CORONAVIRUS UPDATE 18AUG 2020 9AM ET

22 MILLION CASES AS OF TODAY 14.8 MILLION PEOPLE RECOVERED 778,000 COVID RELATED DEATHS WORLDWIDE SERIOUS CASES REPRESENT LESS THAN 1% ACCORDING THR WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION DAILY NEW CASES DROPPED BY FIFTY THOUSAND TO 198,000 NEW CASES, ITS THE FIRST TIME SINCE AUGUST 5TH THAT NEW CASE COUTS FOR ONE DAY WERE UNDER 200,000 NEW DEATHS DROPPED FOR A FIFTH STRAIGHT DAY TO JUST UNDER 4,300 WORLDWIDE... HERE AT HOME IN THE U.S. NEW CASES DROPPED  SLIGHTLY TO 40,600 DAILY DEATHS UP SLIGHTLY TO 4,000 173.700 DEATHS SO FAR FROM COVID 19 IN THE U.S. JUST UNDER 2.9 MILLION HAVE RECOVERED.