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The U.S. case tally from the coronavirus illness COVID-19 rose by a record of almost 133,000 on Friday, a third straight day of record-setting levels, as hospitals in rural areas of the Midwest and southern states including Texas and Florida continued to feel the strain.

The Infectious Diseases Society of America tells MarketWatch that it supports Biden’s plans to combat COVID-19.

Biden is scheduled to speak Saturday night to a badly fractured nation.

Former Vice President Joe Biden has defeated President Donald Trump to win the U.S. presidential election, the Associated Press said, after a bitter campaign fought amid the economic and human tolls taken by the coronavirus.

Ethiopia moved Saturday to replace the leadership in the country’s northern Tigray region, where clashes between regional forces and those of the federal government have led to fears that a major African power could slide into civil war. Neither side appeared to welcome the dialogue that experts say is needed to avert disaster.