Tuesday, the United States reported the highest death toll in single day from coronavirus in seven months. With 2261 new deaths reporting in the last 24 hours, the country's total number of COVID-19 casualties increased to 259962, as per latest data from the Johns Hopkins University Center for Systems Science and Engineering.
The all-time high in single day deaths was recorded on April 15, when
After a brief lull in the weekend, coronavirus infections in the United States returned to the 1,70000-plus mark. With 1,73,383 new cases reporting in the last 24 hours, the country's total number of COVID-19 infections increased to 12420871, as per latest data from the Johns Hopkins University Center for Systems Science and Engineering.
918 deaths in the last 24 hours took the total casualties
After hitting record high levels in the previous days, coronavirus infections and deaths due to the pandemic in the United States showed a downward trend in the weekend. For the first time, daily COVID-19 cases crossed the 180000 threshold Thursday, raising fears that the numbers are rapidly moving close to the 2,00,000 mark. But the trend reversed in the following days. With 1,58,047 new cases
AstraZeneca Plc and Oxford University's coronavirus vaccine candidate AZD1222 is found to be 70 percent effective on average against Covid-19, according to the British pharmaceutical giant. AstraZeneca plans to immediately prepare regulatory submission of the data to worldwide authorities for conditional or early approval. The company will also ask for an Emergency Use Listing from the WHO.
Regeneron's investigational COVID-19 antibody therapy REGN-COV2, which was administrated to U.S. President Donald Trump, has received emergency use authorization or EUA from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. According to the company, REGN-COV2 or REGEN-COV2, a combination of two monoclonal antibodies casirivimab and imdevimab, is the first antibody cocktail for COVID-19 to receive EUA.
Daily COVID-19 infections in the United States are rapidly moving close to the 2,00,000 mark with new cases reaching the highest point since the pandemic began. With 1,88,146 new cases reporting in the last 24 hours, the country's total number of COVID-19 infections increased to 11717953, as per latest data from the Johns Hopkins University Center for Systems Science and Engineering. This is a 1
The World Health Organization or WHO has warned against using Gilead Sciences' Covid-19 drug remdesivir to treat hospitalized patients. According to the agency, there is currently no evidence that remdesivir improves survival and other outcomes in these patients. The conditional recommendation by WHO against the use of remdesivir is part of a living guideline on clinical care for COVID-19.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization for Eli Lilly and Co.'s (LLY) rheumatoid arthritis drug baricitinib, in combination with Gilead Sciences' (GILD) remdesivir, to treat COVID-19 patients.
A coronavirus vaccine candidate being developed by British pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca PLC and Oxford University is safe and produced a strong immune response in older adults, data from an early study of the vaccine showed. The data from the mid-stage trial of the vaccine, ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 or AZD1222, was published in the Lancet medical journal on Thursday.
Daily COVID-19 infections in the United States reached a new high on Wednesday, and deaths from the viral disease crossed quarter of a million. With 1,70,003 new cases reporting in the last 24 hours, the country's total number of COVID-19 infections increased to 11529807, as per latest data from the Johns Hopkins University Center for Systems Science and Engineering.
This is for the first time t
The United States on Tuesday completed two straight weeks of recording more than 100,000 coronavirus infections a day. With 1,54,319 new cases reporting in the last 24 hours, the country's total number of COVID-19 infections increased to 11359804, as per latest data from the Johns Hopkins University Center for Systems Science and Engineering.
1467 new deaths in the same period took the total cas
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized the first COVID-19 diagnostic at-home self test that provides results in 30 minutes or less. The Lucira COVID-19 All-In-One Test Kit by Lucira Health, Inc., a single-use test that is intended to detect the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 that causes COVID-19, has received FDA's emergency use authorization or EUA.
Daily COVID-19 infections in the United States reached a new high on Monday. 1,67,708 new cases recorded in the last 24 hours was the worst daily toll in the country since the pandemic began. With this, the country's total number of COVID-19 infections increased to 11205485, as per latest data from the Johns Hopkins University Center for Systems Science and Engineering.
1003 new deaths in the s
Pfizer, which is co-developing Covid-19 vaccine with BioNTech, has selected four U.S. states to implement the U.S. COVID-19 Immunization Pilot Program. The move would help the drug major refine the plan to deliver and deploy the COVID-19 vaccine candidate, BNT162b2, when it is authorized or approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
COVID-19 infections in the United States crossed 11 million on Sunday, after adding a million in just six days. With 1,32,886 new cases recording in the last 24 hours, the country's total number of COVID-19 infections increased to 11037777, as per latest data from the Johns Hopkins University Center for Systems Science and Engineering. 617 new deaths in the same period took the total casualties