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Coronavirus latest: Singapore has most cases in Southeast Asia, Europe deaths top 100,000
- Singapore has moved ahead of Indonesia, which now has 6,575 cases, and the Philippines, which has 6,259 cases
- Europe accounts for nearly two-thirds of the more than 164,000 fatalities worldwide
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Coronavirus deaths surged past 100,000 in hardest-hit Europe as hundreds of Americans frustrated by lockdown orders and egged on by US President Donald Trump staged protests in several US cities.
As the latest grim data emerged, performers from around headlined an hours-long live-streamed concert aimed at supporting health care workers, and cultivating a sense of community in a time of crisis.
The six-hour event, which included A-listers ranging from Lady Gaga, Elton John, Billie Eilish, the Rolling Stones and cellist Yo-Yo Ma, was brought together by the advocacy group Global Citizen with the World Health Organisation.
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Worldwide, more than 2.3 million people have tested positive for the highly contagious virus.
Europe accounts for over 100,000 deaths – nearly two-thirds of the more than 164,000 fatalities worldwide, while nearly a quarter of deaths have come in the United States.
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The United States has the highest caseload of any country and by Sunday had lost some 39,000 people to the virus, according to a tally from Johns Hopkins University.
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