Coronavirus Watch: Big Ten presidents vote against playing college football
College football conferences are facing decision time on the fall season as the Big Ten presidents have voted against conducting a fall season.
This is the Coronavirus Watch from the Paste BN Network. Here is the most significant news of the day, as of 1:30 p.m. ET:
- At least 97,000 children in the United States tested positive for the coronavirus in the last two weeks of July alone, according to a new report from the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children’s Hospital Association.
- Several students and staff members at Atlanta-area schools that drew attention for crowding and scarce use of masks have tested positive for the coronavirus after the first week of classes, and now one of those schools is going online.
- New Zealand marked 100 days without a new case Sunday. The country imposed a strict lock down after 100 people were infected, which stopped the spread.
- Throngs of mostly maskless bikers descended on the 80th Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota.
- Fitted N95 masks are the most effective at filtering respiratory droplets from the mask's wearer while neck fleeces offer little protection compared to others, a team of Duke University researchers found.
📈 Today's numbers: The U.S. has recorded more than 162,000 deaths and 5 million cases of COVID-19, according to Johns Hopkins University. Worldwide, there have been more than 731,000 deaths and 19.8 million cases.
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– N'dea Yancey-Bragg, Paste BN trending news reporter, @NdeaYanceyBragg