U.S. hospitalizations set a record for the 13th day in a row. New U.S. cases tallied 142,732, down from Friday’s record but a record for a Sunday. AstraZeneca and University of Oxford’s Covid-19 vaccine is up to 90% effective . In the New York City borough of Staten Island, nonessential businesses may be closed and mass gatherings banned later this week. By Philip Wen The U.S. reported 142,732 new cases of coronavirus and registered a record number of hospitalizations for the 13th straight day. The tally of Sunday’s new infections, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University, was down from Friday’s record 196,004—but counts are generally lower over the weekend before rising midweek. The latest daily figure is the highest yet for a Sunday, and total cumulative cases now exceed 12.2 million. There were 83,870 people hospitalized with the disease as of Sunday, according to the Covid Tracking […]