U.S. Coronavirus Cases Near Six Million
Source: WSJ/MSN
By Dan Strumpf, Talal Ansari, 4 hrs ago.
Confirmed coronavirus cases neared 25 million world-wide, while the U.S. closed in on six million infections and other countries saw case numbers rise. Several prominent U.S. companies are reporting a new wave of layoffs, as businesses reassess their staffing needs and brace for an extended period of economic disruption.
The U.S. reported 46,156 new cases--the daily case count has now risen for five days straight--and 976 deaths on Friday, the most recent data compiled by Johns Hopkins University show. That brings the total number of confirmed cases to more than 5.9 million. The total U.S. death toll topped 182,000.
MGM Resorts International became the most recent big U.S. employer to announce staff reductions. The company said it was laying off 18,000 furloughed staff members in the U.S., as the slowdown in global travel batters the casino industry. Stanley Black & Decker Inc. also recently told some employees they wouldn't be placed back on the payroll. Salesforce.com Inc., Coca-Cola Co., American Airlines Group Inc. and United Airlines Holdings Inc. have all warned of looming job cuts.
The Treasury Department began implementing President Trump's plan to allow a payroll tax deferral, an executive action meant to help households weather the economic fallout from the pandemic but which also faces some hurdles. In many hard-hit states, college campuses have emerged as infection hotbeds. The virus is spreading especially aggressively on some campuses in Georgia, Texas and Iowa. However, at least one major university--the University of Notre Dame--has seen the rate of new cases slow enough to try returning to in-person instruction next week...
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An outbreak at Kansas State University is linked to 4 sororities as of Friday. "The leaders of local fraternities and sororities are cooperating with health department staff, but we have concerns that the safety messages are not reaching all of the members," said local health officer Julie Gibbs...
At the University of Alabama, in 3 days, 492 cases have been reported. Dr. Ricky Friend said the evidence doesn't indicate virus transmission from in-person class instruction. On Monday, the Tuscaloosa Mayor and city officials closed bars in the city to slow the spread. "We remain concerned that off-campus transmission is our greatest risk"..
Other countries:
India reported 76,472 new cases of coronavirus in the preceding 24 hours, taking the total confirmed cases to 3,463,972; 1,021 new deaths, with the death toll at 62,550.
South Korea is reporting 323 more new cases, bringing the total to about 19,400. The country is reintroducing social-distancing measures in the Seoul metropolitan area, a step toward its level 3 restrictions, the highest of a 3-tier system.
Japan reports 876 new cases for Friday, in line with a recent trend where the daily tally is below 1,000. That represents an improvement from late July to early August when a new wave of coronavirus infections erupted in clusters across the country, with well over 1,000 cases nearly every day...
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Somewhere in the high 80% I seem to recall. The RW spin machine (aka propaganda Fux Ruse) has done its job well. 
