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This is expected to be a pivotal week in the COVID-19 pandemic. More than 1.2 million people have now been infected as of Sunday. Global deaths from COVID-19 on Sunday are down two days in a row.
The number of deaths a day in New York dropped for the first time on Sunday. Gov. Andrew Cuomo said it was too early to understand the significance of those numbers.
In Europe, the rate of infection has slowed. The number of confirmed cases increased less than 5% from the previous day in Italy and Spain and they are now seeing fewer daily deaths than they have in over a week. Italy has seen the number of patients in intensive care decreasing for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was hospitalized on Sunday. He is experiencing persistent symptoms ten days after he tested positive for COVID-19. An official said it was not a emergency but his admission to the hospital was a precaution.
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“Projecting out, people ask how costly three months of quarantine will be. Perhaps it will hasten the decline of companies and products that are already under competitive pressure, like brick-and-mortar department stores and movie theaters. Such businesses occupy large buildings and may be rescued by innovative conversion into apartments, with handy downstairs theaters and discounters. Such experiments are lubricated by the market’s deep discount of abandoned revenueless space.” - Vernon L. Smith, professor at Chapman University and 2002 Nobel Laureate in Economics
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