The US reported +739 new coronavirus deaths today, bringing the total to 252,651. The 7-day moving average continued rising to 1,170 per day.
The US had +162,149 new confirmed COVID-19 cases today, bringing the total to over 11.5 million. The 7-day moving average rose to over 158,000 per day.
The number of active cases in the US is now over 4.2 million.
36 US states had over 1,000 new cases today. Texas, Illinois, and California led the way with over 11,000 each.
California had its highest number of new cases today since August 11th.
Tennessee had a record number of new cases today.
Kansas had a record number of new cases today.
Pennsylvania had a record number of new cases today.
Connecticut reported a record number of new cases today.
Nebraska reported a record number of new cases today.
Washington State reported a record number of new cases today.
Virginia reported a record number of new cases today.
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One Chinese foreign policy expert in a virtual conference I'm attending today: "This is not a new Cold War situation. This is a 1914 situation. The risk is drifting into a hot war."
Several responses: "If this is 1914, we hear a lot about what other countries need to do to prevent it. But what must Beijing do? There is a lot of commonality among other countries regarding issues with China. Maybe this suggests some of the burden lies with Beijing to change."
Chinese participant: "China's leadership has no room to maneuver on Taiwan. If US keeps increasing pressure, China has one option: Let's roll."
1. I'm hearing from people in the Biden camp that they envision a continuation of the Trump Administration's more confrontational stance towards China, on multiple fronts, but with a different tone, and a renewed emphasis on multilateralism.
2. I'm hearing from our European partners that they are increasingly in sync with US concerns towards China, but welcome disentangling them from what they see as Trump's belligerence towards all comers, including our allies.
3. Both emphasize that a lot of effort will need to go into restoring US credibility, especially in Asia, which they see as severely damaged. They say this will not happen overnight, just because Trump is no longer president.
The US reported +1,615 new coronavirus deaths today, bringing the total to 254,255. The 7-day moving average continued rising to 1,188 per day, its highest level since May 24th.
The US had +157,261 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 today, bringing to the total to nearly 11.7 million. The 7-day moving average rose to over 160,000 per day.
38 US states had over 1,000 new cases today, of which 12 had over 5,000. Illinois led the pack with over 12,000 new cases, followed by Texas with over 10,000.
Texas and California now have reported more than 1 million cases each.
1. The rainclouds have really broken up over Spain over the past 24 hours, leaving wonderful flying weather for the next few legs of my Microsoft Flight Simulator journey.
2. Late last night (dawn, European time) I prepared to depart Malaga, bound for Granada.
3. A few hours before, I had flown into Malaga at night, under somewhat foggy conditions.
The US reported +648 new coronavirus deaths today, bringing the total to 251,901. The 7-day moving average rose to 1,156 per day.
The US had +139,084 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 today, bringing the total to over 11.3 million. The 7-day moving average rose to over 152,000 per day.
The number of active cases in the US is now over 4.1 million.