COVID-19 Pandemic Update: India Extends Lockdown For 4th Time As New Cases, Deaths Surge; 5 Upstate New York Regions Enter “Phase 2”

- Supreme Court Rules 5-4 To Uphold Pandemic Orders Limiting Church Service
- Pope Francis urges countries to divert weapons spending to pandemic prevention
- Belgian prince tests positive
- Italy reports just 117 deaths Saturday
- 3rd UK gov’t scientist cautions against Johnson’s reopening plan
- Cuomo says 5 upstate regions can move into ‘Phase 2’
- Spain reports just 4 deaths
- India extends lockdown for 4th time
- Modi warns country “besieged” by virus
- India reports record jump in new cases
- Global cases pass 6 million
- Russia reports highest daily case tally in a week as lockdown eases
- CDC admits antibody tests extremely unreliable
- Brazil now has fifth-highest death toll, pushing aside Spain, with ~28k deaths
- UK PM BoJo to start easing lockdown measures Monday
- US economic data paints a mixed picture of recovery
- North Carolina reports 827 deaths
- Premier League soccer to re-start June 17
- NY reports just 74 deaths for the second day in a row.
- Italy reports <100 deaths for 4th time in 5 days
- Trump tweets condolences
- Brazil cases top 400k
- South Korea reports an alarming jump in cases
- Blue House mulls reinstating strict social distancing measures
- Philippines President to end Manila lockdown
- Denmark decision to partially reopen schools deemed a ‘success’
- New evidence of ‘Community Spread’ found in certain African countries
- British researchers estimated that worldwide, only 10% of people have been exposed to the virus thus far.
- Between 60% to 70% of the population would have to be infected before herd immunity is achieved before the virus no longer a threat.
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