The U.S. continued to report rising numbers of new coronavirus cases, setting a fresh one-day record even as Dr. Robert Redfield, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, stressed that the U.S. could bring its outbreak under control if everyone wore masks.
Here are some of the biggest developments Thursday:
The following data was compiled by Johns Hopkins University:
- Global cases: More than 13.5 million
- Global deaths: At least 584,000
- U.S. cases: More than 3.49 million
- U.S. deaths: At least 137,000