Daily new U.S. cases of the coronavirus, as a seven-day average, topped 50,000 for the first time in nearly two months on Tuesday, according to a CNBC analysis of Johns Hopkins data. Average daily new infections are 16% higher than a week ago, and have been growing for the last nine days, CNBC's analysis shows. The nation's top health experts have repeatedly warned that new case tallies are too high heading into the colder months.
Here are some of the biggest developments on Wednesday:
- France declares public health emergency as hospitalizations and cases spike
- Healthy young people might not get vaccine until 2022, WHO says
- Fed's Clarida says U.S. economy needs another year to recover
- Another wave of retail closures could be looming
- CDC may not recommend an initial vaccine to children at first
The following data was compiled by Johns Hopkins University:
- Global cases: More than 38.32 million
- Global deaths: At least 1.08 million
- U.S. cases: More than 7.88 million
- U.S. deaths: At least 216,323