� Global: Total confirmed cases ~3,651,000; Total deaths: ~256,000; Total recoveries: ~1,188,000. (Johns Hopkins University)

🇺🇸 U.S.: Total confirmed cases ~1,201,000; Total deaths: ~71,000; Total recoveries: ~190,000

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1/ Dr. Anthony Fauci, contradicting both Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, said the best scientific evidence shows that the coronavirus did not originate in a Chinese laboratory. “If you look at the evolution of the virus in bats and what’s out there now,� Fauci said, the scientific evidence “is very, very strongly leaning toward this could not have been artificially or deliberately manipulated.� Fauci added that he doesn’t subscribe to the theory that someone found the virus in the wild, brought it into a lab, and then allowed it to escape and spread to the rest of the world, saying “Everything about the stepwise evolution over time strongly indicates that [this virus] evolved in nature and then jumped species.� (National Geographic)

2/ Trump blocked Dr. Anthony Fauci from testifying before the House because, he claims, it’s “a setup� with a “bunch of Trump haters.� Trump, however, confirmed that he will allow Dr. Fauci to testify before the Republican-controlled Senate sometime next week. The White House told the House that members of the coronavirus task force won’t be allowed to testify, claiming it would divert resources from the pandemic response. (Politico / The Hill / Axios / NPR / CNBC