Coronavirus infections have risen to 20 million, the latest sobering milestone as the pandemic wreaks havoc across the globe. While it took six months after the virus first surfaced in China to reach 10 million infections, the spread has steadily accelerated, doubling in six weeks.
Cases are soaring in India, while nursing-home outbreaks are lifting death rates in Hong Kong and Australia. In the U.S., which accounts for a quarter of all cases, hard-hit U.S. states including New York, California and Texas reported falling hospitalizations, helping to give American health-care systems a reprieve.
U.S. lawmakers remained in a stalemate for a stimulus plan, two days after President Donald Trump moved to implement scaled-down relief without congressional approval. Casino stocks rallied r after China said it will resume issuing tourist visas for visitors to Macau.
