The daily Covid cases in the United States broke the dreaded 1 million mark on Monday, for the fourth time this month. Omicron is an extremely transmissible variant that has driven an unprecedented number of cases in recent weeks in the country.
With 10,00800 new cases, the total number of people infected with coronavirus in the U.S. has risen to 71,709,180, according to the latest data from Johns Hopkins University.
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May 08, 2026 15:50 ET Manufacturing and services sector survey results and labor market data from main economies were the highlight on the economics news front this week. Factory orders and jobs report dominated the news flow in the U.S. Similarly, industrial production data from German garnered attention in Europe. In Asia, purchasing managers’ survey results from China and the central bank decision from Australia were in focus.