Summary:
- France suffers new post-lockdown COVID record
- NY hospitalizations climb for 4th day
- Cuomo imposes new subway mask mandate
- Europe daily tally passes US for first time in months
- Global deaths top 900k
- China confirms another reinfected patient
- Europe cases top 4.6 million as outbreak worsens
- India reports another record daily case total with 95k+
- Victoria state sees another daily decline
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Update (1345ET):Â France just reported 9,843 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, a new record jump, as the country leads Western Europe in the “second wave” of infections. The number is higher than the 8,577 new cases reported yesterday and higher than the 8,975 record reported on Friday. It brings the total to 392,181 cases.
The new figures come as the French gov’t prepares to discuss on Friday whether to impose new local lockdowns as the country struggles with the largest numbers it has seen since the outbreak began.
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Update (1200ET):Â New York’s COVID-19 hospitalization rate has crept higher for the 4th straight day, the longest such streak since the spring, in what some fear might be a sign that that a second wave could be stirring already…
