What Happened on July 1, 2020

• America confirms more than 50,000 new COVID-19 cases in one day for the 1st time
• Australian state of Melbourne re-imposes a COVID-19 lockdown on 36 Melbourne suburbs affecting 300,000 people
• Europe opens its borders to 15 safe countries after months of lockdown, excluding the US, Brazil and Russia

• WHO says Middle East at "critical threshold" with COVID-19 cases over 1 million, 80% of deaths in Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia
• Word record drug haul of 14 tonnes of amphetamines seized by Italian police in Salerno worth $1.1 billion. Thought made in Syria by Islamic State.

• Hugh Downs, American TV journalist (20/20, Concentration), dies at 99
• Ida Haendel, Polish-British-Canadian child prodigy violinist, teacher, and author (Woman with Violin), dies of kidney cancer at 91

Holidays: Canada Day (Canada)

• #1 Song: Rockstar - DaBaby ft. Roddy Ricch