Another update -

At 8:08am
Confirmed cases worldwide - 3,211,692
Deaths worldwide - 227,990
Confirmed cases US - 1,048,735
Deaths US - 61,131

At 9:22am
Confirmed cases worldwide - 3,216,179
Deaths worldwide - 228,068
Confirmed cases US - 1,048,735
Deaths US - 61,131

At 10:35am
Confirmed cases worldwide - 3,221,519
Deaths worldwide - 228,614
Confirmed cases US - 1,048,735
Deaths US - 61,131


At 11:21am
Confirmed cases worldwide - 3,221,775
Deaths worldwide - 228,645
Confirmed cases US - 1,048,991
Deaths US - 61,162

At 11:23am
Confirmed cases worldwide - 3,222,542
Deaths worldwide - 228,708
Confirmed cases US - 1,049,758
Deaths US - 61,225

At 11:27am
Confirmed cases worldwide - 3,223,536
Deaths worldwide - 228,766
Confirmed cases US - 1,050,752
Deaths US - 61,283

At 12:04pm
Confirmed cases worldwide - 3,226,657
Deaths worldwide - 229,138
Confirmed cases US - 1,053,873
Deaths US - 61,400


At 1:05pm
Confirmed cases worldwide - 3,228,515
Deaths worldwide - 229,200
Confirmed cases US - 1,55,731
Deaths US - 61,462


At 6:06pm
Domestically...
Confirmed cases US - 1,069,439
Deaths - 62,825

The figures slow up as of afternoon, Pacific time, and we don't see the rush of numbers that reflect increases hour after hour, and sometimes noticeable increase few minutes after a few more minutes.

I thought we'd never reach the Vietnam War-level casualty figure of 58,220. Surely it wouldn't get THAT bad...