“As of 9am 16 June, there have been 6,981,493 tests, with 113,107 tests on 15 June. 298,136 people have tested positive. As of 5pm on 15 June, of those tested positive for coronavirus, across all settings, 41,969 have sadly died,” the Department tweeted.

Global death toll from coronavirus has reached 440,593, with at least 8,169,753 confirmed cases and 4,267,106 recoveries, according to Worldometer, a reference website that provides counters and real-time statistics for diverse topics.