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Coronavirus updates: US daily case count shoots back up over 50,000 - ABC News

Coronavirus updates: US daily case count shoots back up over 50,000 - ABC News

Coronavirus updates: US daily case count shoots back up over 50,000 - ABC News
Aug 05, 2020 4 mins, 53 secs

A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 702,000 people worldwide.

Over 18.6 million people across the globe have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new respiratory virus, according to data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University.

Since the first cases were detected in China in December, the United States has become the worst-affected country, with more than 4.7 million diagnosed cases and at least 157,186 deaths.

"This is a difficult decision as we recognize the crushing impact that this pandemic has had on our community and every other industry," CLIA said in a statement.

"CLIA cruise line members will continue to monitor the situation with the understanding that we will revisit a possible further extension," the statement said.

Former Vice President Joe Biden and all convention speakers will not be traveling to Milwaukee for the Democratic National Convention, according to a statement from the DNC Committee.

“After ongoing consultation with public health officials and experts—who underscored the worsening coronavirus pandemic—the Democratic National Convention Committee announced today speakers for the 2020 Democratic National Convention will no longer travel to Milwaukee, Wisconsin in order to prevent risking the health of our host community as well as the convention’s production teams, security officials, community partners, media and others necessary to orchestrate the event," the statement said.

Johnson & Johnson has agreed to supply 100 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate to the United States for more than $1 billion.

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said in a statement that the Trump administration is assembling a "portfolio of vaccines" which will increase "the likelihood that the United States will have at least one safe, effective vaccine by 2021.".

All of Chicago's public school students and teachers will begin the new school year at home next month due to the coronavirus pandemic, officials announced Wednesday.

Chicago Public Schools CEO Janice Jackson said at a press conference that remote learning will be conducted for at least the first quarter of the school year, which runs through Nov.

Jackson noted that students will be engaged for the entirety of a normal school day -- from their time with teachers, independent studying and small group learning.

3 to demand adequate classroom safety measures as schools debate reopening amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said the decision to start the school year remotely "is rooted in public health data and the invaluable feedback we've received from parents and families." She added that it "makes sense" for a school district of such size and diversity.

"As we build out this remote learning model and seek to establish a hybrid learning model in the second quarter, we will continue to support and collaborate with parents and school leaders to create safe, sustainable learning environments for our students," Lightfoot said.

The move comes on the heels of protests across the country held by teachers and activists demanding adequate classroom safety measures as schools debate reopening amid the coronavirus pandemic.

American biotechnology company Moderna announced Wednesday that it's on track to recruit enough volunteers for the third phase of clinical trials for its potential COVID-19 vaccine.

A sign marks the headquarters of Moderna, an American biotechnology company that is developing a vaccine against COVID-19, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on May 18, 2020.

A fourth-grade student at a private school in North Carolina has tested positive for COVID-19, according to a report by Durham ABC station WTVD.

The student was asymptomatic throughout their time at school, passing the temperature check and symptom-screening checklist for entry, according to WTVD.

Thales Academy welcomed students back to its campuses across North Carolina for the new school year in July

Schools across Bolivia will remain closed for the rest of the year due to the coronavirus pandemic

"Today we make the decision to close the school year," Anez wrote in Spanish on Twitter

Women wearing face masks to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus sit on the road in El Alto, Bolivia, on Aug

More than 83,000 people in Bolivia have been diagnosed with COVID-19, and at least 3,320 of them have died, according to a count kept by Johns Hopkins University

A bipartisan group of at least seven governors has teamed up with the Rockefeller Foundation to try to expand the use of rapid antigen tests to help slow the spread of the novel coronavirus

Larry Hogan, a Republican, clinched the deal with the New York City-based private foundation in "the first interstate testing compact of its kind among governors during the COVID-19 pandemic," according to a press release

"With severe shortages and delays in testing and the federal administration attempting to cut funding for testing, the states are banding together to acquire millions of faster tests to help save lives and slow the spread of COVID-19," Hogan said in a statement Tuesday night

More than 700,000 people around the world have now died from the novel coronavirus -- another grim milestone in the pandemic

As of early Wednesday morning, the global death toll from COVID-19 was at 700,741, according to a count kept by Johns Hopkins University

More than 57,000 new cases of COVID-19 were identified in the United States on Tuesday, according to a count kept by Johns Hopkins University

A total of 4,771,519 people in the United States have been diagnosed with COVID-19 since the pandemic began, and at least 156,830 of them have died, according to Johns Hopkins

A hostess from Astro Gong Yoga Studio checks a woman's temperature before she attends a yoga class being held on a roof top parking lot, as the studio cannot be open to the public amid the coronavirus pandemic, in Los Angeles, California, on August 4, 2020

states had begun lifting stay-at-home orders and other restrictions put in place to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus

Only seven states and territories are on an upward trajectory of new cases, while 10 states are at a plateau and 39 states are going down, according to the memo

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