CORONAVIRUS LATEST: • More than 21,000 people were diagnosed with COVID-19 across the U.S. on Monday, according to a count kept by Johns Hopkins University. • Pandemic has killed more than 375,000 people worldwide.
The Minneapolis Police Department has since fired all four officers, and the one seen pinning Floyd down, Derek Chauvin, has been charged with third-degree murder and manslaughter. However, protestersfor the three other officers to be charged and are decrying the overall treatment of black Americans by police.
Demonstrators raise their fists during a rally in San Francisco, May 31, 2020, while protesting the death of George Floyd. Demonstrators raise their fists during a rally in San Francisco, May 31, 2020, while protesting the death of George Floyd.From May 25 through May 27, the United States reported a daily average of around 18,600 new cases of COVID-19. That number has increased to a daily average of around 22,500 new cases from May 28 through June 1, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. The number of people who have taken to the streets in the days since Floyd's death has been in the thousands, although many have been seen wearing face masks.
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