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U.S. Cases Rise 110,000 a Day Since Last Month: Virus Update
2020-11-22 20:15:54.139 GMT
By Bloomberg News
(Bloomberg) -- The U.S., which recorded 177,552 new
infections on Saturday, is now averaging almost 110,000 more
daily cases than a month ago. Vaccinations against Covid-19 in
the U.S. will “hopefully” start in less than three weeks,
according to the head of the federal government’s program to
accelerate a vaccine.
“We have patients gasping for breath, needing a ventilator
to survive and too often dying,” some 2,000 employees of the
University of Wisconsin health system wrote in an open letter
pleading for residents to help stop the virus’s spread.
British ministers will weigh the next round of pandemic
restrictions on Sunday, while the French government plans a
three-phase easing of lockdown measures from December. Italy is
also considering a pre-holiday easing.
* Global Tracker: Cases pass 58.3 million; deaths 1.3 million
* Regeneron gets emergency U.S. clearance for Covid-19 therapy
* Pfizer’s Covid vaccine still faces hurdles after FDA filing
Friday
* Astra-Oxford shot key to escaping pandemic for many nations
* Vaccine Tracker: Encouraging breakthroughs offer hope
Swedish PM Sends Covid Plea to Nation After ‘Careless’ Response
(2:28 p.m. NY)
Sweden’s Prime Minister Stefan Lofven used a rare Sunday
night address to warn of the growing threat the coronavirus
poses, amid fears the strategy used so far may not be enough to
fight an increasingly deadly pandemic.
Lofven, the third prime minister in Sweden’s history to
deliver such a national address, declared that “too many people
have been careless about following the recommendations” that
health authorities say are key if the virus is to be reined in.
Sweden famously avoided a lockdown, relying instead on
voluntary measures. But with a death rate considerably higher
than elsewhere in the Nordic region, and intensive care beds
rapidly filling up, authorities in the country are now
recalibrating their approach.
Wisconsin Medical System Pleads for Help to Stem Virus’s Spread
(2:25 p.m. NY)
The University of Wisconsin health system, which now has a
waiting list for patients, released a letter signed by 2,000
employees sounding an alarm for residents to prevent the virus’s
spread.
“Wisconsin is in a bad place right now with no sign of
things getting better without action,” said the letter, released
Sunday. “We are, quite simply, out of time. Without immediate
change, our hospitals will be too full to treat all of those
with the virus and those with other illnesses or injuries.”
Wisconsin is one of the hardest-hit states in the virus’s
recent surge. The seven-day average of new cases has roughly
tripled since the beginning of October to about 7,000.
Hospitalizations have also tripled in that time.
Turkey Hits Record (1:23 p.m. NY)
Turkey reported a daily record of 6,017 symptomatic
Covid-19 patients, about 30% higher than three days ago, amid
partial weekend curfews across the country.
The nation may have to impose stricter measures if the
recent steps won’t slow down the pandemic, President Recep
Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday.
France Cases Slow (12:58 p.m. NY)
France’s confirmed cases rose by 13,157 on Sunday to 2.14
million. The seven-day average of new cases continued to drop,
as the country’s second lockdown is starting to slow the virus’s
spread. The share of positive tests slipped to 14%, falling
almost 3 percentage points in a week and down from 20.6% in
early November.
Another 214 people died, the smallest increase in four
weeks. The number of patients in the hospital and in intensive
care has been falling from a peak on Monday.
Gottlieb Says Hospitals Likely to Face Staffing Shortages (12:48
p.m. NY)
Former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb warned that staffing
will be a bigger issue at hospitals than the number of available
beds during the unfolding spike.
“The hospitals can create new beds, they just won’t have
the people to staff them,” he said. That’s because unlike
previous waves, there will be limited ability to surge staff
from less-affected areas of the country to hot spots.
Gottlieb, who is a Pfizer board member, predicted that the
vaccines could be widely available to the general public by the
second quarter of next year if all goes well. He also said that
perhaps 30% of the public will have been infected with Covid-19
by the end of the winter, building up some immunity.
Cuomo Warns New Yorkers of Holiday Risks (12:16 p.m. NY)
New York reported 5,391 cases, the sixth day with more than
5,000 new infections, as Governor Andrew Cuomo issued a warning
about the heightened risks of infection over the coming
holidays. “This is a very dangerous period,” he told reporters
in New York City, urging citizens to heed public health rules.
“It’s purely a function of what we do.”
Hospitalizations ticked up to 2,562, while the statewide
positive-test rate dropped slightly to 2.7%, one of the lowest
in the nation. The positive rate in the “micro-cluster” areas
targeted for more stringent restrictions remained steady at
4.4%.
U.K. Cases Pass 1.5 Million (11:54 a.m. NY)
The U.K. became the third western European country to pass
1.5 million cases after infections surged 50% this month. It
reported 18,662 cases on Sunday, below the seven-day average of
21,290. Another 398 people died within 28 days of testing
positive.
Both GOP Senators in January Runoffs Isolating (11:24 a.m. NY)
Both Republicans involved in run-off elections in Georgia
to decide control of the U.S. Senate are now self-isolating at
home after one, Senator Kelly Loeffler, may have tested positive
for the coronavirus.
Loeffler’s campaign spokesman said late Saturday that she
had a positive test followed by a subsequent inconclusive
result. Senator David Perdue will remain home for now until
Loeffler receives confirmation of her results, spokeswoman Casey
Black said Sunday.
Loeffler and Perdue are in head-to-head matchups against
Democrats Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff, respectively, on Jan.
5 after no candidate reached 50% of the vote in the Nov. 3
election.
Italy Weighs Easing Lockdown Before Holidays (11:18 a.m. NY)
Italy reported 28,337 new coronavirus cases Sunday, down
from 34,767 a day earlier – in line with the normal weekend
pattern as fewer tests are carried out. Daily deaths fell to 562
from 692 on Saturday.
The government of Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte is
considering temporarily easing a soft lockdown in the run-up to
Christmas to allow shops to open for longer hours in worst-hit
regions, Italian newspapers reported earlier Sunday.
U.S. Plans First Vaccinations Next Month, Warp Speed Leader Says
(10:40 a.m. NY)
Vaccinations against Covid-19 in the U.S. will “hopefully”
start in less than three weeks, according to the head of the
federal government’s program to accelerate a vaccine.
“On the 11th or on the 12th of December, hopefully the
first people will be immunized across the United States, across
all states, in all the areas where the state departments of
health will have told us where to deliver the vaccines,” Moncef
Slaoui, head of the government’s Operation Warp Speed, said on
CNN’s “State of the Union.”
U.S. Daily Cases Soar From Month Ago (8:52 p.m. NY)
The U.S., which recorded 177,552 new infections on
Saturday, is adding almost 110,000 more cases every day compared
with the same period a month ago, according to data compiled by
Johns Hopkins University and Bloomberg. Fatalities have doubled
over that period, as the virus spread across the nation.
The seven-day average of new cases is now 169,657, compared
with 59,954 in the same period a month ago. The record for daily
infections is 195,690, set on Nov. 20.
Shanghai Reports New Cases in Pudong Outbreak (8:05 a.m. NY)
Two new cases were confirmed on Sunday afternoon in
Shanghai. Both were close contacts of people infected the Pudong
district, according to the official WeChat account of the
Shanghai government.
The local government has quarantined and conducted tests on
52 other people, while a residential compound in Pudong has been
classified as a medium-risk area.
U.K. Weighs Next Round of Restrictions (6:30 a.m. NY)
The “extremely damaging” economic impact of the closure of
retail and hospitality businesses to stop the spread of the
virus will be at the forefront of considerations when ministers
meet on Sunday afternoon to decide on the next round of pandemic
restrictions, according to Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi
Sunak.
Sunak said he will increase spending on public services
this week in a bid to shore up the U.K. economy amid the
“enormous stress and strain” of the pandemic.
Iran Reports 10% Increase in Deaths (6:55 p.m. HK)
Iran reported a 10% increase in daily deaths from Covid-19,
with 475 fatalities in the last 24 hours. That brought the total
death toll to 44,802. The number of new cases rose slightly to
13,053 overnight, the Health Ministry said.
France Plans Phased Lockdown Easing (6:10 p.m. HK)
The French government plans to ease lockdown measures in
three steps as infections recede, while keeping some
restrictions to contain the epidemic. A first easing will take
place “around” Dec. 1, followed by a second one before the end-
of-the-year holidays and a third from January, government
spokesman Gabriel Attal told Le Journal du Dimanche.
Confinement measures and travel limitations will remain in
place for some time, while restaurants and bars will still face
restrictions, Attal told the newspaper. President Emmanuel
Macron, who’s due to speak Tuesday, will detail the government
strategy for the weeks to come, he said.
South Korea Imposes Tougher Social Distancing (6 p.m. HK)
South Korea is imposing stricter social-distancing
measures, including limiting restaurant hours and social
gatherings, as a surge in coronavirus cases threatens to
undermine earlier efforts to contain the pandemic.
The country’s social-distancing alert level was raised to 2
from 1.5 for the greater Seoul area, effective Nov. 24. That
will lead to a ban in gatherings in high-risk facilities such as
night clubs and karaoke bars, while restaurants are prohibited
from serving customers after 9 p.m. and can only operate
takeouts and deliveries.
Russian Vaccine Price to Be Announced (5:50 p.m. HK)
The price of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine will be announced
this week, one of the developers, the Russian Direct Investment
Fund, said in a statement Sunday. The cost will be “much lower”
than the vaccines from Pfizer Inc. and Moderna Inc, according to
the Russian vaccine’s official Twitter account.
Polish Cases Drop to Lowest in Almost 3 Weeks (5:30 p.m. HK)
Poland saw 18,467 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, the
lowest since Nov. 2, while deaths rose by 330 to 13,618. The
Polish government said yesterday it would consider easing some
restrictions if a seven-day average of daily cases falls below
19,000.
Poland introduced a near-full lockdown earlier this month
after infections surged in October, but it will allow shopping
malls to reopen.
German Restrictions May Continue Past November (3:40 p.m. HK)
The number of confirmed cases in Germany increased by
13,872 as the country headed into the final stretch of a partial
lockdown of the economy. Vice-Chancellor Olaf Scholz told the
Bild am Sonntag newspaper that the restrictions may have to
continue “for some time” beyond the end of November.
In that case, financial support for the sectors directly
affected should also be extended, said Scholz, who’s also
finance minister, noting that this would be “financially
challenging.”
Russian Covid Cases Steady (3:35 p.m. HK)
The number of new Covid-19 infections in Russia remained
steady at just over 24,000 in the past 24 hours. Total cases
surpassed 2 million last week, pushing the country’s hospital
system to the brink. Just over 400 deaths were recorded in the
past day, a slight drop from the record 467 recorded on
Saturday, the government’s virus response center said. Russia
has the fifth-most cases globally, after the U.S., Brazil, India
and France.
Hong Kong to Pay for Positive Tests (3:10 p.m. HK)
Hong Kong will give a one-time HK$5,000 ($645) payment to
anyone in the city who tests positive for Covid-19 to encourage
people to take tests for the virus, Health Secretary Sophia Chan
said. The Labour and Welfare Bureau will announce details of the
handout plan later, Radio Television Hong Kong cited Chan as
saying in a radio interview.
Hong Kong will impose new social restrictions as local
coronavirus cases spike. That increase prompted an announcement
Saturday that a planned travel bubble between Hong Kong and
Singapore would be postponed for two weeks.
Tokyo Finds 391 New Coronavirus Cases (2:10 p.m. HK)
Tokyo on Sunday confirmed 391 new coronavirus cases, up
roughly 50% from a week earlier, according to municipal
government data. On Saturday, the Japanese capital found a
record 539 infections.
U.S. Added 177,552 Cases on Saturday (1:30 p.m. HK)
The U.S. saw 177,552 new coronavirus cases on Saturday,
according to data compiled by Bloomberg from sources including
Johns Hopkins University. That compares to a figure of 195,690
new infections on Friday as California and Ohio were among
states to post new highs.
More than 12 million people in the U.S. have now been
infected.
--With assistance from John Follain, Rudy Ruitenberg, Linus
Chua, Arsalan Shahla, Josh Wingrove, Andras Gergely, Jacqueline
Poh, Aline Oyamada, Lucille Liu, Rebecca Choong Wilkins,
Francois de Beaupuy, Natasha Doff, Maciej Martewicz, Dylan
Griffiths, Elizabeth Dexheimer, Max Zimmerman, Sara Marley,
Steven T. Dennis and Ugur Yilmaz.
To contact Bloomberg News staff for this story:
Ian Fisher in New York at ifisher10@bloomberg.net
To contact the editors responsible for this story:
Matthew G. Miller at mmiller144@bloomberg.net
Tony Czuczka
h/t Jason Gale
U.S. Cases Rise 110,000 a Day Since Last Month: Virus Update
2020-11-22 20:15:54.139 GMT
By Bloomberg News
(Bloomberg) -- The U.S., which recorded 177,552 new
infections on Saturday, is now averaging almost 110,000 more
daily cases than a month ago. Vaccinations against Covid-19 in
the U.S. will “hopefully” start in less than three weeks,
according to the head of the federal government’s program to
accelerate a vaccine.
“We have patients gasping for breath, needing a ventilator
to survive and too often dying,” some 2,000 employees of the
University of Wisconsin health system wrote in an open letter
pleading for residents to help stop the virus’s spread.
British ministers will weigh the next round of pandemic
restrictions on Sunday, while the French government plans a
three-phase easing of lockdown measures from December. Italy is
also considering a pre-holiday easing.
* Global Tracker: Cases pass 58.3 million; deaths 1.3 million
* Regeneron gets emergency U.S. clearance for Covid-19 therapy
* Pfizer’s Covid vaccine still faces hurdles after FDA filing
Friday
* Astra-Oxford shot key to escaping pandemic for many nations
* Vaccine Tracker: Encouraging breakthroughs offer hope
Swedish PM Sends Covid Plea to Nation After ‘Careless’ Response
(2:28 p.m. NY)
Sweden’s Prime Minister Stefan Lofven used a rare Sunday
night address to warn of the growing threat the coronavirus
poses, amid fears the strategy used so far may not be enough to
fight an increasingly deadly pandemic.
Lofven, the third prime minister in Sweden’s history to
deliver such a national address, declared that “too many people
have been careless about following the recommendations” that
health authorities say are key if the virus is to be reined in.
Sweden famously avoided a lockdown, relying instead on
voluntary measures. But with a death rate considerably higher
than elsewhere in the Nordic region, and intensive care beds
rapidly filling up, authorities in the country are now
recalibrating their approach.
Wisconsin Medical System Pleads for Help to Stem Virus’s Spread
(2:25 p.m. NY)
The University of Wisconsin health system, which now has a
waiting list for patients, released a letter signed by 2,000
employees sounding an alarm for residents to prevent the virus’s
spread.
“Wisconsin is in a bad place right now with no sign of
things getting better without action,” said the letter, released
Sunday. “We are, quite simply, out of time. Without immediate
change, our hospitals will be too full to treat all of those
with the virus and those with other illnesses or injuries.”
Wisconsin is one of the hardest-hit states in the virus’s
recent surge. The seven-day average of new cases has roughly
tripled since the beginning of October to about 7,000.
Hospitalizations have also tripled in that time.
Turkey Hits Record (1:23 p.m. NY)
Turkey reported a daily record of 6,017 symptomatic
Covid-19 patients, about 30% higher than three days ago, amid
partial weekend curfews across the country.
The nation may have to impose stricter measures if the
recent steps won’t slow down the pandemic, President Recep
Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday.
France Cases Slow (12:58 p.m. NY)
France’s confirmed cases rose by 13,157 on Sunday to 2.14
million. The seven-day average of new cases continued to drop,
as the country’s second lockdown is starting to slow the virus’s
spread. The share of positive tests slipped to 14%, falling
almost 3 percentage points in a week and down from 20.6% in
early November.
Another 214 people died, the smallest increase in four
weeks. The number of patients in the hospital and in intensive
care has been falling from a peak on Monday.
Gottlieb Says Hospitals Likely to Face Staffing Shortages (12:48
p.m. NY)
Former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb warned that staffing
will be a bigger issue at hospitals than the number of available
beds during the unfolding spike.
“The hospitals can create new beds, they just won’t have
the people to staff them,” he said. That’s because unlike
previous waves, there will be limited ability to surge staff
from less-affected areas of the country to hot spots.
Gottlieb, who is a Pfizer board member, predicted that the
vaccines could be widely available to the general public by the
second quarter of next year if all goes well. He also said that
perhaps 30% of the public will have been infected with Covid-19
by the end of the winter, building up some immunity.
Cuomo Warns New Yorkers of Holiday Risks (12:16 p.m. NY)
New York reported 5,391 cases, the sixth day with more than
5,000 new infections, as Governor Andrew Cuomo issued a warning
about the heightened risks of infection over the coming
holidays. “This is a very dangerous period,” he told reporters
in New York City, urging citizens to heed public health rules.
“It’s purely a function of what we do.”
Hospitalizations ticked up to 2,562, while the statewide
positive-test rate dropped slightly to 2.7%, one of the lowest
in the nation. The positive rate in the “micro-cluster” areas
targeted for more stringent restrictions remained steady at
4.4%.
U.K. Cases Pass 1.5 Million (11:54 a.m. NY)
The U.K. became the third western European country to pass
1.5 million cases after infections surged 50% this month. It
reported 18,662 cases on Sunday, below the seven-day average of
21,290. Another 398 people died within 28 days of testing
positive.
Both GOP Senators in January Runoffs Isolating (11:24 a.m. NY)
Both Republicans involved in run-off elections in Georgia
to decide control of the U.S. Senate are now self-isolating at
home after one, Senator Kelly Loeffler, may have tested positive
for the coronavirus.
Loeffler’s campaign spokesman said late Saturday that she
had a positive test followed by a subsequent inconclusive
result. Senator David Perdue will remain home for now until
Loeffler receives confirmation of her results, spokeswoman Casey
Black said Sunday.
Loeffler and Perdue are in head-to-head matchups against
Democrats Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff, respectively, on Jan.
5 after no candidate reached 50% of the vote in the Nov. 3
election.
Italy Weighs Easing Lockdown Before Holidays (11:18 a.m. NY)
Italy reported 28,337 new coronavirus cases Sunday, down
from 34,767 a day earlier – in line with the normal weekend
pattern as fewer tests are carried out. Daily deaths fell to 562
from 692 on Saturday.
The government of Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte is
considering temporarily easing a soft lockdown in the run-up to
Christmas to allow shops to open for longer hours in worst-hit
regions, Italian newspapers reported earlier Sunday.
U.S. Plans First Vaccinations Next Month, Warp Speed Leader Says
(10:40 a.m. NY)
Vaccinations against Covid-19 in the U.S. will “hopefully”
start in less than three weeks, according to the head of the
federal government’s program to accelerate a vaccine.
“On the 11th or on the 12th of December, hopefully the
first people will be immunized across the United States, across
all states, in all the areas where the state departments of
health will have told us where to deliver the vaccines,” Moncef
Slaoui, head of the government’s Operation Warp Speed, said on
CNN’s “State of the Union.”
U.S. Daily Cases Soar From Month Ago (8:52 p.m. NY)
The U.S., which recorded 177,552 new infections on
Saturday, is adding almost 110,000 more cases every day compared
with the same period a month ago, according to data compiled by
Johns Hopkins University and Bloomberg. Fatalities have doubled
over that period, as the virus spread across the nation.
The seven-day average of new cases is now 169,657, compared
with 59,954 in the same period a month ago. The record for daily
infections is 195,690, set on Nov. 20.
Shanghai Reports New Cases in Pudong Outbreak (8:05 a.m. NY)
Two new cases were confirmed on Sunday afternoon in
Shanghai. Both were close contacts of people infected the Pudong
district, according to the official WeChat account of the
Shanghai government.
The local government has quarantined and conducted tests on
52 other people, while a residential compound in Pudong has been
classified as a medium-risk area.
U.K. Weighs Next Round of Restrictions (6:30 a.m. NY)
The “extremely damaging” economic impact of the closure of
retail and hospitality businesses to stop the spread of the
virus will be at the forefront of considerations when ministers
meet on Sunday afternoon to decide on the next round of pandemic
restrictions, according to Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi
Sunak.
Sunak said he will increase spending on public services
this week in a bid to shore up the U.K. economy amid the
“enormous stress and strain” of the pandemic.
Iran Reports 10% Increase in Deaths (6:55 p.m. HK)
Iran reported a 10% increase in daily deaths from Covid-19,
with 475 fatalities in the last 24 hours. That brought the total
death toll to 44,802. The number of new cases rose slightly to
13,053 overnight, the Health Ministry said.
France Plans Phased Lockdown Easing (6:10 p.m. HK)
The French government plans to ease lockdown measures in
three steps as infections recede, while keeping some
restrictions to contain the epidemic. A first easing will take
place “around” Dec. 1, followed by a second one before the end-
of-the-year holidays and a third from January, government
spokesman Gabriel Attal told Le Journal du Dimanche.
Confinement measures and travel limitations will remain in
place for some time, while restaurants and bars will still face
restrictions, Attal told the newspaper. President Emmanuel
Macron, who’s due to speak Tuesday, will detail the government
strategy for the weeks to come, he said.
South Korea Imposes Tougher Social Distancing (6 p.m. HK)
South Korea is imposing stricter social-distancing
measures, including limiting restaurant hours and social
gatherings, as a surge in coronavirus cases threatens to
undermine earlier efforts to contain the pandemic.
The country’s social-distancing alert level was raised to 2
from 1.5 for the greater Seoul area, effective Nov. 24. That
will lead to a ban in gatherings in high-risk facilities such as
night clubs and karaoke bars, while restaurants are prohibited
from serving customers after 9 p.m. and can only operate
takeouts and deliveries.
Russian Vaccine Price to Be Announced (5:50 p.m. HK)
The price of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine will be announced
this week, one of the developers, the Russian Direct Investment
Fund, said in a statement Sunday. The cost will be “much lower”
than the vaccines from Pfizer Inc. and Moderna Inc, according to
the Russian vaccine’s official Twitter account.
Polish Cases Drop to Lowest in Almost 3 Weeks (5:30 p.m. HK)
Poland saw 18,467 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, the
lowest since Nov. 2, while deaths rose by 330 to 13,618. The
Polish government said yesterday it would consider easing some
restrictions if a seven-day average of daily cases falls below
19,000.
Poland introduced a near-full lockdown earlier this month
after infections surged in October, but it will allow shopping
malls to reopen.
German Restrictions May Continue Past November (3:40 p.m. HK)
The number of confirmed cases in Germany increased by
13,872 as the country headed into the final stretch of a partial
lockdown of the economy. Vice-Chancellor Olaf Scholz told the
Bild am Sonntag newspaper that the restrictions may have to
continue “for some time” beyond the end of November.
In that case, financial support for the sectors directly
affected should also be extended, said Scholz, who’s also
finance minister, noting that this would be “financially
challenging.”
Russian Covid Cases Steady (3:35 p.m. HK)
The number of new Covid-19 infections in Russia remained
steady at just over 24,000 in the past 24 hours. Total cases
surpassed 2 million last week, pushing the country’s hospital
system to the brink. Just over 400 deaths were recorded in the
past day, a slight drop from the record 467 recorded on
Saturday, the government’s virus response center said. Russia
has the fifth-most cases globally, after the U.S., Brazil, India
and France.
Hong Kong to Pay for Positive Tests (3:10 p.m. HK)
Hong Kong will give a one-time HK$5,000 ($645) payment to
anyone in the city who tests positive for Covid-19 to encourage
people to take tests for the virus, Health Secretary Sophia Chan
said. The Labour and Welfare Bureau will announce details of the
handout plan later, Radio Television Hong Kong cited Chan as
saying in a radio interview.
Hong Kong will impose new social restrictions as local
coronavirus cases spike. That increase prompted an announcement
Saturday that a planned travel bubble between Hong Kong and
Singapore would be postponed for two weeks.
Tokyo Finds 391 New Coronavirus Cases (2:10 p.m. HK)
Tokyo on Sunday confirmed 391 new coronavirus cases, up
roughly 50% from a week earlier, according to municipal
government data. On Saturday, the Japanese capital found a
record 539 infections.
U.S. Added 177,552 Cases on Saturday (1:30 p.m. HK)
The U.S. saw 177,552 new coronavirus cases on Saturday,
according to data compiled by Bloomberg from sources including
Johns Hopkins University. That compares to a figure of 195,690
new infections on Friday as California and Ohio were among
states to post new highs.
More than 12 million people in the U.S. have now been
infected.
--With assistance from John Follain, Rudy Ruitenberg, Linus
Chua, Arsalan Shahla, Josh Wingrove, Andras Gergely, Jacqueline
Poh, Aline Oyamada, Lucille Liu, Rebecca Choong Wilkins,
Francois de Beaupuy, Natasha Doff, Maciej Martewicz, Dylan
Griffiths, Elizabeth Dexheimer, Max Zimmerman, Sara Marley,
Steven T. Dennis and Ugur Yilmaz.
To contact Bloomberg News staff for this story:
Ian Fisher in New York at ifisher10@bloomberg.net
To contact the editors responsible for this story:
Matthew G. Miller at mmiller144@bloomberg.net
Tony Czuczka