₹2,000 from ₹2,500 Mumbai: With the testing kit production cost falling after Maharashtra eased lockdown norms, the state government on Monday further reduced the rates for RT-PCR COVID-19 tests conducted by private laboratories.According to the governments decision, the charges for picking test samples from collection sites have been reduced to ₹1,200 from ₹1,900 (which was fixed last month).Collecting samples from kiosks, COVID-19 care collection centres, hospitals, clinics, quarantine centres of laboratories will now cost ₹1,600 as against ₹2,200 earlier.The fees for collecting patient samples from his/her residence, their transport, testing and reporting of samples has been slashed to ₹2,000 from ₹2,500, the government said.The.

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Quebec Liberal leader to return to legislature after negative coronavirus test

[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]Earlier in the week, Anglade said her daughter was not feeling well and had developed a cough.

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‘Flicks & Frights’ coming to SeaWorld Orlando

ORLANDO, Fla – SeaWorld Orlando’s popular drive-in movie event is now getting a Halloween twist.Beginning Saturday, guests can watch spooky films, or two, and enjoy local food trucks all from the comfort of their own cars.The first films scheduled to be shown include “Hotel Transylvania” and Stephen King’s “IT.”SeaWorld ran a similar event over the summer months while also allowing guests to enjoy a firework spectacular.[TRENDING: Mom kicked off flight after toddler won’t wear mask | Cops: Man stabs librarian in eye with scissors | UCF to conduct random COVID-19 tests on students]Family-friendly Halloween films will begin at 7:45 p.m. and fright-filled movies will follow at 10:30 p.m.“Flicks and Frights" will run Saturdays, Sept.

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Ayr United fans' Covid mask scheme proves big hit around the world

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterTwo Ayr United fans have used the Covid pandemic to provide another cash boost to their beloved club.Father and daughter, Alasdair and Karen Malcolm, came up with the idea of branded United face masks to keep supporters safe.Fans around the world snapped up 1000 of the must-have items, leading to a healthy donation to the club.The pair this week handed over £3659.64 of proceeds gained from the lockdown venture.Alasdair, 55, said: “We always thought the idea had merit but the response from all corners of the world was fantastic.“We sold everywhere from Canada and America to Australia and New Zealand.“It was just an idea to help out really...we

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Florida tops 13,000 coronavirus deaths as new case numbers decline

ORLANDO, Fla. – On Wednesday, the Florida Department of Health reported 2,355people have tested positive for coronavirus for the first time. With the new cases, the state has now reported 671,201 cases of the virus since March and will soon have tested five million Floridians.According to the CDC, Florida is third in the nation for the number of people tested, only after New York and California.Testing numbers are expected to increase among Florida’s younger population, as the University of Central Florida has plans to randomly test its students.

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Face masks ‘more guaranteed’ to work against coronavirus than vaccine, CDC director warns

face mask may do more to protect against the spread of coronavirus than getting a vaccine, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Wednesday.Speaking at a United Stated House subcommittee on the country’s response efforts to COVID-19, Dr. Robert Redfield stressed the importance of wearing a mask.

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Dad hopes his ‘candy chute’ design will save Halloween during COVID-19

Halloween — and it just might be enough to put people at ease amid the coronavirus pandemic.Special-effects whiz Andrew Beattie used a long cardboard tube and the guardrail on his front steps to create a “candy delivery chute,” which he hopes will cut down on the risks of spreading COVID-19 for those who go trick-or-treating next month. ‘Karen’ Halloween mask triggers a flurry of orders — and complaints The chute is made from a one-metre (four-foot) cardboard tube that measures 15 centimetres (six inches) wide.

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COVID-19 testing centers experiencing long wait times throughout Ontario

Ontario COVID-19 testing and assessment centers experiencing long wait times. Some are waiting hours, others are being turned away. Marianne Dimain is at a Toronto hospital testing site with more.

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Coronavirus: New location sought for drive-thru testing centre in Peterborough

Peterborough COVID-19 drive-thru test centre first in Ontario to digitize lab requisitions Peterborough County-City Paramedics chief Randy Mellow says in its first week at Northcrest in the city’s north end, the testing centre set a record of 400 tests.

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Montrealers must follow COVID-19 health measures after city put on alert, mayor says

Valérie Plante is calling for vigilance and for citizens to follow public health measures amid an upward trend of novel coronavirus cases in the city.“It’s worrisome because yesterday alone we had 96 new cases,” she said during an executive committee meeting Wednesday.“It’s a situation that we have to take very seriously.”Quebec has raised the COVID-19 alert level for Montreal, along with several other regions, to yellow. That level calls for “an early warning.” The government warns if the level is raised to orange, tighter restrictions will be implemented.The move comes as the number of new cases continues to surge in the province, including Montreal.

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It is safe to keep schools open 'at this point in time', says Andy Burnham despite problems with coronavirus testing

Manchester Evening News reported yesterday how 110 schools across the region now have confirmed Covid cases. Thousands of pupils with positive cases in their 'bubbles' have been sent home and told to self-isolate since schools reopened.

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TDSB no longer needs extra classroom space after more parents opt students for online learning

Canada’s largest school board says it no longer needs additional classroom spaces for elementary schools because so many parents have opted out of in-person learning.The Toronto District School Board says there were initial concerns about the lack of space at five of its schools, but more students have since switched over to online learning.Spokesman Ryan Bird says thousands of parents have made the switch in recent weeks as the spread of COVID-19 increases in Ontario.He says that means those schools where there were concerns will now be able to make do by using gyms and libraries for teaching.The board says it will continue to look for additional classroom spaces in case the need arises.

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Lanarkshire lockdown: Police attend dozens of house parties despite Covid-19 restrictions

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/coronavirus-lanarkshire-sees-first-covid-22694166Just hours after First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced the additional restrictions on Friday, a 21-year-old man was arrested following an incident at a house party in a Motherwell tower block.Six people across Scotland were arrested and one fixed penalty notice was handed out at the weekend after new powers were given to police to help enforce coronavirus restrictions.Deputy Chief Constable Malcolm Graham said: "The figures from this weekend show that we will use the powers we have to disperse parties which breach the regulations and will enforce where necessary."We will not tolerate blatant disregard for the legislation which is there to help

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61 more COVID patients die in Bengal; 3,237 new cases detected

KOLKATA : Sixty-one people succumbed to COVID-19 in West Bengal on Wednesday pushing the death toll to 4,123, the state health department said in a bulletin.The tally reached 2,12,383 after 3,237 new cases of infection were reported from various parts of the state, it added.In the last 24 hours, 2,971 patients have recovered from the disease, taking the discharge rate in West Bengal to 86.69 per cent.The number of active cases is now 24,147.Since Tuesday, 45,713 samples have been tested in the state, the bulletin stated.This story has been published from a wire agency feed without modifications to the text.Click here to read the Mint ePapermint is now on Telegram.

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UK coronavirus cases soar by almost 4,000 in highest daily rise since May

Just shy of 4,000 new coronavirus cases have been detected in the past 24 hours.

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Second Lanarkshire Covid death confirmed in last two days as Nicola Sturgeon issues warning

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.A second coronavirus death has been confirmed in Lanarkshire in the last two days.First Minister Nicola Sturgeon today announced that a person had died from Covid-19 for the second consecutive day in Scotland, both of which were in Lanarkshire.The news comes just days after additional coronavirus restrictions were brought in for people living in Lanarkshire following an increase in cases.Prior to this week, no new coronavirus deaths had been recorded in Lanarkshire for more than two months.As a result, Ms Sturgeon is now calling on residents to take action to prevent further loss of life.She said: "While the number of deaths is much, much lower

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Two more schools in Surrey, B.C., report cases of COVID-19

COVID-19.One individual attended Sullivan Heights Secondary and the other attended William Watson Elementary, district superintendent Jordan Tinney said Tuesday night.Both people were at the schools last Thursday, on Sept. 10, he added.

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RT-PCR tests should be scaled up for Covid-19 testing: HC

New Delhi: The Delhi High court on Wednesday observed that RT-PCR tests for Covid-19 should be the way forward since the results of the tests conducted through RAT are accurate only to the extent of 60% thus leaving a great doubt about infection being carried by those persons who are asymptomatic. Since an Expert Committee has been constituted by the Lieutenant Governor, the court has requested that the said Committee to convene a meeting on priority to consider the extent to which capacity building for RT- PCR testing is required in the current scenario.The Committee shall also identify the areas of focus in Delhi for conducting testing through RT-PCR.

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Bihar reports more recoveries than new COVID-19 cases

PATNA : Single-day recoveries outnumbered new COVID-19 cases in Bihar on Wednesday as 1,724 people were cured of the disease and 1,531 tested positive for the infection, health department bulletin said.The recovery rate in the state has increased to 91.16 per cent on Wednesday which is 13 per cent more than the national average, Information and Public Relations Department Secretary Anupam Kumar said. The number of recoveries has shown a steady increase in the state since August 17, except on September 3 and 4.Out of the total 1,62,631 COVID-19 cases, the number of people who have recovered from the contagion increased to 1,48,257.Twelve fatalities have been reported in the past 24 hours taking the death toll to 848, the bulletin said.

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Boris Johnson warns of more coronavirus deaths as cases in over-80s 'double in days'

Boris Johnson has bluntly warned Brits to expect more coronavirus deaths after the number of cases among over-80s "doubled" in a matter of days.

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Eli Lilly reports first, promising results for an antibody against COVID-19

Meredith WadmanScience's COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Pulitzer Center and the Heising-Simons Foundation.Today brings the first whisper of success for a class of closely watched drugs that it’s hoped will begin to beat back COVID-19 before vaccines are licensed: monoclonal antibodies, engineered versions of the same virus-fighting antibodies that the body naturally produces.Eli Lilly reports this morning interim results from a placebo-controlled trial of one such compound, cloned in quantity from an antibody captured from the blood of a patient who recovered from COVID-19. In June, the company began a trial delivering either placebo or one of three doses of the antibody, called LY-CoV555, to 452 patients.

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Deputy shoots man armed with shotgun in Wildwood

SUMTER COUNTY, Fla. – A man who was armed with a shotgun while making suicidal threats was shot by a deputy in Wildwood Tuesday night, according to the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office.Deputies said they received a call around 9:39 p.m.

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Reward for gunman who shot 2 LA deputies up to $275,000

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No new COVID-19 cases in New Brunswick on Wednesday

coronavirus on Wednesday.There are currently three active cases of COVD-19 in the province.The most recent case was reported Monday, and was travel-related. New Brunswick reports 1 new travel-related case of COVID-19 To date, the province has confirmed 194 cases of COVID-19 and has seen 189 recoveries.Health officials say 67,540 tests for the virus have been completed in New Brunswick.The Atlantic bubble remains in effect, permitting interprovincial travel between Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador without self-isolation.However, restrictions will be in place.

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Covid outbreaks in private houses rise by 61 in a week

The latest outbreaks report on Covid-19 here says there have been 2,077 in private houses, an increase of 61 in a week.

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Nova Scotia has 1 known active case of COVID-19

coronavirus on Wednesday and say one active case remains in the province.The province completed 902 negative tests the day prior, and 84,747 to date.Nova Scotia has confirmed 1,086 cases of COVID-19 since the outbreak began in March.

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Quebec sees surge in coronavirus cases as province reports 303 new infections

coronavirus cases continues to climb after authorities reported 303 new infections Wednesday.The health crisis has led to 65,857 cases to date in the province. There have been more than 57,000 recoveries since March.Premier François Legault said Wednesday the uptick of new cases in Quebec in recent weeks is “worrying.” Officials are calling on the public to exercise caution to stem the tide of the virus in order to prevent a potential second wave.

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Pandemic spells opportunity for marooned Coast Guard cadets

NEW LONDON, Conn. – Branyelle Carillo was facing the prospect of a summer marooned at the Coast Guard Academy in New London when she was called up for a mission: The U.S Coast Guard cutter Munro, bound for a patrol of the U.S. maritime border with Russia, had lost a tenth of its crew to quarantine and needed reinforcements.

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Big Ten football schedules 2020 season to start Oct. 24, reversing COVID-19 delay

The Big Ten Conference logo at Memorial Stadium following a college football game between the Michigan Wolverines and Indiana Hoosiers on Nov. 23, 2019, at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana.(Photo by James Black/Icon Sportswire via Getty Image ROSEMONT, Ill. - Big Ten is going to give fall football a shot after all.Less than five weeks after pushing football and other fall sports to spring in the name of player safety during the pandemic, the conference changed course Wednesday and said it plans to begin its season the weekend of Oct.

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Are we already in a second wave? One doctor weighs in

Infectious diseases specialist Dr. Sumon Charkrabarti joins The Morning Show to answer the latest questions about COVID-19 and the possibilities of facing a second-wave.

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Ontario reports 315 new coronavirus cases, 64% under the age of 40

reporting 315 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Wednesday, bringing the provincial total to 45,383.Wednesday’s case count is a significant increase from Tuesday, which saw 251 cases and also higher than Monday which saw 313 new cases.It also marks the largest increase within 24 hours since June 7.According to Wednesday’s provincial report, 77 new cases were recorded in Toronto, 61 in Ottawa, 54 in Peel Region, 37 in York Region and 24 in Durham Region.All other public health units in Ontario reported 10 or fewer cases.“Locally, 25 PHUs are reporting five or fewer cases with 12 reporting no new cases,” Health Minister Christine Elliott said.

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COVID-19 test sites in Winnipeg reach capacity Tuesday

Coronavirus: Record number of tests forces Winnipeg site to redirect patients Manitoba’s Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Brent Roussin, has been urging people who have symptoms to be tested, but says those who are asymptomatic shouldn’t be unless they’ve been directed to do so.There were 1,447 tests done on Tuesday in Manitoba.Winnipeg’s four testing sites are MPI Drive-Thru Community Testing Site at 1284 Main St.; Pembina Testing Site at 2735 Pembina Hwy.; Thunderbird House at 705 Main St.; and St.

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César Garcia, AP Colombia reporter, dies after illness at 61

BOGOTA – César García, a veteran reporter for The Associated Press who ventured across Colombia to tell the story of the nation’s armed conflict, has died. He was 61.He suffered a heart attack and after three weeks at a hospital tested positive for the new coronavirus, though what role the virus may have played in his death on Tuesday remains unclear.

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Bolton hospital boss issues plea after nearly 100 people turn up at A&E for coronavirus tests

Farnworth, said on Tuesday morning there were three coronavirus patients in critical care and a total of 20 on wards. It added an increased number of patients under 65 are being admitted, with some in their 40s and 50s.

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Appointments at coronavirus testing centre in Wigan suspended due to surge in demand

Wigan coronavirus testing centre are no longer being accepted due to a surge in demand. Appointments at the Chapel Lane centre have been temporarily suspended while staff deal with a backlog in bookings, Wigan Council leader David Molyneux confirmed. Councillor Molyneux said a large number of residents have been attempting to use the independent testing centre due to failures in the national system. It is hoped the centre will soon be back up and running as a “matter of urgency”. Council leader, David Molyneux, said: “It is absolutely unacceptable that six months into the pandemic we still haven’t got a proper testing regime in place and residents are being told to travel for miles to get a test.“The testing centre at Chapel Lane operates

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Where are all the coronavirus testing sites in Greater Manchester?

Covid-19 test if you have symptoms? The Department of Health has set up 17 testing sites across Greater Manchester, and mobile units are also deployed to the areas most in need.The region currently has two regional drive-through sites, which you'll need a car to access, and 15 local walk-in sites, which are accessible by car or foot. No matter which site you attend, you will need to book an appointment through the government's online booking system first.The system will ask whether you have access to a car before offering you can appointment.For those who can't access a testing site, home testing kits are available - but only a limited number each day.The government says that only people over the age of five who have symptoms, or anyone who

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Coronavirus lockdown 'triggered surge in migrants crossing Channel in boats', MPs told

The coronavirus pandemic fuelled a surge in desperate child migrants paying traffickers to smuggle them to Britain, MPs were told today.

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Active covid-19 caseload breach 10 lakh mark, Dr Reddy's to conduct clinical trials of Russian vaccine in India

covid-19 cases in India breached 10 lakh mark on Wednesday as the country already crossed the grim milestone of 5 million midnight. According to union health ministry, 90,123 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours in the country.

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Ontario reports 61 positive COVID-19 cases in Ottawa on Wednesday

OTTAWA -- Provincial health officials are reporting 61 new COVID-19 cases in Ottawa on Wednesday.

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Trump Speaks About COVID-19 Response at Town Hall, Dismisses Voter Questions

President Trump on Tuesday night participated in ABC's Presidential Town Hall, presented from the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia and hosted by news anchor George Stephanopolous. Asked by an audience member about the pandemic response in regard to vulnerable people in particular, Trump said, "We’ve worked very hard on the pandemic," pointing to the work his administration has done with obtaining ventilators and planning for vaccines, even though the latter is yet to become available.

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Remote learning begins as 56 coronavirus cases reported at NYC schools

NEW YORK - New York City's already delayed school year is scheduled to start remotely Wednesday in a soft opening that will serve as a prologue to the return of students to physical classrooms next week.It comes as concerns remain over the spread of COVID-19. The Department of Education released a list of schools with 56 positive coronavirus cases among staffers who returned to school buildings last week.According to the DOE, two cases in separate classrooms were identified within seven-days at PS 811X The Academy for Career and Living Skill on Longfellow Avenue, which reopened Monday after a deep clean and investigation.

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Dr Reddy's Lab shares surge on Russia covid vaccine agreement

₹4,631.55 on the BSE. On the NSE, it closed 4.17 per cent higher at ₹4,442.35.On August 11, the Sputnik V vaccine developed by the Gamaleya National Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology was registered by the Ministry of Health of Russia and became the world's first registered vaccine against COVID-19 based on the human adenoviral vectors platform."Dr Reddys’ would carry out Phase 3 trials in India and, once approved, we understand opportunity can be large and result in one time revenue gain (if trials successful); albeit, there is no certainty on trial outcome and more importantly pricing would be keenly watched by govt.

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Hamilton boss fears Covid nightmare could get worse as team for Killie altered drastically

Accies will be without eight players in total when injuries are taken into account and there are fears the number sidelined could rise. Rice told : "It's going to change the plans drastically, definitely.

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Neil Patrick Harris REVEALS he and family were diagnosed with COVID 19 earlier this year: It was not pleasant

Since the past few months, many celebrities like Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson and Robert Pattinson have tested positive for COVID-19. Another celebrity name added to the growing list is How I Met Your Mother star Neil Patrick Harris, who revealed in an interview with TODAY that he, husband David Burtka and their twins Gideon and Harper, 9, had coronavirus earlier this year."We feel great.

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US announces mega plan to provide free covid vaccines to all Americans

WASHINGTON : The federal government outlined a sweeping plan Wednesday to make vaccines for COVID-19 available for free to all Americans, even as polls show a strong undercurrent of skepticism rippling across the land.In a report to Congress and an accompanying “playbook" for states and localities, federal health agencies and the Defense Department sketched out complex plans for a vaccination campaign to begin gradually in January or possibly later this year, eventually ramping up to reach any American who wants a shot.

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Two year groups from Wigan high school self-isolating after Covid cases

Wigan after confirmed cases of coronavirus.The positive tests for pupils in years 9 and 11 at Cansfield High School, in Ashton-in-Makerfield, mean both years must now self-isolate for a fortnight.Headteacher Dr Geoff Baker wrote to the parents of those impacted on Wednesday morning.In a letter addressed to parents with children in year 11, he said: "It was with great sadness that I had to send our Year 11 students home today following a positive diagnosis for Covid 19."While I am aware that the student in question had, somewhat unfortunately, shared information about the positive test on social media at some point last night, we were only made aware at 7:55am when I spoke with the parent to confirm these rumours."I would like to thank the

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COVID-19: Antibody fragment could prevent infection

recent report provides encouraging results for a vaccine candidate under development in Russia, but there are still no data showing that any vaccine can prevent COVID-19.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
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Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
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