From  Worldometer  (new  COVID-19 deaths yesterday):          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     9     1208      6222       1136       1168       82 Oct     21     1225      6849         571        703       85 Nov    25      2304    12025        620        518      118 Dec     30      3880    14748       1224       299      465 Jan      14       4142    15512         1151        189       712                  Feb      3       4005    14265       1209       107      398           25       2414    10578        1582        119      144 Mar     2        1989      9490       1726       110      194           31       1115      12301        3950       458       58 April   6         906     11787         4211        631       37 May    4         853     13667       

I ended with a rainbow yesterday, so today will start with a spiritual one: From the New York Times , all the important news of the day and week: On Saturday, Naomi Osaka defeated Jennifer Brady, becoming   the first woman to win each of her first four Grand Slam finals   in more than 30 years. Brady, appearing in her first final,   went down fighting . Roughly one year since the first known coronavirus-related death was reported in the U.S.,   an unfathomable toll is nearing — the loss of half a million people . As of Sunday,   the pandemic death toll was 497,403 , higher than in any other country. More Americans have died from Covid-19 than on the battlefields of World War I, World War II and the Vietnam War combined. Nationwide, nearly half of Americans would refuse a shot if offered one immediately,   polls suggest . Vaccination skepticism is   even higher   among Black and Hispanic people, white people without a college degree, registered Republicans and lower-income households. W