World Coronavirus Dispatch: Elon Musk tests positive twice, negative twice

From Covid wave in Europe cresting to US Secret Service officers testing positive, here's a roundup of coronavirus-related news from around the world

Elon Musk’s Covid conundrum: Elon Musk, the SpaceX chief executive, has tested positive twice, and negative twice, for the coronavirus after taking four rapid virus tests, he revealed in a disgruntled tweet early Friday morning. The announcement came just days before his company’s much-anticipated launch of a Crew Dragon capsule that will carry four astronauts to the International Space Station. 
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Let’s look at the global statistics:


Total Confirmed Cases: 53,385,255


Change Over Yesterday: 651,965


Total Deaths: 1,302,841


Total Recovered: 34,460,573

Nations hit with most cases: US (10,739,614), India (8,773,479), Brazil (5,810,652), France (1,915,677) and Russia