Anti-mask protest leaders bought grilled cheese for 100 people who agreed to eat at the restaurant without a mask.

Johns Hopkins on Sunday counted 45,300 new coronavirus infections reported Saturday in the U.S. after three days in which the daily count reached as high as 54,500 new cases.

It’s been a frequent Trump administration talking point on the recent spike in COVID-19 infections: Don’t worry, only a small sliver of U.S. counties is at greater risk.

While the government has asked survivors to return the money, it’s not clear they have to.

The new state accounting of fatalities by neighbourhood revealed that the zip code with the most deaths per capita is a federally subsidized housing development in Brooklyn.

Cuomo warned that with an increase in economic activity, New Yorkers should expect an increase in coronavirus cases.

Even as some countries begin to see normal signs of life again, COVID-19 has kicked back, prompting some governments to review or reverse reopening plans.

As of Tuesday, 58,233 have died of COVID-19 in the United States, according to a Reuters tally, eclipsing in 12 weeks the total number of Americans killed during 16 years of U.S. military involvement in Vietnam.

The U.S. Fed cut rates to a target range of 0 per cent to 0.25 per cent and said it would expand its balance sheet by at least US$700 billion in coming weeks.

Joe Biden and his rival Bernie Sanders are re-thinking their approach to their campaigns amid widespread warnings from public health officials about the packed crowds and handshaking involved in politicking.