这新型肺炎已经在全球范围内杀死了超过727，000人。
全球有超过1950万人被诊断患有新冠肺炎根据约翰·霍普金斯大学系统科学与工程中心汇编的数据，这种疾病是由新的呼吸道病毒引起的。据信实际数字要高得多，原因是检测短缺、许多未报告的病例以及怀疑一些国家政府隐瞒或淡化疫情范围。
美国是受影响最严重的国家，确诊病例超过498万，至少有162，421人死亡。
凌晨1点22分:在后COVID诊断显示心脏问题后，明尼苏达维京人队的球员需要进行心脏手术
周六晚上，明尼苏达维京人队后卫卡梅隆·史密斯在他的Instagram主页上发布消息称，他将需要进行心脏手术来修复一个自出生以来就有缺陷的瓣膜。
这种情况是在他的COVID-19阳性诊断后进行的额外测试中发现的。
史密斯在声明中写道:“本周早些时候，我发现我需要进行心脏直视手术来修复我生来就有的二叶主动脉瓣。”..虽然这将不幸地结束我的2020赛季，但我们发现这真的是一件幸事，因为我的心脏严重增大，不会再坚持太久了。我在COVID测试呈阳性后发现了这一点，并不得不按照协议进行进一步测试。上帝以神秘的方式工作，但我真的能感觉到他在这一点上!"
史密斯总结道:“有一个手术可以让我在痊愈和康复后继续踢球，我不会再犹豫了。”我还没有准备好踢足球，在球场上我还有很多事情要完成。我要像对待生活中的其他事情一样来解决这个问题。已经在期待复出了!”
上午12:40:红衣主教队对海盗队的比赛因冠状病毒而推迟
有消息称，匹兹堡海盗队周日飞往圣路易斯的航班已经取消，他们周一对红雀队的比赛已经推迟，消息人士告诉ESPN的杰夫·帕森。
消息人士告诉帕森，到周日，球队将会更清楚他们是否会在周二和周三比赛。
红雀队本周末与芝加哥小熊队的三场系列赛被推迟，因为联盟称两名红雀队队员和一名工作人员在过去两天采集的样本中检测出冠状病毒呈阳性。
自上周以来，共有九名红衣主教队队员和七名工作人员检测呈阳性。红衣主教队自7月29日以来就没有打过球。
上午12点15分:拜登谈到美国有500万个COVID-19病例:“这个数字令人难以置信，令人心碎”
美国前副总统乔·拜登周六晚上对美国已有500万例确诊的COVID-19病例的消息做出了回应。
拜登在一份书面声明中说，这个数字“令人难以置信，令人心碎”，他敦促美国人继续采取措施，包括戴口罩，以遏制病毒的传播，并最终战胜它。
正如他在整个大流行期间所做的那样，拜登还抨击了特朗普在这场危机中缺乏领导力的问题，他写道，美国“除了借口和谎言之外，继续从特朗普总统那里听到的东西不多。”
“没有其他高收入经济体仍在努力控制这一局面。事实上，美国人在世界大部分地区不再受欢迎，因为我们被视为公共健康威胁。我们之所以走到今天，有一个简单而令人愤怒的原因:特朗普挥舞着白旗投降了。他不想应对大流行，所以他停止了尝试。他没有尽到自己的职责。”
“特朗普已经抛弃了美国人民几个月来的牺牲和辛勤工作。想象一下，如果他再失败四年，我们将付出多大的代价。”
Coronavirus updates: Biden says 'it boggles the mind and breaks the heart' as US approaches 5 million cases
Thenovel coronavirushas now killed more than 727,000 people worldwide.
More than 19.5 million people across the globe have been diagnosed withCOVID-19, the disease caused by the new respiratory virus, according to data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. The actual numbers are believed to be much higher due to testing shortages, many unreported cases and suspicions that some national governments are hiding or downplaying the scope of their outbreaks.
The United States is the worst-affected country, with more than 4.98 million diagnosed cases and at least 162,421 deaths.
1:22 a.m.: Minnesota Vikings player needs open heart surgery after post-COVID diagnosis shows heart problem
Minnesota Vikings linebacker Cameron Smith posted on his Instagram page Saturday night that he will need open heart surgery to fix a defective valve that he's had since birth.
The condition was discovered from additional tests administered following his COVID-19 positive diagnosis.
"Earlier this week I found out I need open heart surgery to fix a bicuspid aortic valve that I was born with," Smith's statement read.. Although this will unfortunately end my 2020 season, it is really a blessing that we found this as my heart is severely enlarged and wouldn’t have lasted much longer. I found this out after I tested positive for COVID and had to have further testing done as protocol. The Lord works in mysterious ways, but I could really feel him on this one!"
Smith concluded: "There is a surgery that will allow me to continue to play football as soon as I am healed and cleared and I didn’t think twice about going with that one. By no means am I ready to be done playing football, there is still so much more I want to accomplish on the field. I'm going to attack this like everything else I have in life. Already looking forward to the comeback!"
12:40 a.m.: Cardinals vs. Pirates on Monday postponed due to coronavirus
The Pittsburgh Pirates' flight to St. Louis on Sunday has been canceled and their game on Monday against the Cardinals has been postponed, sources told ESPN's Jeff Passan.
By Sunday, the teams will have a better sense as to whether they'll play Tuesday and Wednesday, sources told Passan.
The Cardinals' three-game series against the Chicago Cubs this weekend was postponed after the league said two Cardinals players and one staff member tested positive for the coronavirus from samples collected over the past two days.
In total, nine Cardinals players and seven staffers have tested positive since last week. The Cardinals haven't played since July 29.
12:15 a.m.: Biden on the U.S. reaching 5 million COVID-19 cases: 'It’s a number that boggles the mind and breaks the heart'
Former Vice President Joe Biden reacted Saturday evening to the news that the United States has reached 5 million confirmed cases of COVID-19.
In a paper statement Biden said the number "boggles the mind and breaks the heart," urging Americans to continue taking steps, including mask wearing, to combat the spread of the virus and eventually overcome it.
As he has throughout the course of the pandemic, Biden also slammed Trump's lack of leadership on the crisis, writing that the country "continue[s] to hear little more from President Trump than excuses and lies."
"No other high-income economy is still struggling to get this under control. In fact, Americans are no longer welcome in much of the world, because we are seen as a public health threat. And we are where we are today for one simple, infuriating reason: Trump waved the white flag and gave up. He didn’t want to deal with the pandemic, so he stopped trying. He didn’t do his job," Biden wrote.
"Trump has already thrown away months of the American people’s sacrifice and hard work. Imagine what four more years of his failures will cost us," he added.
