⁍ There were 77,255 new cases reported Thursday, topping a previous high set two days ago.
⁍ The World Health Organization’s situation report said there were a record 237,743 new Covid-19 cases reported in the past 24 hours.
⁍ The director of the National Institutes of Health says he’s ‘optimistic’ an ‘effective treatment’ for Covid-19 will be available in two to three months.

– The chief of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases says he’s “optimistic” new treatments for coronavirus will be available in two to three months, CNN reports. Dr. Anthony Fauci, who heads the NIH, says he’s also “optimistic” a vaccine will be ready by the end of the year. The deadly virus has now infected more than 77,000 people in the US and killed 19 of them, according to the New York Times. The latest news on the outbreak: Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp sued Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms on Thursday over her efforts to require face masks in public places, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Kemp says Bottoms is wasting taxpayer money by enforcing a city law that doesn’t require masks. “This is the exact opposite of what we need to be doing,” says Utah County Commissioner Tanner Ainge. “We’re supposed to be physically distancing, wearing masks. This gathering violates current health recommendations.” The chief of the CDC says people should wear masks if they want to keep the outbreak from spreading. “When you’re living your life and trying to open up the country, you are going to come into contact with people,” he says. “And for that reason,

Source: https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/17/world/coronavirus-newsletter-07-17-20-intl/index.html