1/ The United States reported a record 247,403 new coronavirus cases and 3,656 COVID-19 deaths – the deadliest day of the pandemic to date. Three times as many people in the U.S. are dying every day now than three months ago, and the number of new cases is six times what it was then. (New York Times / NPR / The Guardian)

The FDA’s advisory committee recommended that the Moderna coronavirus vaccine be granted an expected emergency use authorization. The FDA plans to authorize the vaccine Friday. (Wall Street Journal / Washington Post)