The World Health Organization reported a record increase in global coronavirus cases on Sunday, with the total rising by 183,020 in a 24-hour period.
The biggest increase was from North and South America with over 116,000 new cases, according to a daily report.
Total global cases are over 8.7 million with more than 461,000 deaths, according to the WHO.
The previous record for new cases was 181,232 on June 18.
The ten worst-affected countries in terms of number of cases are as follows:
U.S.: 2,278,373
Brazil: 1,083,341
Russia: 583,879
India: 410,461
United Kingdom: 305,803
Peru: 251,338
Spain: 246,272
Chile: 242,355
Italy: 238,499
Iran: 204,952