Tuesday, September 29, 2020

"Covid-19 Pandemic Update 9/29/20"

"An agonizing toll: One million people worldwide have now died from confirmed coronavirus cases. It is a staggering toll — greater than the number of people estimated to have died from malaria, influenza, cholera and measles, combined, over the same period. And the real number of coronavirus deaths is almost certainly higher. The U.S., with 4 percent of the world’s population, has suffered more than 20 percent of deaths.

In other virus developments:
• The White House pressured the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to downplay the risk of sending children back to school.
The U.S. spent 15 years preparing for a pandemic. How did it mishandle the coronavirus so badly? This video from Opinion explores what went wrong.

SEP 29, 2020 3:42 AM ET:
 Coronavirus Map: Tracking the Global Outbreak 
The coronavirus pandemic has sickened more than 33,350,900 
people, according to official counts, including 7,176,535 Americans.

      SEP 29, 2020 3:42 AM ET: 
Coronavirus in the U.S.: Latest Map and Case Count
Updated 9/29/20, 3:23 AM ET
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