Covid-19 deaths worldwide reached 800,000, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. The U.S. had its fourth day in a row with more than 1,000 coronavirus deaths Friday. In Europe, Germany recorded the highest number of new infections, but the continent’s renewed virus surge is less deadly so far than the first wave.

At least 41 schools in Berlin, one of the first places in Germany to reopen facilities after the summer holidays, have reported Covid-19 cases, and hundreds of students and teachers are quarantining, the Associated Press reported.

South Korea will extend Level 2 social-distancing measures, currently in place in Seoul and Busan, to the rest of the country from Sunday. Australia’s Queensland state imposed tougher restrictions in its southeast after a coronavirus flareup at a Brisbane youth detention center.

Key Developments:

• Global Tracker: Cases approach 23 million; deaths reach 800,000
• European countries’ increased testing and better protection of vulnerable people has cut deaths
• U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s vow to get children back to school is leading to a sense of dread that the country is walking into another crisis
• South Korea to extend anti-virus measures to whole country
• J&J plans huge vaccine study while Pfizer cites rapid enrollment
• CDC updates guidance for schools to handle sick kids
• Vaccine Tracker: where we are in the race for protectionThe Trump administration released new details on the biggest coronavirus-relief initiative that show more than 98% of loans approved after July 6 were for less than $150,000 -- suggesting the program was reaching smaller businesses before it closed earlier this month.