65,812 tests were performed on Saturday, with only 0.7% positive tests.
Meanwhile, the Centers for Disease Control have growing concerns about the effect of the coronavirus on children.
The agency estimates that about 600 children died with a rare disease linked to COVID-19. Experts say that multi-system inflammatory syndrome attacks a child’s vital organs.
It has been found in children in more than 40 states, as well as the District of Columbia. Of those 600 children, 10 died.
Doctors also say that Latino and Black children mainly come with the mysterious disease – they make up almost three-quarters of all cases.
More than four months after a persistent outbreak, the US reached a staggering milestone of 5 million confirmed infections, easily the highest in the world.
Health officials believe the actual number is closer to 50 million, given limitations to testing and the fact that up to 40% of all cases are asymptomatic.
Here are more of today’s headlines:
100 DAYS FREE OF COVID
New Zealand marked 100 days on Sunday as it stomped on the spread of the coronavirus, a rare bright spot in a world that remains devastated by the disease.
GRIM MILESTONE OF BRAZIL
In Brazil, the death toll from coronavirus has now exceeded 100,000.
Yet even as cases continue to climb, most cities have reopened shops and dinners and people have filled bars in cities like Rio de Janeiro.
TYSKALE FALLS TO THE RISE
And for the third day in a row, Germany has reported more than 1,000 new cases of coronavirus.
It is a related spike for a country that had reported that it contained the spread of the virus quite a bit.
STIMULUS PACKAGE COLLAPSE
Attempts by Democrats to reopen Capitol Hill talks over vital COVID-19 bailout crashes in disappointment by the end of the week, making Washington’s gridlock increasingly difficult meant for millions of people who lost improved unemployment benefits and further damage to an economy pummeled by the still rampant coronavirus.
NYC CHECKPOINTS LIST
New York City continues to maintain checkpoints at various locations to try to stop the spread of COVID-19.
7 On Your Side goes to mayor after NYC nurses hit with parked tickets
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