This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for Tuesday July 28th, 2020. Senate Republicans debuted their 1 trillion-dollar coronavirus relief bill. The bill includes a second round of stimulus checks and reduces weekly emergency unemployment benefits by $400 a week. The bill will be debated in Congress prior to a vote. National Security Advisor O’Brien has tested positive for the virus. He is the highest ranking official to do so thus far. The head of the ICU at a Baltimore hospital has died due to COVID-19, relays The Washington Post. The Governor of Kentucky has closed bars for two weeks and reduced restaurant capacity. 

China recorded 68 cases yesterday, their highest number since early March. Belgium will reinstate social distancing restrictions, confirmed cases increased by 70% in July. Danang in Vietnam has re-entered lockdown after 15 cases were diagnosed there. The Venice Film Festival will take place in September, masks and temperature checks will be required and films will be screened outdoors. 

The locations of hotspots and U.S and Country diagnoses in a moment.  

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