Published on 18 Nov 2021 on Benzinga via Yahoo Finance
Midway through trading Friday, the Dow traded down 0.62% to 35,648.81 while the NASDAQ rose 0.53% to 16,078.23. The S&P also fell, dropping 0.01% to 4,704.35.
The U.S. has the highest number of coronavirus cases and deaths in the world, reporting a total of 48,398,450 cases with around 789,150 deaths. India confirmed a total of at least 34,489,620 cases and 465,080 deaths, while Brazil reported over 21,989,960 COVID-19 cases with 612,170 deaths. In total, there were at least 256,532,940 cases of COVID-19 worldwide with more than 5,151,120 deaths, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.