Coronavirus live news: US deaths could reach 240,000 as UN says world faces worst crisis since WW2

US has one 1 in 5 cases globally; global cases pass 850,000; record daily fatalities in UK, France, Italy, Spain and Russia. Follow the latest updates. UK coronavirus - latest updatesUS coronavirus - live updatesAustralia coronavirus – live updatesChina and Korea delay college exams to get lid on coronavirusSee all our coronavirus coverage 12.37am BST Hello and welcome to today’s live coverage of the coronavirus pandemic, which the UN secretary general António Guterres called