the UN boss calls it a “mind-numbing” figure and “an agonising milestone”.

Many countries are seeing a surge in cases right now.
For some this is a second surge, after an initial peak in spring. For others, cases have been rising steadily through the year.
In Europe, including the UK, cases initially peaked in Spring.
They have started to increase again, and many countries are now reintroducing restrictions.
In the US, which still has the highest number of infections and deaths, the virus has surged in different states at different times throughout the year.
At the start the outbreak was centred on northern states such as Washington and New York, and in the summer cases were concentrated in southern states. Now, cases are surging in the mid-west.