The United States reported more than 75,600 new cases on Thursday, a single-day record. India ranks third in the world in both total cases and new ones, and its rate of new infections is on track to overtake Brazil’s.
Here’s what you need to know:
- The U.S. shatters its single-day record for new cases, with more than 75,600.
- India hits a million cases in a surge that has forced a return to lockdowns.
- China is offering unproven vaccine candidates to workers at state-owned companies and the armed forces.
- The White House press secretary says ‘science should not stand in the way’ of reopening schools.
- Israel’s government, under fire for its management of the crisis, tightens restrictions.
- Ocasio-Cortez presses Cuomo for a billionaires’ tax to help ease the economic pain of the pandemic.
- USA Today says a Trump adviser’s opinion piece attacking Dr. Fauci did not meet its standards.