The U.S. became the first country to top 100,000 cases in one day, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University and Bloomberg. Illinois, Ohio, Michigan and Indiana were among states reporting record Covid-19 infections on Thursday. In Europe, the U.K. put Denmark on its quarantine list, surging new infections in Russia put a heavy strain on hospitals in certain regions, Poland breaks the daily cases threshold set by the government for a full lockdown and Austria reported a record number of deaths over the last 24 hours.
Key Developments:
- Global Tracker: Cases surpass 48.7 million; deaths top 1.23 million
- Europe’s lockdown wave risks double-dip recessions
- Brexit in a lockdown is worst of all worlds for U.K. business
- America’s Covid-19 hot spots stuck with Trump
- Caution arises on rapid tests in asymptomatic people
- Vaccine Tracker: Clinical trials restart in hopeful sign