Covid-19 Live Updates: The U.S. Sets Records for New Cases and Deaths Heading Into the Holidays
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Emergency room technicians outside triage tents set up to handle an overflow of patients at St. Mary Medical Center in Apple Valley, Calif., earlier this month. Credit…Mike Blake/Reuters

President Emmanuel Macron of France has tested positive for the coronavirus, his office said. An F.D.A. advisory panel is meeting to consider whether to recommend Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine.

Here’s what you need to know:

U.S. virus deaths and cases set records, as vaccines bring a glint of hope to a dark holiday season.

President Emmanuel Macron of France tests positive for the virus.

An F.D.A. advisory panel meets to weigh recommending Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine.

Pence will be vaccinated publicly on Friday, the White House said.

Democrats press for more emergency aid to states as leaders near a stimulus deal.

Once approved, the E.U.’s vaccine rollout is set to begin on Dec. 27.

Putin says Russians may get one vaccine shot, not two, to speed things up.

China places its first order for a foreign-made vaccine, and other news from around the world.

U.S. virus deaths and cases set records, as vaccines bring a glint of hope to a dark holiday season.

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Just as the United States greets the arrival of promising vaccines — and prepares to celebrate a starkly transformed holiday season — more Covid-19 deaths are being reported each day than at any time before during the pandemic.

The nation set single-day records on Wednesday for reported deaths, with more than 3,600, and for newly reported cases, more than 245,000. The previous case record was set last Friday, when more than 236,800 new infections were announced, not including tens of thousands of significantly older cases reported that day.

Three times as many people in the United States are dying each day now than three months ago, and the number of new cases is six times what it was then. Also, with large cities already ravaged by the virus, it is now exacting a deadly toll on many midsize cities.

In the past week, just over 30 percent of the nation’s coronavirus-related deaths were reported in the South, and nearly 30 percent in the Midwest. Pennsylvania, Arizona and Kansas in particular have seen dizzying growth in death tolls over the last seven days; North and South Dakota registered the most deaths relative to the size of their populations.

Nevada reported 57 deaths on Wednesday, a record. “That’s another 57 Nevadans who will be missed by loved ones this holiday season,” Gov. Steve Sisolak wrote in a Twitter post.

California, the nation’s most populous state by far, has been averaging 202 deaths a day recently. The state has bought 5,000 extra body bags and set up 60 refrigerated storage units around the state to help local coroners, Gov. Gavin Newsom said on Tuesday.

It is hard to say whether the precipitous rise in cases in December is directly linked to gatherings and travel over Thanksgiving, “but certainly, there’s an association,” said Catherine L. Troisi, an infectious-disease epidemiologist at the University of Texas Health School of Public Health in Houston.

Anyone who was going to become ill from an infection caught over the holiday weekend would probably have done so by now, Dr. Troisi said. But they could also have spread it to others who are only now showing symptoms and being tested. “So there’s a continuing ramification of these cases,” she said.

The first shots of a vaccine made by Pfizer and BioNTech were administered on Monday, and another vaccine, made by Moderna, is expected to receive emergency authorization from the Food and Drug Administration this week.

Even with the arrival of the first vaccine and another on the way, it “doesn’t help us right now to put out the wildfire,” Dr. Troisi said.

“I think things are going to get worse for a while,” she said. And in the meantime, what happens “is entirely up to us,” she added, emphasizing the need to take precautionary measures.

France’s president, Emmanuel Macron, met with Prime Minister António Costa of Portugal just before it was announced that Mr. Macron tested positive for coronavirus.CreditCredit…Pool photo by Yoan Valat

President Emmanuel Macron of France has tested positive for the coronavirus, the French presidency said on Thursday, just as his government was trying to lift lockdown restrictions before Christmas and avoid another wave of infections.

“This diagnosis was established after a RT-PCR test that was carried out as soon as the first symptoms appeared,” a statement from the presidency said. It did not reveal what those symptoms were and when they first appeared.

Mr. Macron will work in isolation for the next seven days, the statement added. On Thursday, he spoke over video at a conference on humanitarian aid and did not seem to display any symptoms. The office of Jean Castex, the country’s prime minister, said that he would also quarantine because of his recent proximity with Mr. Macron.

Other world leaders to have contracted the virus this year include President Trump, Prime Minister Boris Johnson of Britain, President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil and President Andrzej Duda of Poland.

Mr. Macron, 42, is not known to suffer from any medical problems. But the health of French presidents is traditionally a closely guarded secret, and France’s 24-hour news channels immediately began speculating on Thursday morning about how sick he might be.

Mr. Macron’s positive test has also affected other leaders across the continent, since he met with several foreign and domestic officials in the past week, including at the European Council in Brussels on Thursday and Friday and with Prime Ministers Pedro Sánchez of Spain and António Costa of Portugal this week.

Mr. Sánchez’s office said on Thursday that he would quarantine until Dec. 24, 10 days after his last meeting with Mr. Macron, and would also be tested for the virus. Mr. Costa has canceled meetings and a trip to Africa, and will also be tested. Charles Michel, the president of the European Council, will go into quarantine, having met with Mr. Macron in Paris on Monday.

And Prime Minister Alexander de Croo of Belgium posted on Twitter that he would be tested and quarantine after coming into contact with Mr. Macron last week.

While in Brussels, the French leader also held discussions in close quarters with Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany. A government spokeswoman said on Thursday that Ms. Merkel had tested negative for the coronavirus.

A European Union official said that the French authorities had considered Mr. Macron contagious as of Monday, but that protection measures were observed during the European Council meeting. There have as yet been no reports of other leaders or staff members testing positive.

Mr. Macron held a weekly meeting with his cabinet members on Wednesday, but the French presidency said that the officials were distanced and wore masks. Several of his ministers tested positive for the virus in the spring. And his wife, Brigitte Macron, quarantined for several days a few months ago after being in close contact with an infected person.

Until now, Mr. Macron had managed to steer France through the pandemic without being forced into quarantine because of potential exposure.

France has recently found itself at the heart of the virus’s second wave in Europe, forcing the country to delay loosening restrictions on movement and business. In October, it became the first nation in Europe to impose a second nationwide lockdown, which it is now starting to slowly lift ahead of Christmas.

Across the continent, there is deepening concern that the social interactions that come with holiday celebrations could worsen the current outbreak

Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission president, said on Twitter on Thursday that inoculations would begin across the European Union on Dec. 27, 28 and 29. But the continent has struggled under the weight of a second wave of infections, leading leaders to reimpose widespread restrictions in recent weeks.

In Germany, Ms. Merkel imposed a nationwide lockdown that will extend over Dec. 25, snuffing out hopes for a reprieve after the country’s beloved Christmas markets were shuttered this month. The Netherlands and the Czech Republic have also imposed lockdowns, and Italy is leaning toward one.

Constant Méheut, Megan Specia and Matina Stevis-Gridneff contributed reporting.

— Aurelien Breeden and Marc Santora