A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 1.3 million people worldwide.
Over 53.2 million people across the globe have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new respiratory virus, according to data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. The actual numbers are believed to be much higher due to testing shortages, many unreported cases and suspicions that some national governments are hiding or downplaying the scope of their outbreaks. The criteria for diagnosis -- through clinical means or a lab test -- has also varied from country to country.
Since the first cases were detected in China in December, the virus has rapidly spread to every continent except Antarctica. The United States is the worst-affected nation, with more than 10.7 million diagnosed cases and at least 244,283 deaths.
Nearly 200 vaccine candidates for COVID-19 are being tracked by the World Health Organization, at least 10 of which are in crucial phase three studies. Of those 10 potential vaccines in late-stage trials, there are currently five that will be available in the United States if approved.
Here's how the news is developing. All times Eastern.
Nov 10, 2020, 1:02 PM EST
Every state is reporting an increasing number of new cases
Every state in the country is reporting an increasing number of new COVID-19 cases, according to the COVID Tracking Project
In Washington, D.C., and five states -- California, Hawaii, Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont -- cases are low, but increasing.
In the remaining 45 states as well as Guam, and Puerto Rico, cases are high and staying high.
A view shows the entrance to the emergency room of Avera St. Luke's Hospital as the COVID-19 outbreak continues in Aberdeen, South Dakota, Oct. 26, 2020.
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Medical workers direct traffic at the University of Texas-El Paso (UTEP) COVID-19 drive-thru testing site in El Paso, Texas, Nov. 9, 2020.
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ABC News' Arielle Mitropoulos, Soorin Kim, Brian Hartman and Ben Bell contributed to this report
Nov 10, 2020, 10:23 AM EST
Paris prosecutor opens judicial inquiries into COVID-19 response complaints
The Paris prosecutor's office has opened four judicial inquiries in response to complaints related to how French authorities have handled the coronavirus pandemic.
Remy Heitz, the chief public prosecutor in the French capital, said in a statement Tuesday that the judicial inquiries bring together 253 complaints against decision-makers and national public structures from the general population, health workers, civil servants as well as sick or dead people that were addressed to the Paris prosecutor's office since March 24.
The investigations will enable the prosecutor's office to carry out complex investigations intended to bring to light any criminal offenses on counts of voluntary abstention from fighting a disaster, endangering the lives of others and unintentional homicides and injuries.
France, along with much of Europe, is in the grip of a second wave of COVID-19 infections. Paris and its suburbs have been particularly hard-hit.
ABC News' Ibtissem Guenfoud contributed to this report.
Nov 10, 2020, 9:14 AM EST
Denmark abandons plan for mass mink cull
Denmark's government will not move ahead with its plan to immediately slaughter all 17 million mink in the country, due to legal obstacles and a lack of political backing.
Last week, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen announced the mass cull of the country's entire mink population -- including those that are healthy -- amid concerns that a COVID-19 mutation moving from farmed mink to humans could evade future vaccines. But on Monday, Danish Environment and Food Minister Mogens Jensen admitted that the government did not have the legal basis for the order.
A truck unloads dead mink into a ditch as Danish health authorities assisted by Danish armed forces bury the animals in a military area near Holstebro, Denmark, on Nov. 9, 2020.
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Frederiksen's minority Social Democratic government still plans to put forward emergency legislation to back the cull on Tuesday, but the draft needs a three-quarters majority in parliament and opposition parties have already suggested they won't support it.
There are doubts over whether the mass cull is actually scientifically based as well as concerns that it would threaten the livelihoods of hundreds of mink breeders. Denmark is the largest exporter of mink fur in the world.
Meanwhile, mink breeders will continue to cull any infected animals on farms. As of Tuesday morning, around 2.5 million mink -- both infected and healthy -- have been culled so far, a spokesman for Denmark's Ministry of Environment and Food told ABC News. The animals are gassed and then either incinerated or buried in mass graves on military-owned land.
ABC News' Dragon Jovanovic contributed to this report.
Nov 10, 2020, 6:43 AM EST
Russia registers over 20,000 new cases for 5th day in a row
Russia confirmed 20,977 new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, marking the fifth consecutive day where daily infections exceeded 20,000.
An additional 368 deaths from COVID-19 were also registered nationwide over the past day. The cumulative total now stands at 1,817,109 cases with 31,161 deaths, according to Russia's coronavirus response headquarters.
Moscow remains the epicenter of the country's outbreak and recent surge. More than 28% of the newly confirmed cases -- 5,902 -- and over 18% of the new deaths -- 68 -- were reported in the capital, according to the coronavirus response headquarters.
A pedestrian wearing a face mask to protect against the novel coronavirus walks in Moscow, Russia, on Nov. 10, 2020.
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Despite rising infections, Russian authorities have repeatedly said they have no plans to impose another nationwide lockdown.
The Eastern European country of 145 million people has the fifth-highest tally of COVID-19 cases in the world, behind only the United States, India, Brazil and France, according to a real-time count kept by Johns Hopkins University.
ABC News' Alina Lobzina contributed to this report.
