Tweets For Today

Coronavirus update:
🇲🇽 Mexico nears 50,000 deaths https://t.co/ltUfe3Ow7Z
🇨🇳 China reports 37 new cases in mainland https://t.co/W1SaUFg9D4
🇺🇸 U.S. infectious diseases expert Dr. Anthony Fauci speaks to @Reuters https://t.co/KqSR0I5UtG pic.twitter.com/DzsjXESpzO

— Reuters (@Reuters) August 6, 2020

US adds 1,262 more deaths to its COVID-19 toll in the past 24 hours, Johns Hopkins University reports.

The US has now recorded 4,818,328 total cases and 157,930 deaths, making it by far the worst-hit country in the world

📸 Crowds on Hampton Beach as cases rise in New England pic.twitter.com/aecpjI2Ed8

— AFP news agency (@AFP) August 6, 2020

PHOTOS: The aftermath of a massive explosion in the Lebanese capital of Beirut shows a shattered city covered in dust and debris. https://t.co/ICmXNyHRZw

— The Associated Press (@AP) August 5, 2020

The most memorable wedding photo ever pic.twitter.com/V7oWAqLDO8

— Mike (@Doranimated) August 5, 2020

Hiroshima marks 75th anniversary of the world’s first atomic bombing, with ceremonies downsized due to the novel coronavirus https://t.co/ll331C6tFA pic.twitter.com/qCRjwaUdmQ

— Reuters (@Reuters) August 6, 2020

RIP Russell Pickett, last surviving member of the “suicide wave” that stormed Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944. His company suffered a 96% casualty rate within the first hour of hitting the beach.

Pickett was 94 🇺🇸

(Greatest Generations Foundation) pic.twitter.com/0frDStIR2p

— Observation Post (@MilitaryTimesOP) August 6, 2020