This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for Friday July 31st, 2020. The U.S. economy shrank 32.9% in the second quarter. The largest decrease on record. 1.4 million Americans filed for first time unemployment yesterday. The federal government signed a deal with Sanofi/GlaxoSmithKline for 2.1 billion dollars. To secure 100 million doses of their potential vaccine. Herman Cain died Thursday from complications of COVID-19, the well-known businessman and talk show host sought the Republican Presidential Nomination in 2012. A student in Indiana tested positive for the virus on the first day of in person classes, notes The Washington Post. A University of Washington model is now projecting more than 230,000 deaths due to the virus in the US by November. Researcher’s found blood plasma from virus survivors infused in to COVID-19 patients reduced the rate of death by 57%, reports CNN. 

Vietnam recorded their first COVID-19 related death as another new daily case record was set on Friday. Japan and Morocco also saw record daily new cases. New restrictions are in effect in Northern England, including a ban on any gathering at private homes. Hong Kong will postpone their election for a year, citing virus concerns. 

The locations of hotspots and U.S and Country diagnoses in a moment.  

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