The global tally for the coronavirus-borne illness climbed above 237.9 million on Monday, while the death toll rose above 4.85 million, according to data...
The global tally for the coronavirus-borne illness climbed above 237.9 million on Monday, while the death toll rose above 4.85 million, according to data aggregated by Johns Hopkins University. The U.S. continues to lead the world with a total of 44.3 million cases and 713,350 deaths. The U.S. is again averaging 2,000 deaths a day, according to a New York Times tracker, , although new cases and hospitalizations are declining. Merck & Co. Inc. MRK, -1.
60% submitted an application for Emergency Use Authorization with the Food and Drug Administration for molnupiravir, their oral antiviral medicine for the treatment of mild-to-moderate COVID-19 in adults. The company had disclosed that data from a Phase 3 trial found the treatment reduced the risk of of hospitalization or death in adults at risk for progressing to severe COVID-19 by 50%. India is second by cases after the U.S. at 33.9 million and has suffered 450,782 deaths.
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