A version of this story appeared in the July 23 edition of CNN's Coronavirus: Fact vs. Fiction newsletter. The country has already approved an experimental Covid-19 vaccine for military use -- making it the first non-lab use of a candidate on humans. Note: There are currently 24 vaccines in human trials globally -- four of which are in the US -- according to the World Health Organization. WHAT'S IMPORTANT TODAYIn the US, 1 million more cases in two weeksStates in the South and West keep smashing records. The region had recorded more than 4 million Covid-19 cases and nearly 175,000 deaths as of Wednesday, according to a CNN tally based on data from Johns Hopkins University's Coronavirus Resource Center.

Source: CNN July 23, 2020 11:26 UTC