Updated 6:10 a.m. ET, October 22, 2020
- The US reported more than 1,100 new Covid-19 deaths on Wednesday -- the highest daily toll recorded in more than a month.
- Doctors say this fall and winter will likely see the virus' worst surge yet in the US.
- As infections soar in Europe, new restrictions to curb the virus' spread there include the continent's strictest lockdown in Ireland and an overnight curfew for Rome.
- Spain surpassed 1 million cases on Wednesday, the same day both Germany and the UK reported a record increase in infections.