British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has received oxygen support in intensive care as he battles coronavirus infection, though he is not on a ventilator, a senior U.K. official said Tuesday, as the United States and many other nations continue to grapple with the devastating pandemic.
The virus has killed more than 10,500 people in the United States, nearly half of them in New York. But Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo (D) said Monday that the daily death toll fell under 600 for two days in a row, suggesting a “possible flattening of the curve,” though the hospital system remains overwhelmed. Elsewhere, China on Tuesday reported no new coronavirus deaths the previous day for the first time since January.
Here are some other significant developments:
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday blocked a plan to extend mail-in ballot deadlines in Wisconsin and the Wisconsin Supreme Court overturned the governor’s calls for Tuesday’s vote to be postponed until June, leaving voters and poll workers scrambling hours before voting is now set to take place.
A survey of hospitals across the country showed health-care workers are facing shortages of tests, masks, face shields, ventilators and staff. President Trump rejected the results of the report, which was compiled by the Inspector General of Health and Human Services, suggesting it was political.
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson remains in intensive care battling covid-19 infection. Johnson is a “man of great zest with an appetite for life,” Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove said, adding that the government would make an official statement if his condition changes.
China announced 32 new cases, all of them imported, but no new deaths for the first time since it began regularly reporting figures in January.
Italy announced 3,599 new coronavirus cases on Monday, its lowest daily increase in around three weeks. Spain confirmed 4,273 new cases, suggesting a downward trend in two of Europe’s hardest-hit countries.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) told fellow Democratic lawmakers Monday that the next coronavirus relief bill could “easily” pass $1 trillion in cost. Congressional leaders and the White House are converging on the need for a new assistance package.
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