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The US records its highest daily death toll as almost 20 states ease lockdown restrictions, WHO reports.

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The Governor of Mississippi admitted he would backtrack on plans to partially end the state's coronavirus lockdown after seeing its largest single-day increase in both cases and deaths on Friday.

There have been 291 deaths from the virus in the state.
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A 104-year-old Brooklyn woman who lived through the Spanish flu and once had stage 4 melanoma just recovered from the coronavirus.

"She always used to say, 'I was born under a lucky star.' That was her mantra in life," her daughter said.
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Doctors on the frontlines say they're astonished at how many relatively young people are becoming severely ill from the novel coronavirus.

"I heard a gurgle, a crackle of water in my lungs every time I took a breath," said 32-year-old Dr. Anar Yukhayev.
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Frontline hospital workers are being asked to take pay cuts or unpaid time off to offset the lack of revenue from elective surgeries that are on hold, while hospital CEOs keep their seven-figure salaries.

"I think it's a slap in the face."
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An influential drug pricing group has calculated the experimental coronavirus treatment drug remdesivir is worth up to $4,500 per patient.

Gilead Sciences has yet to give a pricing strategy, beyond pledging to donate its current supply of the drug.
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On Sunday Starbucks ended catastrophe pay for most of its workers and begun to re-open stores it had closed in March due to the pandemic.

Some employees fear it's too soon.
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