Coronavirus updates: Fauci says politics won’t influence vaccine approval; AstraZeneca strikes production deal

Coronavirus relief bill discussions continue Thursday as Congressional Democrats and the White House negotiate legislation that would assist Americans amid the pandemic. After Wednesday’s negotiations yielded no agreement, the White House threatened to act on its own to provide coronavirus relief.

The following data was compiled by Johns Hopkins University:

• Global cases: More than 18.8 million 
• Global deaths: At least 708,301
• U.S. cases: More than 4.82 million 
• U.S. deaths: At least 158,268