As the day unfolded: Australia's COVID-19 deaths rise to 71, WHO defends China's revised death toll

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The global death toll from coronavirus has just passed 160,000. There are more than 2.3 million known cases of infection but more than 595,000 people have recovered, according to the Johns Hopkins University tally
In Australia, the death toll stands at 71 after the death of a 94-year-old man at a Sydney aged care home on Sunday morning
Nearly 60 million masks have arrived in Australia
The UK's death toll has climbed above 15,000
More than 420,000 tests have been carried out in Australia, with 6606 positive cases