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Brazil’s Health Ministry reported 15,654 new cases of coronavirus on Monday, bringing the country’s total to 707,412.
Brazil also confirmed 679 new Covid-19 fatalities Monday, bringing the country’s total deaths to 37,134.
The ministry on Monday reverted to providing cumulative data on Covid-19 cases and deaths after saying over the weekend that it would no longer provide comprehensive data. However, the ministry said the methodology and data would only be available on the website on Tuesday.
On Saturday, an official Covid-19 tracker from the Brazilian Health Ministry began showing only data on new cases and deaths recorded in the past 24 hours, eliminating running cumulative totals of virus deaths and cases that had previously appeared on the same page. The government faced widespread backlash for its decision.
Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro tweeted Saturday, “Cumulative data, in addition to not showing that the large part [of patients] no longer has the illness, does not depict the moment of the country. Other actions are in the works to improve case notifications and diagnostic confirmations.”
Both the number of new cases and deaths reported on Monday were lower than the previous day but Brazil nonetheless has the second highest number of coronavirus cases worldwide and the third highest number of reported deaths.
Millions of N95 respirator masks have been certified and will soon be shipped to California, according to a statement from Gov. Gavin Newsom.
The masks were part of a somewhat secretive deal made between the state and BYD during the early days of the coronavirus pandemic. BYD, an electric car-maker based in China, stands for Build Your Dreams.
The contract calls for 150 million N95 masks. The masks were held up pending certification from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
A genetic study suggests the new coronavirus was carried into California several times by travelers, and suggests the state missed several opportunities to use contact tracing to stop further spread.
The report, published in the journal Science, also strongly indicates that at least one large cruise ship outbreak started with a virus transmitted by a single person infected with a strain of the virus that spread in Washington state early in the pandemic.
It’s a small analysis, but helps paint a picture of how a few cases can turn into a pandemic — and how quick action can stop the spread, said Dr. Charles Chiu, a professor of laboratory medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, who led the study team.
For instance, the outbreak that infected more than 700 people with coronavirus on the Diamond Princess cruise ship in February of this year, killing nine of them, almost certainly started with a single case, Chiu said.
“Probably one passenger brought it on board,” Chiu told CNN.
The strain that infected the passengers and crew on two voyages of the liner was the same strain that circulated widely in Washington state and elsewhere, Chiu added.
In contrast, another outbreak stopped with three people. One patient in Solano County infected two health care workers who cared for her, and transmission stopped there.
“That was it. It was an outbreak of three individuals,” Chiu said.
In that case, contact tracing and quick isolation of the new cases stopped any further spread, the researchers said.
The findings, he said, show many missed opportunities to stop the virus when it was seeded multiple times into California. “We simply did not have the infrastructure to do the detecting that would have been needed,” Chiu said. The findings also show that travel restrictions can work if they are started early enough and observed carefully.
North Carolina released health guidance for schools to reopen to students, but as North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper in an afternoon news conference said, “opening schools will depend on our health metrics.”
“We very much want to open the school building, but we won’t open and make a reckless decision when it’s so important,” he said.
Cooper said this year would be different from any other.
“Students and staff will be screened for illness before they enter the school. Children will be asked to stay distant from classmates. They won’t be sharing pencils or textbooks and there will be a lot of cleaning,” he said.
The Nicaraguan Citizens’ Covid-19 Observatory, an independent network that includes health care professionals who are tallying coronavirus cases, reported nearly five times more cases in the country than the government’s tally, according to numbers released by the Observatory Saturday.
Nicaragua’s government reported 1,118 cases and 46 deaths from the novel coronavirus on June 2. The Citizens’ Observatory has in turn reported 5,027 suspected coronavirus cases and 1,015 Covid-19 deaths.
The Observatory also reported 458 health workers with Covid-19 symptoms and 48 deaths suspected from the virus among health care personnel.
The Nicaraguan government maintains its position of not issuing confinement measures nor shutting the economy, arguing that 40% of the population lives in the countryside and 80% of the urban population are self-employed.
In statements to official media on June 5, Nicaragua’s Vice President Rosario Murillo announced at least 2,000 activities of the Family Economy program, which includes markets and food sales, would still take place this weekend.
Yosemite National Park will reopen to the public on Thursday, allowing 50% of its average visitors.
The park is beginning a phased reopening that starts by allowing 1,700 vehicle passes each day, according a statement from park spokesperson Jamie Richards.
Los Angeles County is actively reviewing state guidance on reopening more sectors of the economy, including film and television production, sporting events, and theme parks.
The state guidelines permit reopening on Friday. L.A. County Supervisor Kathryn Barger promised an announcement on what Los Angeles will allow prior to that.
Los Angeles County has recorded a total of 64,644 confirmed coronavirus cases, and more than 2,600 deaths.
In the wake of large crowds protesting throughout the county, Health Director Barbara Ferrer is urging all residents to move about under the assumption they are infected and do what they can not to spread the virus.
While states lift more restrictions and more Americans go out to socialize or protest, almost half of US states are seeing higher rates of new coronavirus cases.
But the situation would have been much worse had states not shut down, a new study says.
More than 1.9 million Americans have been infected, and more than 110,000 have died in just over four months, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
Some states are seeing increases: Nationwide, 22 states are seeing upward trends in coronavirus cases. About 20 states have seen decreases in recent days, and eight states are holding steady.
One of the states with the biggest spikes in new cases is Florida. The number of new cases reported each day has increased an average of roughly 46% over the past week, just as most of the state entered a second phase of reopening.
While big cities on the coasts were hit hard early in the pandemic, the past few weeks have seen wider spread in inland states, including Arkansas, Texas and Arizona.
In Utah, state Rep. Suzanne Harrison called a recent spike of cases “very concerning (and) approaching exponential.”
“Today’s 18.5% positive test rate is double yesterday’s (9.4%),” she tweeted over the weekend.
Friday, health officials in Utah said they were “very concerned” about the rise in new cases over the past week.
The state has recorded more than 12,000 infections, according to Johns Hopkins.
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US stocks rallied on Monday, pushed higher by the momentum that already got the market going last week. Investors are excited about the gradual reopening of the economy and a Friday jobs report that was much better than expected.
Here’s where the markets finished up today:
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont announced Monday that he is ordering an independent review of the response to the Covid-19 pandemic by state nursing homes.
The review will be conducted by a third party and will incorporate a “top-to-bottom analysis of all elements of the pandemic and how it was addressed in these facilities.”
The governor said that he wants the review completed by the fall in order to be prepared for a possible second wave of coronavirus.
North Carolina Secretary of Health and Human Services Dr. Mandy Cohen said today, “The percent of tests that are positive” for the state “is now among the highest in the nation.”
She continued: “I am concerned. These trends moving in the wrong direction is a signal we need to take very seriously.”
Here are the numbers: There have been 36,484 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the state. At least 938 new cases have been reported today, 739 people are hospitalized and 1,006 people are dead, according to North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper.
Today marks the highest day of people hospitalized for Covid-19 since the pandemic began, Cooper said. On Saturday, North Carolina had the highest day of new cases — with 1,370. North Carolina is also seeing more viral spread of Covid-19.
Cooper said Dr. Deborah Birx of the White House Coronavirus Task Force contacted Dr. Cohen on Friday with her concerns.
Major League Baseball is proposing a 76-game season in the league’s latest idea to save the 2020 season, per ESPN. The report details the latest proposal by the owners sent to the players union Monday morning.
ESPN, citing an unnamed source familiar with the negotiations, says in addition to a shortened season, the players would receive 75% of their prorated salaries. Last week, the league reportedly rejected a Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) proposal which offered a 114-game season with players receiving their full prorated salaries. In a statement on June 4, MLBPA Director Tony Clark said the players would resoundingly reject any proposals that asked for further reductions in salaries.
Neither MLB or MLBPA have responded to CNN’s request for details or comment.
Some context: In May, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred appeared on CNN and expressed hope that a new season could be salvaged.
When asked about the economic impact if there was no MLB baseball this season, Manfred told CNN that losses would be “devastating” and would result in losses approaching $4 billion.
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Cuba has gone nine days without a coronavirus death as of Monday, Dr. Francisco Durán, national director of epidemiology at Cuba’s Ministry for Public Health, said at a news conference.
He also said there were only nine new cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours.
Over the weekend, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel said the virus was “under control” in Cuba and the government would soon announce measures to gradually reopen the island.
Since the outbreak, Cuban officials have ended nearly all international travel to and from the island, made wearing a face mask in public mandatory and have required everyone ill with the coronavirus to quarantine at government-run hospitals.
Cuba has a total of 2,200 cases of coronavirus and a total of 83 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University.
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said he and family members took part in two protests this weekend, and plans to soon be tested for coronavirus.
“To say that black lives matter, that systemic racism must be relegated to history, and we must use this time to transform our society and ourselves so that we finally live up to our nation’s highest ideals,” he said.
The governor said he was “honored” to walk alongside community leaders and residents in Hillside, and urged those protesting across the state to be tested for coronavirus.
Murphy said he and the first lady of New Jersey have scheduled their tests.
Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez said that the county will open its beaches no later than Wednesday.
Speaking to reporters at the National Hurricane Center Monday, he said there is a good possibility that the curfew will be lifted tonight, and that they need a little time to prepare to open the beaches.
Beaches were closed in March and were expected to open today. However, the closure was extended due to the curfew implemented May 30 during the protests over the death of George Floyd.
Canada announced Monday that it would relax some border restrictions for immediate family members of Canadian citizens and permanent residents, including some who have been trying to enter from the United States.
Despite the change, a 14-day mandatory quarantine for anyone entering the country remains in place.
Trudeau acknowledged that this has been a hard time for some families kept apart because of the pandemic.
“This is an incredibly difficult time to be apart from a spouse, a child, or mom or dad,” Trudeau said.
Nonessential travel into Canada is currently restricted, and that includes travel across the US-Canada border.
That mutual border agreement is set to expire June 21 but Trudeau has indicated that “stronger measures” to contain the virus might be needed even if the border reopens to discretionary travel.
The World Bank predicts global economic growth this year will shrink the most since World War II due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Economists at the World Bank say Covid-19 has triggered the deepest recession in decades. They expect the global economy in 2020 to shrink 5.2% — nearly three times as steep as the global recession in 2009.
In its more than 200-page report on the global economy, the World Bank said it envisions a moderate recovery of 4.2% in 2021. However, it also said an “even worst scenario is possible” if the health crisis takes longer than expected to bring under control.
The World Bank also said the pandemic is taking a heavy human and economic toll on the poorest countries, and that “those already in extreme poverty could descend further into destitution.”
There are at least 1,950,023 cases of coronavirus in the US, and at least 110,689 people have died, according to Johns Hopkins University’s tally of cases in the United States.
The totals includes cases from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and other US territories, as well as repatriated cases.
On Monday, Johns Hopkins has reported 7,660 new cases and 175 reported deaths.
The National Bureau of Economic Research declared Monday that the coronavirus recession began in February.
The economy collapsed so rapidly that NBER wasted no time in announcing a recession, a stark contrast to previous downturns when the body took a year to declare what most people already knew.
Social distancing requirements imposed to fight the pandemic have crushed broad swaths of the US economy, from airlines and cruise ships to restaurants and Broadway shows.
More than 42 million Americans have filed for unemployment benefits. Major companies including JCPenney, J.Crew and Hertz have filed for bankruptcy. And economists are predicting GDP imploded at an annualized rate of 40% during the second quarter.
The pandemic marked an end to the mediocre but long recovery from the Great Recession. In July 2019, that expansion officially became the longest period of uninterrupted growth in US history dating back to 1854. It spanned 128 months, easily breaking the prior record of 120 months set between March 1991 and March 2001 during the dotcom boom.
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