Summary:

US nears 100k deaths

Russia sees new cases below 10k for 9 straight days

Brazil sees new cases, deaths rise at alarming rate

Mexico reports another daily record jump of ~3,300

UK furor over Dominic Cummings grows

Oxford vaccine trial sees new obstacles

Sunday's New York Times front page says it all...

...By midnight ET on Sunday, many expect the number of confirmed coronavirus-linked deaths in the US will have passed the critical 100k milestone, a number that's represents not only a critical psychological milestone but an upper limit on the death toll promised by President Trump.

With the growing focus on the death toll and doubts emerging about the effectiveness of remdesivir and the progress made by Moderna,  the Telegraph published a report in Sunday's paper claiming that an Oxford University-affiliated vaccine trial, which one overly-enthusiastic scientist once claimed might produce substantial quantities of a "safe" vaccine by the fall - potentially enough to start administering the vaccine to the most vulnerable health-care workers, actually hasn't made much progress at all, and only has a ~50% chance of success, according to scientists affiliated with the project.