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Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations
Over 10 Million Cases Of COVID-19 Have Been Confirmed In US
The New York Times: U.S. Surpasses 10 Million Coronavirus Cases As Global Cases Top 50 Million
The United States reported its 10 millionth coronavirus case on Sunday, with the latest million added in just 10 days, as most of the country struggled to contain outbreaks in the third and most widespread wave of infection since the pandemic began. More than 103,600 new cases were announced on Sunday, the fifth-highest total of the pandemic, according to a New York Times database, and the fifth day in a row the country exceeded 100,000 cases in a single day. (11/9)
ABC News: Number Of COVID-19 Infections Reaches Daily Record In US
New daily COVID-19 cases in the United States hit a record 128,000 on Saturday as multiple states reported the highest number of positive infections since the pandemic began, according to the Johns Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Center. Saturday marked the fourth straight day new COVID-19 cases surpassed 100,000 in the country, according to the data. In just the past week, 715,000 people nationwide have tested positive for the virus, the data shows. (Hutchinson, 11/8)
USA Today: US Sets Another Record With 126,742 New Cases; World Surpasses 50 Million Cases
The U.S. set another daily record for coronavirus cases and the world surpassed 50 million total cases Sunday as President-elect Joe Biden promised to do what President Donald Trump could not: "Get this virus under control." The U.S. recorded 126,742 cases Saturday, the third day in a row the total exceeded 120,000, according to data from Johns Hopkins. The United States, with about 4.3% of the world population, has about 20% of the cases. (Tucker, Aretakis and Bacon, 11/8)
Stat: As Covid-19 Cases Spiral, Leaders Around U.S. Lose Urgency On Prevention
More than a dozen states have seen record-high Covid-19 infections in the past five days, as the country experiences case counts never seen before anywhere in the world and, once again, surging hospitalizations and deaths. But public health experts around the country told STAT they were deeply worried that there has not been a correspondingly urgent response from federal, state, and local leaders. As a result, they warned, the country is set on an even more dire course as it moves deeper into the fall and holiday season. (Joseph, 11/9)
In global news on the COVID surge —
AP: Global Coronavirus Case Total Tops 50 Million
The coronavirus has hit another sobering milestone: more than 50 million positive cases worldwide since the pandemic began. Johns Hopkins University’s coronavirus tracker reported more than 50.2 million COVID-19 cases globally as of Sunday. There have been more than 1.2 million deaths from the disease worldwide since the pandemic started. (11/8)
