流感的大流行新型肺炎现在已经导致全球超过110万人死亡。
超过4300万人遍布全球被诊断出患有新冠肺炎病，该病由新型呼吸道病毒，根据约翰·霍普金斯大学系统科学与工程中心汇编的数据。通过临床手段或实验室测试进行诊断的标准因国家而异。然而，由于检测短缺、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，实际数字被认为要高得多。
自从1997年发现第一例病例以来中国12月，病毒已经迅速传播到除南极洲以外的所有大陆。
美国是受影响最严重的国家，有超过860万确诊病例至少225，230人死亡。
根据约翰霍普金斯大学的数据，加州是美国病例最多的州，确诊病例超过90.6万人。加州其次是德克萨斯州和佛罗里达州，分别有超过892，000例和超过778，000例。
世界卫生组织正在追踪新冠肺炎近200种候选疫苗，其中至少有10种处于关键的第三阶段研究。在这10种处于后期试验阶段的潜在疫苗中，目前有五种如果获得批准，将在美国上市。
卫生官员称，23起新冠肺炎案件与特朗普集会有关
明尼苏达州卫生部发言人道格·舒尔茨(Doug Schultz)告诉美国广播公司新闻，至少有23例冠状病毒病例与9月份明尼苏达州特朗普竞选活动中发生的三起疫情有关。
疫情于9月18日发生在贝米基航空(Bemidji Aviation)的特朗普集会上，已确诊16例;9月24日，迈克·彭斯在明尼阿波利斯-圣保罗机场酒店的演讲，其中三个案例已经确定;舒特兹说，9月30日特朗普在德卢斯机场的集会上，已经确定了四起案件。
据卫生部称，在贝米吉事件中感染病毒的16人中有两人住院治疗。
卫生部表示，另一次疫情发生在贝米吉事件附近的反集会上，已发现四例病例。
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2020年9月18日，美国总统唐纳德·特朗普抵达明尼苏达州贝米吉地区机场参加竞选集会。
一例冠状病毒病例与9月18日乔·拜登在德卢斯的集会有关，一例与10月1日埃里克·特朗普在贝克尔的演讲有关，但卫生部表示，这两例病例未被归类为疫情。
自9月12日以来，明尼苏达州七天平均新病例数几乎增加了两倍，在过去六周内增加了近200%。明尼苏达州卫生官员还报告称，周六该州确诊的新冠肺炎病例接近创纪录的2268例。
明尼苏达州的健康协议目前限制了250人的集会，即使是在户外，并且在不能适当保持身体距离的情况下需要戴口罩。
一份关于彭斯今天在明尼苏达州西宾格集会的官方新闻稿称，“所有与会者都将接受体温检查，并按照指示佩戴口罩和洗手液。”
随着美国病毒病例飙升至新高，股市出现一个月来最糟糕的一天
股市经历了自9月3日以来最糟糕的一天，新冠肺炎案件在全国范围内激增，需要恢复正常的行业，如邮轮公司和航空公司，出现了巨额亏损。
道琼斯工业平均指数收盘下跌650点，至27685点，跌幅2.3%，标准普尔500指数股市下跌1.6%，至3400点，纳斯达克指数下跌1.6%，至11358点。
“这是一场完美的风暴，”贝尔德投资策略分析师罗斯·梅菲尔德说，告诉美联社。“创纪录的案件数量和欧洲各地的滚动封锁正在成为头条新闻。在一些供求问题上，石油价格下跌。刺激似乎越来越不可能了，至少在大选前是这样。”
“我们从来没有像现在这样脆弱过”:盐湖城市长
根据盐湖城市长艾琳·门登霍尔的说法，继本周创纪录的新冠肺炎病例和住院治疗后，犹他州的医院已达到饱和。
州长加里·赫伯特(Gary Herbert)计划在医院人满为患的情况下为溢出的病人开设一所野战医院，但门登霍尔(Mendenhall)强调，如果没有额外的医护人员来治疗，额外的床位“无助于拯救生命”。
根据犹他医院协会的数据，20%至30%的医院工作人员无法上班，因为他们或其家人感染了病毒。
“护士和医生昼夜不停地延长工作时间，”门登霍尔在美国广播公司新闻直播节目《崩溃》中说。“他们累坏了。”
Coronavirus live updates: 23 COVID-19 cases linked to Trump rallies
A pandemic of thenovel coronavirushas now killed more than 1.1 million people worldwide.
Over 43 million peopleacross the globehave been diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused bythe new respiratory virus, according todata compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. The criteria for diagnosis -- through clinical means or a lab test -- has varied from country to country. Still, 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.
Since the first cases were detected inChinain December, the virus has rapidly spread to every continent except Antarctica.
The United States is the worst-affected country, with more than 8.6 million diagnosed cases andat least 225,230 deaths.
California has the most cases of any U.S. state, with more than 906,000 people diagnosed, according to Johns Hopkins data. California is followed by Texas and Florida, with over 892,000 cases and over 778,000 cases, respectively.
Nearly 200 vaccine candidates for COVID-19 are being tracked by the World Health Organization, at least 10 of which are in crucial phase three studies. Of those 10 potential vaccines in late-stage trials, there are currently five that will be available in the United States if approved.
23 COVID-19 cases linked to Trump rallies: Health official
At least 23 coronavirus cases have been linked to three outbreaks that occurred at Trump campaign events in Minnesota in September, Minnesota Health Department spokesperson Doug Schultz told ABC News.
The outbreaks occurred at a Trump rally at Bemidji Aviation on Sept. 18, where 16 cases have been identified; a Mike Pence speech at a Minneapolis-Saint Paul airport hotel on Sept. 24, where three cases have been identified; and a Trump rally at Duluth Airport on Sept. 30, where four cases have been identified, Schutlz said.
Two of the 16 who contracted the virus at the Bemidji event were hospitalized, according to the Health Department.
Another outbreak occurred at a counter-rally that took place near the Bemidji event, where four cases have been identified, the Health Department said.
President Donald Trump arrives for a campaign rally at Bemidji Regional Airport, Sept. 18, 2020, in Bemidji, Minn.
One coronavirus case was linked to Joe Biden's rally in Duluth on Sept. 18, and one case was linked to Eric Trump's speech in Becker on Oct. 1, but the Health Department said these two cases were not classified as outbreaks.
Since Sept. 12, the seven-day average of new cases in Minnesota has nearly tripled, increasing by almost 200% in the last six weeks. Minnesota health officials also reported a near-record increase of 2,268 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the state on Saturday.
Minnesota's health protocols currently cap gatherings at 250 people, even when outdoors, and masks are required in situations where physical distancing cannot be properly maintained.
An official news release about Pence's rally today in Hibbing, Minnesota, said that "all attendees will be given a temperature check, masks which they are instructed to wear, and access to hand sanitizer."
Stocks have worst day in a month as US virus cases soar to new heights
The stock market had its worst day since Sept. 3, as COVID-19 cases spiked across the country and industries that needed a return to normalcy, like cruise lines and airlines, saw big losses.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed 650 points lower, down 2.3%, to 27,685, while the S&P 500 fell 1.6% to 3,400 and the NASDAQ declined 1.6% to 11,358.
"It’s kind of a perfect storm," Ross Mayfield, an investment strategy analyst at Baird,told The Associated Press."The record case numbers and the kind of rolling lockdowns across Europe are getting the headlines. Oil is down on some supply and demand issues. Stimulus seems more and more unlikely by the day, at least pre-election."
'We have never been as vulnerable as we are right now': Salt Lake City mayor
Following record-breaking COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations this week, Utah's hospitals are reaching capacity, according to Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall.
Gov. Gary Herbert plans to open a field hospital for overflow patients if hospitals become overrun, but Mendenhall stressed that extra beds "don't do anything to save lives" without additional health care workers to treat them.
According to the Utah Hospital Association, 20% to 30% of hospital staff aren't able to go to work because either they or a family member has contracted the virus.
"Nurses and doctors are working extended hours, around the clock," Mendenhall told ABC News Live's "The Breakdown." "They are exhausted."
