Coronavirus stalks nation focused on George Floyd protests

The protests over the murder of a black man at the hands of police officers have dominated news headlines for a week, even as the death toll from the deadly coronavirus pandemic continues to mount in the United States and across the world.

Nearly 11,000 Americans have died from COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, in the 11 days since George Floyd died on a Minneapolis street corner, and more than 200,000 people have tested positive.

There are encouraging signs out of early epicenters like the New York City area, which did not report a coronavirus-related death on Thursday for the first time since March. Continue reading.