World Coronavirus Dispatch: 97,000 US kids test positive in two weeks

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Europe’s National budget rules to remain suspended next year: EU restrictions on national budgets, which were suspended because of the Covid-19 pandemic, will not apply again until 2022 at the earliest, the EU's economy chief has confirmed. Brussels took the unprecedented step of activating an escape clause in the bloc's budget rules in March, effectively suspending countries' obligations to work towards the eurozone's debt and deficit targets. 

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Let’s look at the global statistics:


Total Confirmed Cases: 19,863,850


Change Over Yesterday: 838,270


Total Deaths: 731,374


Total Recovered: 12,117,346

Nations hit with most cases: US (5,044,864), Brazil (3,035,422),