By James Griffiths, Steve George, Zamira Rahim, Fernando Alfonso III and Amir Vera, CNN
From CNN's Jacque Smith and Christina Zdanowicz
Ninety-one thousand.
Ninety-one thousand lives snatched by an unrelenting pandemic since the first state in the US reopened on April 24.
Ninety-one thousand whose dreams were cut short, plans ended prematurely.
Each one a son or daughter. Someone's uncle. A best friend. A person who left others to grieve, cry and try to carry on.
Read their stories here.
From CNN's Maureen O'Hare
Emirates, the United Arab Emirates flag carrier, has become the world's first airline to offer to cover customers' medical expenses and quarantine costs should they contract Covid-19 during their trip.
The airline will pay medical expenses up to €150,000 ($173,000) and quarantine costs of up to €100 for 14 days, should they be diagnosed with coronavirus during their travel, while away from home.
The cover will be available to all customers, at no extra cost, from now until October 31, 2020. It's valid for 31 days from the moment they fly the first leg of their trip, so passengers can continue to have the benefit even if they travel onwards from their Emirates destination.
Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Emirates group chairman and chief executive, said in a statement: "Emirates has worked hard to put in place measures at every step of the customer journey to mitigate risk of infection, and we have also revamped our booking policies to offer flexibility.
"We are now taking it to the next level, by being the first in the industry to offer our customers free global cover for Covid-19 medical expenses and quarantine costs should they incur these costs during their travel."
Read more here.
From CNN's Allison Chinchar
The US National Hurricane Center and other NOAA agencies are among those essential organizations that are trying to protect their employees from Covid-19 so they can keep working and putting out life-saving information for American families.
The problem isn't so much with normal, day-to-day operations, but rather with big events, when staffing at National Weather Service (NWS) offices can often double or triple what it normally is.
"Normal staff for our office is about 2-4 people depending on the shift, but during big events such as tornado outbreaks and tropical systems our staff could surge to 7-8 people," explains Kyle Thiem, meteorologist at NWS Atlanta office.
Yet adding more people into an enclosed space creates problems in a world with Covid-19. So how do they allow for the added staff while not compromising their safety or the life-saving information they put out?
Read more here.
From CNN's Yoonjung Seo
South Korea recorded 113 new virus cases on Saturday, the biggest jump in daily new cases since March 31.
Among the cases, 86 are imported and the other 27 are locally transmitted according to the country's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC).
The spike in cases was partially driven by a group of South Korean workers from Iraq who arrived in the country on Friday.
Of the 293 workers, at least 71 have tested positive. Another 211 tested negative and 11 people are still undergoing testing.
The country has 14,092 recorded cases of coronavirus and 298 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University.
From CNN's Manveena Suri
The chief minister of the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, has tested positive for coronavirus.
In a series of tweets on Saturday, the 61-year-old wrote, "My dear countrymen, I was having COVID-19 symptoms and, after a test, my report came back positive. I am following all the guidelines and will quarantine myself based on doctor's advice.”
Chouhan also appealed to colleagues and individuals to take precautions to avoid infection and urged those who had come into contact with him to get tested.
"I appeal to the people of my state to be careful, just a little carelessness invites the coronavirus. I made every effort to avoid the virus but people used to meet me on many subjects," he posted.
Chouhan's diagnosis comes as coronavirus continues to spread rapidly across India, which has recorded more than 1.3 million cases of the virus according to Johns Hopkins University.
Madhya Pradhesh has registered a total of 26,210 cases, including 17,866 recoveries and 791 deaths.
Being obese or heavily overweight increases the risk of death from coronavirus, according to a new report from Public Health England.
Obese people are not at greater risk of catching the virus itself but are significantly more likely to become seriously ill and be admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU) with the virus compared to those with a healthy body mass index (BMI).
The risk of hospitalization, ICU admission and death grows as a person's BMI increases, the report found.
"The current evidence is clear that being overweight or obese puts you at greater risk of serious illness or death from Covid-19, as well as from many other life-threatening diseases," said Chief Nutritionist at Public Health England Alison Tedstone in a statement.
"It can be hard to lose weight and even harder to sustain it, which is why people cannot easily do it on their own. Losing weight can bring huge benefits for health – and may also help protect against the health risks of Covid-19. The case for action on obesity has never been stronger."
Researchers found that overall exercise levels in England had not increased during the pandemic and that sales of snacks and alcohol in high street shops grew during the same period of time.
The report summarises a range of evidence, including one study which found that for those with a BMI of 35 to 40, risk of death from coronavirus increases by 40% compared to those not living with obesity. That risk rises to 90% for those with a BMI over 40.
Almost two-thirds of adults in England are overweight or obese, with people aged 55 to 74, those living in deprived areas and certain black, Asian and minority ethnic groups more severely affected.
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged people to maintain a healthy weight during a visit to a doctor's surgery on Friday.
Johnson was questioned over a reports his government may ban television junk food adverts before 9 p.m.
"I’m not normally a believer in nannying or bossying type of politics but the reality is that obesity is one of the real co-morbidity factors. Losing weight is frankly one of the ways that you can reduce your own risks from Covid-19," Johnson said.
The British leader was hospitalized and admitted to an ICU earlier this year after contracting coronavirus.
He told journalists on Friday that since his illness he had lost more than 6kg in weight by eating less and doing lots of exercise.
From CNN's Madeline Holcombe
Coronavirus symptoms can stick around for weeks, even in otherwise healthy people who don't have a severe case of the virus, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a grim new analysis.
The CDC surveyed 292 people who tested positive for the virus, and 35% said they still weren't back to their usual good health even two or three weeks after testing positive.
While older people were more likely to feel prolonged symptoms, even young adults without underlying conditions reported feeling unwell for a long period of time, the CDC said.
The new understanding into how the virus affects patients comes as more than 4.1 million cases of coronavirus cases and 145,539 deaths have been reported in the US, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
Read more here.
From CNN's Alta Spells in Atlanta
On Friday, the United States recorded 73,715 new cases of Covid-19 and 1,130 deaths, according to information provided by Johns Hopkins University.
The US has now recorded a total of 4,112,531 coronavirus cases, of which at least 145,546 people have died. The totals include cases from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and other US territories, as well as repatriated cases.
The three worst hit states, New York, California and Florida, have each recorded more than 400,000 cases. Texas has recorded over 380,000 cases and the next worst-hit state, New Jersey, has recorded more than 178,000 cases.
For more information on the updated US tally, visit CNN’s virus map, which pulls data provided by JHU every 15 minutes.
From CNN's Sandi Sidhu in Hong Kong
A 57-year-old man has tested positive for Covid-19 in Da Nang a city in central Vietnam according to a statement from the country's health ministry.
Prior to this infection being detected, Vietnam had recorded 100 days without a locally transmitted infection according to the state-run Vietnam News Agency (VNA).
The infected man had no international travel history, and had been living in Da Nang for the past month, the health ministry said. He presented with symptoms of fever and cough on July 20. After completing four health screenings, where he tested positive, the man was sent to Da Nang's disease control center for treatment and isolation.
Around 100 people who were close contacts of the man have been tested, the results of which have come back negative, the VNA report said.
