NFL’s Washington, D.C. team will change its name and logo
The NFL team in Washington, D.C. is no longer the Redskins. The team announced Monday, following pressure from sponsors, that it’s retiring its name and logo, which many declared was offensive to Indigenous Americans because of its racist and pejorative connotations. In an official statement, Navajo Nation called the team’s announcement an “historic day for all Indigenous people around the world.” Team owner Dan Snyder says he’ll work with head coach Ron Rivera to create a revamped name or logo, which will be revealed in the coming weeks. Names that have surfaced as possible replacements include the Red Wolves, Warriors, and Red Tails. It appears unlikely any new branding will be tied to Native Americans. Though there have been longstanding calls, always ignored, for the team’s owner to change the name, what appears to have tipped the balance this time is the withdrawal of several multi-million-dollar team sponsorships in the wake of continued national protests against racial injustice.
COVID-19 numbers
Here’s the latest data on COVID-19 coronavirus infections and deaths.
Latest reported numbers globally per Johns Hopkins University
Global diagnosed cases: 13,113,181
Global deaths: 573,288. The United States has the most deaths of any single country, with 135,615.
Number of countries/regions: at least 188
Total patients recovered globally: 7,268,022
Latest reported numbers in the United States per Johns Hopkins University
There are at least 3,364,547 diagnosed cases in 50 states + the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and Guam. This is more than in any other country.
U.S. deaths: at least 135,615. New York State has the greatest number of reported deaths in the U.S., with 32,395.
U.S. total patients recovered: 1,031,939
U.S. total people tested: 41,004,275
The greatest number of reported COVID-19 cases in the U.S. is in New York, with 402,263 confirmed cases out of a total state population of 19.5 million. That is the most reported cases than in any other single region in the world.
COVID-19 headlines
Global COVID-19 cases surpass 13 million
The number of reported cases of COVID-19 officially surpassed 13 million Monday, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. There are currently 13,113,181 reported infections worldwide. It was just six days ago, on July 9, that the global infection total surpassed 12 million, with the number surpassing 11 million over the July 4 holiday weekend. The United States continues to lead all nations in the total number of coronavirus cases, with 3,364,547 reported, accounting for nearly 26% of all cases on the planet. Within the U.S., New York state continues to post the most reported COVID-19 infections, with 402,263, although overall the state continues to show steadily declining numbers of infections and deaths.
“Miami is now the epicenter for the virus,” says Florida infectious disease expert
One day after Florida set a record for the most cases of COVID-19 recorded in a single day for any state, a medical expert declared, “Miami is now the epicenter for the virus” in the U.S. The comment came Monday from Dr. Lilian M. Abbo, an infectious diseases specialist at the University of Miami Health System and the Chief of Infection Prevention for Jackson Health System. “What we were seeing in Wuhan [China] five months ago, we’re now seeing here,” Abbo added, referring to the Chinese city where the first case of the virus was reported, in late December 2019. She joined Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez and several other medical experts on a Zoom call, minutes after Florida announced 12,624 new cases of COVID-19 and one day after it set a record for any state, with 15,300 new cases reported. Gimenez blamed the record numbers on residents not following guidelines to restrict COVID-19’s spread. “There’s no Boogeyman. The reason is us,” said Gimenez. “We have to change our behavior. The number-one reason is our behavior.” Florida currently has the fourth-highest number of reported infections of any single region on the globe and the third-highest in the U.S., after New York and California, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.