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Welcome to Prognosis. I'm Laura Carlson. It's day 140 since coronavirus was declared a global pandemic.

Today's main story? The virus is surging in the U.S. but we still don't have good accessible data about the outbreak.

That's left the public in the dark about how bad things really are.

But first, here's what happened in virus news today. The United States is about to reach 150,000 coronavirus deaths,

and things continue to get worse in COVID hotspots. Florida posted a record number of virus deaths for a second straight day.

Arizona's infection rate jumped.

And in Texas, Hurricane Hannah came ashore Saturday

and knocked out power to more than 300,000 homes and businesses.

New coronavirus guidelines for line crews, along with flooding, are complicating efforts

to turn the lights back on. Some in the region may be without power for a week.

Russia plans to register our coronavirus vaccine as soon as August 10th.

That would clear the way for what would be the world's first official approval of an

inoculation.

The drug, developed by Moscow's Gamalaya Institute and the Russian Direct Investment Fund may be

approved for civilian use within three to seven days of registration by regulators.

The information comes from a person familiar with the process who asked not to be

identified because the information is in public. Finally, in most places,

so-called herd immunity won't be achieved before a vaccine is widely available. But in some of

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