Coronavirus live updates: U.S. hits 4.5 million cases, Vietnam posts record rise in infections

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New U.S. coronavirus cases increasingly look to have peaked, but Covid-19 hospitalizations and deaths continue to rise as they lag behind the surge in confirmed cases. Eight states, including California, Florida and Texas, all hit record-high average daily deaths on Wednesday, according to data from John Hopkins University. Wall Street received more pandemic-era economic data Thursday morning, with reports on gross domestic product and weekly jobless claims

Here are some of today’s biggest developments:

The following data was compiled by Johns Hopkins University:

  • Global cases: More than 17.3 million
  • Global deaths: At least 673,527
  • Top five countries: United States (over 4.4 million), Brazil (more than 2.6 million), India (over 1.6 million), Russia (at least 838,461), South Africa (at least 482,169)

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