Good evening,
Please find today's Daily COVID-19 Update for November 19th below and attached. Please let me know if you have any comments or questions.
Thank you,
Jeff Cohen
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Federal Policy Update
- Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) indicated that Senate Republicans have agreed to staff-level talks for another coronavirus relief package. Minority Leader Schumer stated that "the staffs are going to sit down today or tomorrow to try to begin to see if we can get a real COVID relief bill."
- Assistant Health & Human Services Secretary Brett Giroir stated that the agency "wants to assure the American people that there's going to be no delay in coronavirus vaccine distribution," adding that "this is an incredibly well-oiled plan" with at least 50 million vaccine doses to be distributed by the end of the year.
- The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention published an update requesting that Americans stay home for Thanksgiving. The agency wrote that "as cases continue to increase rapidly across the United States, the safest way to celebrate Thanksgiving is to celebrate at home with the people you live with."
- The Department of Labor published their weekly unemployment data, finding that over 742,000 Americans filed for first-time jobless claims in the past week.
- The CDC's ensemble forecast for coronavirus-related fatalities is now projected to be at 298,000 deaths by December 12th.
State Response
- New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu (R) announced that the state would require all residents over the age of five to wear face coverings in public – both indoors and outdoors.
- Missouri Governor Mike Parson (R) maintained that he will not issue a mask mandate – stating that the responsibility for curbing the virus "comes to you, not the government."
- New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) predicted that he expects indoor dining and gyms to be closed "in the next week or two."
- The Commission of Key West, Florida announced that all residents and visitors must wear masks in public, regardless of the ability to maintain social distancing.
- All Smithsonian institutions in Washington, DC will temporarily close, without a planned date to reopen.
Global Response
- The British government has requested that four million doses of the coronavirus vaccine candidate under production by pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca be delivered to the United Kingdom.
- The COVID-19 threat level was raised to its highest alert in the capital city of Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike warned that "new infections and intractable cases are increasing rapidly and we are at the phase of rapid infection expansion."
Economic Update
- U.S. stocks were on the rise today, with all three indices closing with gains. The Nasdaq Composite rose by 0.87%, the S&P 500 by 0.36%, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average by 0.13%.
Latest Impact Data
- In the United States: Over 12,017,583 cases and 257,713 deaths in 50 states, 4 territories, and Washington, D.C.
- Worldwide: Over 57,129,893 cases and 1,363,451 deaths in at least 204 countries and territories.
In the News
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Jeffrey M. Cohen, MBA
Director, Public Affairs & Marketing
INFORMS
jeff.cohen@informs.org------------------------------