The novel coronavirus pandemic has now killed more than 655,000 people worldwide.
Over 16.5 million people across the globe have been diagnosed with COVID-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 governments are hiding or downplaying the scope of their nations’ outbreaks.
The United States has become the worst-affected country, with more than 4.3 million diagnosed cases and at least 148,298 deaths.
Marlins games postponed through Sunday 30% of new Louisiana cases are among young people DC, Illinois now on New York travel advisory list
Here is how the news is developing today. All times Eastern. Check back for updates.
Miami Marlins games will be postponed through Sunday after numerous Marlins players were diagnosed with COVID-19, Major League Baseball announced Tuesday.
“Given the current circumstances, MLB believes that it is most prudent to allow the Marlins time to focus on providing care for their players and planning their Baseball Operations for a resumption early next week,” the league said in a statement.
“The Marlins’ personnel who tested positive remain in isolation and are receiving care,” the league said.
ESPN reported Monday that multiple Marlins players had COVID-19 — one day after the Marlins played the Philadelphia Phillies. The Phillies’ Monday night game against the New York Yankees was canceled, as was the Marlins’ Monday night game against the Baltimore Orioles.
“Out of an abundance of caution, the remainder of the home-and-home series between the Philadelphia Phillies and the New York Yankees has been postponed (NYY @ PHI tonight, and PHI @ NYY Wednesday and Thursday),” MLB said Tuesday. “As a result of these postponements, the Yankees will now play the Baltimore Orioles at Camden Yards on Wednesday and Thursday in order to create more scheduling flexibility later in the season. Additional rescheduling during the week of August 3rd will be announced later this week.”
New York state has suspended liquor licenses at 12 New York City bars, alleging they made “egregious violations” of COVID-19 rules, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said in a statement Tuesday.
“The bars and restaurants that ignore public health guidance are disrespecting their sacrifices which have saved lives while allowing us to sustain the reopening of our economy,” Cuomo said.
A state task force conducted over 1,300 compliance checks this weekend and reported 132 violations, Cuomo said. Over 600 more compliance checks were done Monday night and the task force found 26 violations in New York City, he said.
Businesses violating coronavirus rules can be fined up to $10,000 per violation. “Egregious violations can result in the immediate suspension of a bar or restaurant’s liquor license,” the governor’s statement said.
2:10 p.m.: 30% of new Louisiana cases are among young people
In Louisiana, 30% of the coronavirus cases reported on Tuesday are among people ages 29 and under, the state’s Department of Health said.
PHOTO: Pedestrians are seen walking along Bourbon Street in the French Quarter on July 14, 2020 in New Orleans. (Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
PHOTO: A woman waits in line for carryout at Cafe Du Monde in the French Quarter on July 14, 2020 in New Orleans. (Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
Twenty-six new fatalities were reported on Tuesday, bringing Louisiana’s death toll to 3,700, the Department of Health said.
As of July 25, all bars and restaurants in New Orleans are prohibited from selling takeout alcohol. A statewide rule prohibits bars from serving people on the premises.
1:35 p.m.: Columbus, Ohio, schools will begin year fully virtual
Columbus city schools — Ohio’s biggest school district — will have 100% virtual learning for the beginning of the year, from Sept. 8 to Oct. 27, officials announced Tuesday.
While it was recommended on June 30 that high schoolers go fully virtual and younger students have blended learning, since then, “public health conditions have dramatically worsened” in the county, Columbus City schools said in a statement Tuesday.
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Franklin County, which includes Columbus, has at least 3,993 confirmed COVID-19 cases and at least 124 deaths, according to Monday’s data from the county.
Columbus City Council President Shannon Hardin said the council stands with the school officials’ decision.
“While this is a tough decision, it will save lives and prevent the spread,” Hardin tweeted Tuesday.
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Earlier Tuesday, Dr. Anthony Fauci said he was concerned about the Midwest reopening, noting that hard-hit South and West states like Florida, Texas, Arizona and California look like “they may be cresting and coming back down.”
States like Ohio, Indiana, Tennessee and Kentucky are “starting to have” a “very early indication” of rising COVID-19 positivity rates — a “surefire sign that you’ve got to be really careful,” the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases told “Good Morning America.”
12:20 p.m.: DC, Illinois now on New York travel advisory list
Illinois, Kentucky and Minnesota have been added to New York’s travel advisory list, as well as Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said on a conference call Tuesday.
PHOTO: People social distance at an outdoor bar outside Nationals Park before the New York Yankees and the Washington Nationals play an opening day baseball game, July 23, 2020, in Washington. (Andrew Harnik/AP)
PHOTO: Members of the public wait to walk past the casket of civil rights pioneer and longtime Representative John Lewis at the Capitol in Washington, July 27, 2020. (Leah Millis/Reuters)
Anyone traveling to New York, New Jersey or Connecticut from a state with a high coronavirus test-positivity rate must quarantine for two weeks.
Thirty-four states, plus D.C. and Puerto Rico, are now on the list, according to ABC New York station WABC.
PHOTO: Fans on a rooftop overlooking Wrigley Field take In a baseball game between the Chicago Cubs and the Milwaukee Brewers, July 25, 2020, in Chicago. (Teresa Crawford/AP)
11 a.m.: Florida reports new daily death toll record
In Florida, a record 191 new fatalities were reported in one day, according to data released by the Florida Department of Health Tuesday morning.
The previous one-day record was 173 fatalities, reported on July 23.
PHOTO: A health care worker uses a picture to show a person how to use a nasal swab for a self administered test at the new federally funded COVID-19 testing site at the Miami-Dade County Auditorium on July 23, 2020, in Miami. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Coronavirus cases in the state have jumped by 9,230, bringing the total to over 441,900, according to the Department of Health.
Florida has the second-most COVID-19 cases, behind California.
PHOTO: Philadelphia Union and New England Revolution players walk on the pitch prior to their game during the knockout round of the MLS is Back Tournament at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex, July 25, 2020, in Reunion, Florida. (Emilee Chinn/Getty Images)
Of those tested in Miami-Dade County on Monday, 17.5% were positive, officials said.
PHOTO: Healthcare worker Rahaana Smith instructs passengers how to use a nasal swab, July 24, 2020, at a drive-thru COVID-19 testing site at the Miami-Dade County Auditorium, in Miami. (Wilfredo Lee/AP)
Throughout Florida, 16.86% of the state’s adult ICU beds are available, according to Florida’s Agency for Healthcare Administration.
Two counties — Monroe and Putnam — had no ICU beds, the agency said.
These numbers will fluctuate throughout the day as hospitals and medical centers provide updates.
9:30 a.m.: Hospitals overwhelmed in Florida, Texas
An internal FEMA memo obtained by ABC News has detailed the latest on overwhelmed hospitals in Florida and Texas, and the strain on EMS systems in Georgia.
PHOTO: A worker checks in people for testing, July 24, 2020, at a drive-thru COVID-19 testing site at the Miami-Dade County Auditorium, in Miami. (Wilfredo Lee/AP)
In Florida, hospitalizations statewide have increased 79% since July 4, with 8,974 current COVID-19 patients, the memo said.
In hard-hit Miami-Dade County, ICU beds were at 146% capacity, the memo said.
PHOTO: Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT) arrive with a patient while a funeral car begins to depart at North Shore Medical Center where coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients are treated, in Miami, July 14, 2020. (Maria Alejandra Cardona/Reuters)
In Georgia, where the test-positivity has reached 15.6%, the EMS systems are under strain with staff out sick, according to FEMA.
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And in Texas, as of July 22, five ICU beds were available in Laredo and none were available in Galveston, the memo said.
4:58 a.m.: Russia coronavirus cases pass 820,000
Russia reported 5,395 new COVID-19 cases and 150 coronavirus-related deaths in the past 24 hours, according to the coronavirus response headquarters statement on Tuesday.
“Over the past day, 5,395 cases of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus infections were confirmed in 84 regions of Russia, including 1,620 active asymptomatic cases (30.0%),” the headquarters said.
Russia’s total case count currently stands at 823,515 and 13,504 coronavirus patients died.
Moscow on Tuesday reported 674 new COVID-19 cases and 10 deaths.
3:35 a.m.: COVID-19 linked hunger killing 10,000 children per month, says UN
COVID-19 and its ramifications are pushing children who already live in hunger to beyond breaking point, killing an estimated 10,000 more youngsters a month as meager farms have no way of delivering produce to markets while villages are isolated from food and medical supplies, the United Nations has warned.
Furthermore, more than 550,000 additional children each month are being struck by what is called wasting, which manifests in spindly limbs and distended bellies, according to the UN.
In the call to action shared with The Associated Press prior to its release, four UN bodies said that increasing malnutrition would have long-term consequences, with individual tragedies likely to turn into a generational catastrophe.
“The food security effects of the COVID crisis are going to reflect many years from now,” said Francesco Branca, the World Health Organization’s head of nutrition. “There is going to be a societal effect.”
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3:16 a.m.: Trump Jr. shares video of doctor claiming hydroxychloroquine is a cure for COVID-19
Donald Trump Jr. shared a bizarre video on Twitter featuring what appears to be doctor that blasts the science and medical health experts recommendations about wearing masks and saying there are cures for COVID-19, including hydroxychloroquine.
Trump Jr. says “This is a much watch!!! So different from the narrative that everyone is running with.”
The doctor calls the science and studies against hydroxychloroquine fake studies and says they’re sponsored by big pharmaceutical companies.
ABC News’ Dee Carden, Dragana Jovanovic, Alina Lobzina, Josh Margolin, Tom Shine, Terrance Smith, J Gabriel Ware, and Scott Withers contributed to this report.
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