Coronavirus live news: US nears 10m cases as global infections pass 50m
US currently has 9.49m confirmed Covid cases; October was worst month for pandemic; economic fallout makes prospect of third world war ‘a risk’. Follow the latest updates
- US confirms more than 126,000 Covid cases in new record
- Global coronavirus cases pass 50m with US worst affected country
- UK test and trace needs radical reform, experts say
- Could a Covid vaccine bring back normality?
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On the US nearing 10m cases:
33 percent positivity rate in Wisconsin. That tells us that testing is seriously inadequate and covid is out of control. https://t.co/63h705bqki
A Reuters tally has calculated that October was the worst month of the coronavirus pandemic so far, with its second wave in the past 30 days accounting for a quarter of all cases.
The last month saw the spread of the virus accelerate at a rapid pace: while it took 32 days for cases to rise from 30 million to 40 million, it only took 21 days to add another 10 million.
Related: Global coronavirus cases pass 50m with US worst affected country
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