Dear Reader:

Worldometer (July 22): over 15 million cases worldwide, over 622 thousand deaths worldwide.

Over 4 million cases and over 145 thousand deaths in the US; over 67 thousand new cases and 1,119 deaths yesterday, July 21-  the highest number of deaths per day in (what seems to me) this second wave of the pandemic in the US.

The highest number of deaths per day in (what seems to me) the first wave of the pandemic was 2,748 deaths on April 1. As I see it, April 1 was the peak of the death count during the first wave of the US pandemic (epicenter: New York City with most of the 32,609 deaths in New York), and July 21, is the peak of the death count- so far- during the current, second wave of the pandemic (epicenter, seems to me: Los Angeles County with 4,154  of the 7,891 total deaths in California).

Within the US, yesterday, California reported over 10 thousand new cases yesterday (the highest number of daily new cases since the beginning of the pandemic) and 120 new deaths, Texas reported almost 10 thousand new cases and 118 new deaths, and Florida reported less than 10 thousand new cases and 132 new deaths yesterday.

Brazil, with more than 2 million cases and more than 81 thousand deaths (a bit higher than the death count in California), reported more than 44 thousand new cases and 1,346 new deaths yesterday, in what seems to be its still  ongoing first wave of the pandemic.

India, with more than 1 million cases  and more than 29 thousand deaths reported over 39 thousand new cases (second highest in this ongoing first wave of the pandemic) and 671 new deaths yesterday.

anita