President Donald Trump signed a long-awaited Covid relief bill late Sunday night, triggering a second round of aid for Americans amid the ongoing pandemic. The bill includes $600 direct payments, more funding for small businesses and boosted unemployment benefits. Trump delayed signing the bill, insisting the stimulus check amount was too low and allowing unemployment benefits to briefly lapse for millions of Americans.
The U.S. is recording at least 184,000 new Covid-19 cases and at least 2,200 virus-related deaths each day, based on a seven-day average calculated by CNBC using Johns Hopkins University data.
Here are some of the biggest developments Monday:
The following data was compiled by Johns Hopkins University:
- Global cases: More than 81.1 million
- Global deaths: At least 1.77 million
- U.S. cases: More than 19.22 million
- U.S. deaths: At least 334,025