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  • US coronavirus death toll crosses 100,000 in harrowing milestone

    On Wednesday evening, the Johns Hopkins tally showed 100,047 U.S. coronavirus deaths. The United States has seen more coronavirus deaths than any other country, according to the data — although analysts and critics frequently have questioned the numbers of cases and deaths reported in other countries.

    As virus-related deaths continue to rise, the U.S. saw just 500 new deaths Monday, its lowest daily total since March 28, and 693 more on Tuesday, according to Johns Hopkins University. The number of confirmed infections has reached over 1.66 million.

    New York, the hardest-hit state, has seen more than 363,000 coronavirus cases and over 23,000 deaths, according to recent estimates, followed by New Jersey, with reports of over 155,000 cases and over 11,100 deaths.

    The news comes as the majority of states begin reopening their economies to a number of businesses.

    Countries in Europe and Asia have also begun lifting restrictions that brought daily life to an effective halt for almost two months in some parts as a critical tradeoff to protect citizens. More than 2.3 million have recovered from the virus.

    However, the World Health Organization (WHO) on Sunday warned that the world is still in the midst of a “first wave” of the pandemic.

    “Right now, we’re not in the second wave. We’re right in the middle of the first wave globally,” said Dr. Mike Ryan, executive director of WHO.

    “We’re still very much in a phase where the disease is actually on the way up,” Ryan told reporters, pointing to South America, South Asia, and other areas where infections are still on the rise.

    India saw a record single-day jump in new cases for the eighth straight day. It reported 6,387 new infections Wednesday, raising its total to 151,876, including 4,346 deaths.

    Brazil has 375,000 coronavirus infections — second only to the 1.6 million cases in the U.S. — and has counted over 23,000 deaths. Many fear Brazil’s true toll is much higher.

    Worldwide, the virus has infected over 5.6 million people, killing over 350,000, according to Johns Hopkins University. Europe has had about 170,000 deaths.

  • Waiter in France allegedly shot dead for being ‘too slow with sandwich,’ report says

    The incident happened at a small restaurant in Noisy-le-Grand, a suburb located in eastern Paris.

    A witness told Agence France-Presse the gunman became irate “as his sandwich wasn’t prepared quickly enough,” shot the waiter, and then fled the scene.

    The waiter’s colleagues then called police after he was shot in the shoulder. The 28-year-old later died at the scene.

    Police told AFP that a murder investigation has been opened and the gunman is still on the loose.
    Area residents told Le Parisien newspaper the restaurant had opened three or four months before the deadly shooting.

    Some noted, however, the neighborhood has a high crime history, including drug-dealing and public drunkenness.
    Others were shocked at the possibility of someone being killed over a slow order.

    “It is sad,” a 29-year-old woman told AFP. “It’s a quiet restaurant, without any problems.”

    Policemen stand in front of the eatery on Saturday where a waiter was shot dead by a customer allegedly angry at having to wait for a sandwich, in the eastern Paris suburb of Noisy-le-Grand.