By Ben Westcott, Brett McKeehan, Laura Smith-Spark, Fernando Alfonso III and Amir Vera, CNN
At least 102,836 people have died in the US from coronavirus, according to Johns Hopkins University, with at least 1,747,087 cases recorded across the country.
On Saturday, Johns Hopkins reported 1,068 new cases and 27 reported deaths.
The totals include cases from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and other US territories, as well as repatriated cases.
The US has the highest number of deaths and cases globally.
CNN is tracking Covid-19's spread across the nation here.
From CNN's Matt Rivers
For months, Latin America watched the rest of the world suffer as the coronavirus spread. It is a spectator no longer.
"This is the new epicenter," said Dr. Marcos Espinal, director of communicable diseases at the Pan American Health Organization.
Months after emerging from a relatively obscure Chinese province, the eye of this viral storm has firmly landed in Latin America.
There are roughly 920,000 confirmed coronavirus cases and nearly 50,000 deaths across the region's 33 countries, but those numbers are fast on the rise.
As new deaths and cases fall in the United States, Europe and Asia, Latin America now stands as the world's sole region where the outbreak is unequivocally reaching new heights.
"In many ways this is no surprise," said Dr. Ana Diez Roux, dean of Drexel University's School of Public Health. "It was predictable that this was going to happen."
From CNN's Yoko Wakatsuki
Japan's Health Ministry announced 75 new coronavirus cases and 12 deaths for Friday -- the fourth consecutive day that the country has seen a rise in coronavirus cases since fully lifting its state of emergency.
This brings the number of total Covid-19 cases in Japan to 17,516 (16,804 on land and 712 from the Diamond Princess cruise ship), and its death toll stands at 899 (886 on land and 13 on the ship).
The southern city of Kitakyushu reported 26 new infections on Friday, where clusters of infection were traced to elderly care homes and hospitals. The city has reported 69 new cases in the past week.
In Tokyo, 22 new infections and three deaths were reported on Friday, marking a clear upward trend.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe lifted the state of emergency for all of Japan on Monday. Much of the country had already eased restrictions except for Tokyo and four other prefectures.
From CNN's Paula Hancocks in Seoul
Two newly assigned US Forces Korea (USFK) service members tested positive for Covid-19 upon their arrival in South Korea from the United States on a US government-chartered flight, USFK said in a statement.
The pair arrived at Osan Air Base on May 27, and were in mandatory quarantine at Camp Humphreys' dedicated barracks while awaiting the results of their Covid-19 tests.
The soldiers are being treated in the isolation barracks at Camp Humphreys, which is designated for confirmed Covid-19 cases.
From CNN's Rishabh Madhavendra Pratap and Swati Gupta
A troop of monkeys snatched the blood samples of suspected coronavirus patients at a government hospital in the Meerut district of the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
The incident happened on Thursday when a lab assistant working with the hospital's Covid-19 facility was carrying samples due for testing, Dr Dheeraj Baliyan, medical superintendent of Lala Lajpat Rai Memorial Medical College and Hospital, told CNN.
The monkeys attacked the lab assistant and stole a box containing three samples, Baliyan added.
S.K. Garg, head of the hospital, told a local newswire that the samples were blood samples, and not the swabs usually taken to test for Covid-19. Garg said the samples belonged to people who had tested positive for Covid-19, but were taken as part of routine blood tests for the patients.
The monkeys climbed the trees with the samples and threw them after chewing the packets, Baliyan added.
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From CNN's Eric Levenson and Amanda Jackson
A person who partied in the Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri, area on Memorial Day weekend has tested positive for coronavirus -- and was possibly infectious over the holiday.
The Boone County resident visited multiple bars on May 24 and 25, according to the Camden County Health Department. They "developed (the) illness" on Sunday, May 24, and was possibly infectious before then.
Video from that weekend shows people crowded in a pool at Backwater Jacks Bar and Grill in Osage Beach on Saturday, according to Scott Pasmore, an anchor for CNN affiliate KTVK, who shot the footage.
The partier went to Backwater Jacks between about 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. local time and again shortly before 10 p.m., according to health officials.
The person -- who was not identified -- also went to Shady Gators and Lazy Gators and Buffalo Wild Wings, officials added.
From CNN’s Ariane De Vogue
A 5-4 Supreme Court ruling has rejected a request from a California church to block limitations on the number of people who could attend religious services during the coronavirus pandemic.
Chief Justice John Roberts sided with the liberals on the bench, and wrote separately to explain his vote.
“Although California’s guidelines place restrictions on places of worship, those restrictions appear consistent with the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment,” Roberts wrote.
“Similar or more severe restrictions apply to comparable secular gatherings, including lectures, concerts, movie showings, spectator sports, and theatrical performances, where large groups of people gather in close proximity for extended periods of time."
The thrust to reopen churches has become one of the latest debates in the coronavirus culture wars. As states across the country have been gradually reopening their cities, some churches have argued that they are being treated differently than other businesses or groups.
Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh would have granted the church’s request.
Kavanaugh, writing for Thomas and Gorsuch, said the church would suffer “irreparable harm from not being able to hold services on Pentecost Sunday in a way that comparable secular businesses and persons can conduct their activities.”
Analysis by CNN's Rafael Romo
Wuhan was the original epicenter. Then the coronavirus migrated to Europe. New York was the next hotspot, and now world health authorities are worried about South America.
The region as a whole is reporting more daily cases than the United States. And politics, rather than policy, seems to have informed the very different approaches that various South American countries have taken -- with ideology appearing to have trumped best medical practices in some cases.
In Mexico, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador says he will resume travel around the country to kick off important public works projects, including a new railway in the southeast.
In Brazil, President Jair Bolsonaro defied his country's own medical authorities by participating in multiple rallies supporting his government. The right-wing former military officer was even shaking hands with supporters and holding children in his arms.
And in Nicaragua, President Daniel Ortega has turned the coronavirus pandemic into a political issue, saying his opponents are the ones who want people to stay home to create a financial crisis, undermining the country and his government.
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There are now at least 1,746,019 cases of coronavirus in the US, according to Johns Hopkins University's tally, with 102,809 total deaths.
On Friday, Johns Hopkins University reported 24,266 new cases and 1,193 deaths.
The totals include cases from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and other US territories, as well as repatriated cases.
