By Helen Regan, Jenni Marsh, Rob Picheta and Fernando Alfonso III, CNN
From CNN's Alta Spells
There are at least 1,622,612 cases of coronavirus in the United States and at least 97,087 people have died, according to Johns Hopkins University's tally of cases.
On Saturday, JHU reported 21,361 new cases and 1,086 new deaths in the US.
The totals include cases from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and other U.S. territories, as well as repatriated cases.
CNN is keeping track of cases in the US with an interactive map using JHU's tally:
From CNN's Christopher Dawson
The coronavirus pandemic has inspired a grassroots movement that is connecting people who need help with donors who can offer financial assistance.
So far, contributors have passed $13 million through more than 100,000 matches.
Shelly Tygielski came up with the idea that she named Pandemic of Love. The mindfulness teacher in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, was looking for simple ways people in her community could take care of each other.
"As the pandemic started, I started to see the fear bubble up on my social media feeds and from friends," Tygielski told CNN. "I wanted to turn from this environment of fear to an opportunity for us to create connection, community and strengthen the bonds of love between us."
What is Pandemic of Love? Tygielski describes Pandemic of Love as a mutual aid organization designed to be a bridge for people to connect.
"It is pairing up two individuals who are going to initially have a financial transaction, but also connect with one another, to be seen and heard and loved," Tygielski said.
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From Rishabh Madhavendra Pratap in New Delhi
India reported 6,767 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours -- the country's biggest one-day surge in cases so far, said the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Sunday.
There were 147 Covid-19 related deaths during the same period.
This raises the nationwide total to 131,868 confirmed cases and 3,867 deaths.
It's the second consecutive day that India reported its highest daily number of cases. On Friday, the health ministry recorded 6,654 new cases.
This comes as domestic flights resume in India. The government announced that domestic airlines would be able to resume services starting next week, though some states have said incoming passengers would still be subject to a mandatory 14-day quarantine.
From CNN's Junko Ogura
Japan reported 28 new coronavirus cases and 12 new deaths on Saturday, according to the country's health ministry.
In the capital Tokyo, two new infections were reported, the smallest number since a state of emergency was declared on April 7.
The Japanese government expects to lift the emergency declaration for Hokkaido, Tokyo and three neighboring prefectures on Monday.
Japan has recorded 17,263 infections, with 713 from the Diamond Princess cruise ship. The official death toll stands at 833, of which 13 are from the cruise.
From CNN's Yoonjung Seo
South Korea reported 25 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, according to the South Korean Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Of those, 17 were locally transmitted cases and eight were imported.
South Korea now has confirmed 11,190 cases, including 266 deaths. The KCDC said 10,213 people have recovered.
From CNN's Shasta Darlington, Jose Brito, and Flora Charner
Far from hospitals and often lacking basic infrastructure, Brazil's indigenous people are dying at an alarming rate from Covid-19 with little help in sight.
The mortality rate is double that of the rest of Brazil's population, according to advocacy group Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil (APIB) which tracks the number of cases and deaths among the country's 900,000 indigenous people.
APIB has recorded more than 980 confirmed cases of coronavirus and at least 125 deaths, which suggests a mortality rate of 12.6% -- compared to the national rate of 6.4%.
Indigenous people who have moved to larger towns or urban areas to study or in search of work can end up in precarious living conditions with few public services, increasing their vulnerability to health issues. Meanwhile, those living in remote areas may not have basic sanitation and health facilities -- a 15-year-old Yanomami boy from a remote village in the Amazon, was one of the first indigenous Brazilians to die of Covid-19 in April.
On Saturday, Brazil overtook Russia to have the second-highest total number of confirmed cases in the world, after the US. The country has 347,398 cases.
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From CNN's Melissa Alonso and Nicole Chavez
Several people who attended a high school swim party in the US state of Arkansas have contracted Covid-19, Gov. Asa Hutchinson told reporters on Saturday.
"A high school swim party that I'm sure everybody thought was harmless. They're young, they're swimming, they're just having activity and positive cases resulted from that," Hutchinson said.
The governor declined to provide further details on the party but noted the incident was "an encouragement for us to be disciplined in our activities."
"During this Memorial (Day) weekend, we want to be out and we want to enjoy ourselves, we want to remember this holiday and those that have served our country and given their lives in service of our country. But let's be safe and let's be disciplined at the same time," Hutchinson said.
The case highlights the threat of community spread in the US as cities and states continue relaxing social distancing measures and businesses reopen.
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China reported three new coronavirus cases and no new deaths on Saturday, according to the National Health Commission.
Two of the new cases -- in Shanghai and Guangdong -- were imported, and the other was a local transmission in northeastern Jilin province.
China has now recorded 82,974 cases, 79 of which are active.
China reported 36 new asymptomatic cases on Saturday. Health authorities started including asymptomatic cases in their count from the end of March.
The official death toll stands at 4,634.
From CNN's Arman Azad
Rising levels of coronavirus in sewage can forewarn an outbreak before other metrics such as hospital admissions and case counts, according to a study published Friday.
That means sewage could be an effective way of tracking the virus, especially when coronavirus tests are in short supply, researchers said.
“Our study could have substantial policy implications,” wrote engineering professor Jordan Peccia and colleagues at Yale University. “Jurisdictions can use primary sludge [coronavirus] concentrations to preempt community outbreak dynamics or provide an additional basis for easing restrictions, especially when there are limitations in clinical testing.”
Coronavirus has been found in the stool of Covid-19 patients. In the study, which hasn’t yet been peer-reviewed, researchers compared levels of the virus in “primary sludge samples” to hospital and test data.
Testing sewage to track outbreaks has been done for other diseases. Places in the US are also considering testing wastewater.
Earlier this week, Honolulu said it plans to check 1,000 samples from its main sewage plant.
Mayor Kirk Caldwell said the testing would give officials an early indication of whether infections are on the rise. “It shows trend lines, and it alerts people — in our case, the city and county of Honolulu — whether we have a problem,” Caldwell said Tuesday.
