After a short interval, COVID-19 deaths in the United States returned to the 1000-plus level. With 1,210 additional deaths reporting in the last 24 hours, the total number of COVID-19 casualties in the country rose to 179735.
This is nearly three times more than what was recorded in the previous week. With 43,556 more people getting infected by the virus in the last 24 hours, the total cases in the U.S. reached 5822927. This is nearly one sixth of the global total.
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May 15, 2026 15:25 ET Apart from the confirmation of Kevin Warsh as the next Fed chair, the main news on the economics front this week included key price data from the U.S. and the first quarter economic growth figures from major economies. Both consumer prices and producer costs have started to reflect the effect of supply shocks due to the Middle East conflict. In Europe, GDP data was in focus, while inflation data from China dominated the news flow in Asia.