I'm skipping the COVID-19 information today, for Monday deaths are always underreported.  To refresh your mind, though, typically these days, 6000 people in the world die , 1000 from the USA.  The pandemic has entered a dangerous new wave for the USA and World.  Yet, to place this tragedy in perspective, on Planet Earth yesterday : 120,595 died, with about 5% being COVID-19 deaths but 287,324 were born the net gain yesterday was 166,389, even with the 6,000 deaths people who died from hunger just yesterday:  23,167 abortions yesterday:  117,000 deaths from HIV/AIDS yesterday:  around 4,000 deaths from cancer yesterday: 25,000 traffic deaths yesterday:  3717 More than five times more people died from hunger than from COVID-19.  Some other data for your general knowledge, showing that life goes on: TV sets sold just today:  half a million cellular phones sold today:  5 million money spent just on video games today:  $222 million e-mails sent today:  201 billion blog posts today:  5.5

    From  Worldometer :          DAY    USA    WORLD     Brazil      India      South Africa June     9     1093    4732        1185       246          82 July    22     1205    7128        1293      1120         572 Aug    12     1504     6556       1242       835         130 Sept     3      1094    5886        830     1083         174             9      1208    6222        1136      1168          82 Oct      8        957    6420         730       967        160           12       316     3757           203       710          83           13       843     5006           354      723       165           14       970     6075           716       694       123           19       442     4392           321       594         21           20       952     6169           662       714       164           21     1225     6849            571       703         85           22       973     6470           503       683       102           23       903     6526          566       656        48