COVID-19 Pandemic Update: ‘We need to live with it’: White House Readies New Message for the Nation on Coronavirus

Summary 

• Total Conformed COVID-19 Cases Worldwide surpass 11 million
• Total COVID-19 Fatalities Worldwide surpass 500 thousand
• Mexican state closes border with the US
• South Africa reports 9,063 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, with a daily positivity rate of over 23%.
• The US reported 52,291 new cases, bringing its nationwide total to 2,739,879
• Texas reports another 7,555 new cases, 3rd highest yet with hospitalizations up 270, about 500 less than the record of 8,076 on Wednesday, with 50 new deaths. Positivity rate back up a bit to 13.92%
• Florida is now No. 4 in the country behind only Texas (No. 3; 182k), California (No. 2; 248k) and New York (No. 1; 400k)
• South Carolina positivity rate hits 20.7%
• Latam surpasses US case total
• More MLB, NBA players test positive
• California reports the latest case numbers
• Court orders 3 defiant Arizona gyms to close
• South Africa suffers a record jump in new cases; positivity rate ~25%
• Dallas reports more than 1k cases
• Arizona hospitalizations at a new record high
• 105 University of Washington students living in frat houses off-campus test positive
• NY reports 9 fatalities
• Sweden still has one of the higher mortality rates overall (5,000+ deaths for a population of 10.2 million), and while the country’s immensely popular method of tackling the virus with no lockdowns has seen its popularity fade as the death toll crossed 5k
• WHO warns against trying to predict when a vaccine will be ready
• ES futures slide as Florida passes NJ with 178k COVID-19 cases
• Gov Cuomo delivers a holiday weekend warning
• Britain mandates quarantine for all American visitors
• The US reports another record case jump: Total cases (US): ~2,740,000
• Washington State Gov pauses reopening
• India reports new record daily jump
• South Korea sees another 60+ cases
• Outbreaks in Chile and Peru have spiraled out of control:1. Brazil: 1,496,858 cases; 61,884 deaths
  2. Peru: 292,004 cases; 10,045 deaths
  3. Chile: 288,089 cases; 6,051 deaths
  4. Mexico: 238,511 cases; 29,189 deaths
  5. Colombia: 106,110 cases; 3,641 deaths
  6. Argentina: 69,941 cases; 1,385 deaths
  7. Ecuador: 60,657 cases; 4,700 deaths
  8. Bolivia: 35,528 cases; 1,271 deaths
  9. Panama: 35,237 cases, 667 deaths