Total Worldwide Coronavirus Cases Surpasses 25 Million, U.S. Leads with over 6 Million

There are now more than 25 million confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) across the globe. "We basically have 50 laboratory experiments going on right now, and every state has a slightly different policy approach," said Joe Gerald, an associate professor at the University of Arizona's Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, in an Aug. 24 story in The New York Times. "If we get complacent, this thing could get out of control again. And we'll have even less safety margin to manage it because we're starting from a higher place."