Coronavirus update: Global case tally tops 27.3 million, U.S. accounts for a quarter and 9 drug maker CEOs pledge to ‘stand with science’ in developing vaccine
September 08, 2020 at 11:30 AM EDT
The number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 climbed above 27.3 million on Tuesday with the U.S. accounting for about a quarter of that total, as a group of nine drug makers pledged to ‘stand with science’ in developing a vaccine.