Global: Total confirmed cases: ~16,846,000; deaths: ~663,000

U.S.: Total confirmed cases: ~4,399,000; deaths: ~151,000

Source: Johns Hopkins University

1/ More than 150,000 people have died in the United States from the coronavirus – five months after the first reported death in the U.S. – and more than a fifth of the world’s 662,000-plus recorded deaths. Florida, North Carolina, and California set new state records for coronavirus-related deaths reported in a single day on Wednesday. An average of nearly 1,000 virus-related deaths a day have been reported over the past week – worst rate since early June. (New York Times / Washington Post / CNBC / CNN)

2/ Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter all removed a video shared by Trump that baselessly claims that there is a “cure� for the coronavirus. There is no cure. The video, published by Breitbart, shows a group of people calling themselves “America’s Frontline Doctors� and claiming to be doctors who have worked with COVID-19 patients. One member of the group, who identified herself as Dr. Stella Immanuel, claimed that “You don’t need masks� to prevent the spread of coronavirus because hydroxychloroquine is a “cure.� Immanuel’s other medical claims include doctors using alien DNA in medical treatments, that the government is run by lizard-like “reptilian� aliens, that certain medical issues like endometriosis, cysts, infertility, and impotence are caused by sex with “spirit husbands� and “spirit wives� in a dreamworld. Trump also retweeted tweets defending the use of the drug hydroxychloroquine – including one that accused Dr. Anthony Fauci of having “misled the American public� – despite the FDA saying it was “unlikely to be effective� and carried potential risks. In June, the FDA revoked an emergency use authorization for the use of hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine in the t...