At 6:08am
Confirmed cases worldwide - 2,898,302
Deaths worldwide - 202,519
Confirmed cases US - 937,659
Deaths US - 53,352
At 9:06am
Confirmed cases worldwide - 2,899,233
Deaths worldwide - 202,519
Confirmed cases US - 937,659
Deaths US - 53,352
At 9:34am
Confirmed cases worldwide - 2,901,872
Deaths worldwide - 202,781
Confirmed cases US - 937,974
Deaths US - 53,354
HOLY COW - the stats changed mere minutes later...
At 9:44am
Confirmed cases worldwide - 2,905,489
Deaths worldwide - 202,921
Confirmed cases US - 939,234
Deaths US - 53,395
HOLY COW 2.0 - just a few more minutes later, the numbers jumped again...
At 9:50am
Confirmed cases worldwide - 2,905,873
Deaths worldwide - 202,927
Confirmed cases US - 939,618
Deaths US - 53,401
Son of HOLY COW 2.0...
At 9:55am
Confirmed cases worldwide - 2,906,100
Deaths worldwide - 202,953
Confirmed cases US - 939,845
Deaths - 53,427
At 10:05am
Confirmed cases worldwide - 2,906,915
Deaths worldwide - 202,982
Confirmed cases US - 940,660
Deaths US - 53,456
At 12:03pm
Confirmed cases worldwide - 2,918,706
Deaths worldwide - 203,692
Confirmed cases US - 952,451
Deaths - 53,958
At 1:21pm
Confirmed cases worldwide - 2,921,783
Deaths worldwide - 203,784
Confirmed cases US - 955,528
Deaths US - 54,050
And by evening (6:01pm)
Confirmed cases US - 963,718
Deaths US - 54,558
The marker that some in the media have pointed to is the 58-thousand dead from the Vietnam War. We're gonna pass that figure this coming week.
Just awful. Painful. Stupefying. And Horrifying.