U.S. Sets Daily Record For New COVID-19 Cases Despite ongoing efforts to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus, 40,390 new cases were reported Thursday, surpassing the previous one-day record. Mark Katkov
Georgia Lt. Gov. On COVID-19, The State's Hate Crimes Bill And Voting Access Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan discusses three crises gripping his state: rising cases of COVID-19, voting issues during a recent primary, and the killings of two Black men, Ahmaud Arbery and Rayshard Brooks. Christianna Silva
How Mutations In The Coronavirus May Affect Development Of The Vaccine Researchers around the world are tracking the mutations in the coronavirus as it reproduces and spreads to ensure changes in the virus do not affect the development of the vaccine. Jon Hamilton
CDC: At Least 20 Million Americans Have Had Coronavirus. Here's Who's At Highest Risk The U.S. has had about 10 times more coronavirus cases than were captured by testing, according to new estimates released by the federal government. Allison Aubrey
Nearly $1.4 Billion In Coronavirus Relief Payments Sent To Dead People The improper payments happened due to confusion over whether dead people should receive the payments from the IRS, according to a report by the Government Accountability Office. Tim Mak
Will Reopening Plans Change As COVID-19 Cases Spike In Sunbelt States? Governors of Arizona, Florida and Texas are under pressure to do something as coronavirus cases rapidly rise. We check in with reporters in those states to see if policies are being modified. Greg Allen
Countries Balance Needed Tourism With Coronavirus Concerns Nations that are heavily dependent on tourism are trying to walk a fine line between the need to reopen their beaches and resorts and the risk of importing more cases of the coronavirus. Joanna Kakissis
Covid-19 cases still on the rise in Phase 2 of reopening King County Seattle and King County are officially in phase two of reopening. But over the past week, the number of people with a confirmed case of Covid-19 has trended upwards, quickly. Anna Boiko-Weyrauch
Trump Administration Moving To Close Federally Funded COVID Testing Sites Federal officials say the sites have been closing or transferring to state or local control because it's more efficient to run testing that way. Vanessa Romo
Survey: Women Are Rethinking Having Kids As They Face Pandemic Challenges A survey from the Guttmacher Institute finds that roughly one-third of women say they plan to delay having children, or have fewer, even as they are experiencing difficulty obtaining contraception. Sarah McCammon
