More than 25 million people around the world have been infected with COVID-19 and 842,702 have died, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.

While Europe is no longer the epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic, there are still significant increases in France and Ukraine, among others. 

The number of cases includes more than 5.96 million people in the U.S., more than 3.84 million in Brazil and 3.52 million in India, the three most affected countries. On Sunday, India reported the highest single day rise in cases, passing the record set by the U.S. in July. 

In France, the number of new cases hit the highest since mid-March on Friday and have remained high and "worrying" according to local officials. 

Spain, the UK, and France remain the nations with the highest overall counts of both infections and COVID-19 deaths. 

The rising case numbers are sparking talk of a "second wave" of COVID-19, but the picture is not the same across the whole of Europe. 

While several countries are reporting thousands of positive tests per day, there are others such as Slovenia which only reported 31 positive cases today. 

Malta also revealed a very small number, just 15 new positives. But it should be noted that Malta does not count new arrivals who are quarantined, so the true number of people in the country with the virus may be higher.