COVID-19 Pandemic Update: Australia Says Border Won’t Reopen Until 2021; COVID-19 Infections Climb In Texas, California:

- Global case total tops 8.3 million
- The White House now projects more than 200,000 Americans who could die of COVID-19 by October 1. The prediction went up by more than 30,000 since last week.
- African-Americans account for only 13.4 percent of the U.S. population, according to the Census Bureau, but the CDC says they accounted for 22 percent of coronavirus infections studied in the new analysis
- Dr. Anthony Fauci warned that the country hasn’t yet finished with its first wave of the Covid-19 outbreak and definitively swore off personally attending a massive indoor rally like the upcoming Trump campaign rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
- Aussie border won’t reopen to foreign travelers until next year
- 1/3rd of workers at Orlando International test positive
- Italy reports another 43 deaths
- NYC on track for ‘Phase 2’ reopening Monday
- Texas reports 11% jump in hospitalizations
- Fla. positivity rate hits highest level since April
- Fla. reports another jump in new cases
- Health-care worker and 15 friends infected after a night out at Fla. bar
- Pakistan reports another alarming jump in COVID cases
- Beijing expands lockdowns to nearly 30 residential compounds
- India suffers the deadliest day yet
- WHO praises UK dexamethasone trial
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