Updated 11:25 a.m. ET, September 18, 2020
- Global coronavirus cases have surpassed 30 million, according to Johns Hopkins University. The US, India and Brazil together account for more than 50% of the world's cases.
- WHO warned that coronavirus cases are surging alarmingly in Europe, with infections spiking to new highs.
- CDC's ensemble forecast now projects there will be up to 218,000 coronavirus deaths in the US by Oct. 10.
- The American public could expect to start seeing results from widespread vaccination in the second or third quarter of 2021, the CDC director said.