US Reports 89K New Covid Cases, 492 Deaths

With 89293 new cases reporting on Sunday, the total number of people infected with coronavirus in the country has risen to 94,283,777, as per Johns Hopkins University’s latest data.

492 additional deaths on the same day took the total U.S. Covid casualties to 1,044,355.

Texas reported the most number of cases – 17,907 – while Florida reported most deaths – 209 – due to the disease.

1994 additional deaths were reported globally on Sunday, taking the total number of people who lost their lives due to the pandemic so far to 6,488,926.

91,758,677 people have so far recovered from the disease, the Worldometer tally shows.

U.S. hospitals report a 10 percent decrease in the number of Covid patients. The number of I.C.U. admissions due to the worse stage of the viral disease has fallen by 8 percent.

U.S. Covid hospitalizations fell to 37,734. More than 10 percent of these patients are admitted in intensive care units.

The nation’s current test positivity rate is 15 percent.

Gautam Adani Is Now The World’s 3rd Richest Person

Indian businessman Gautam Adani, the Chairman of Adani Group, has surpassed Bernard Arnault to become the third-richest person in the world.

With a fortune of $137.4 billion, Adani has overtaken the net worth of the Louis Vuitton chairman. He is now behind tech giants Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, who are at No. 1 and 2 positions, respectively.

According to Bloomberg Billionaires Index profile, Adani is founder of Adani Group, the largest port operator in India. The Ahmedabad, India-based infrastructure group is also India’s largest closely held thermal coal producer and largest coal trader. Adani Enterprises, the group’s listed trading house, reported revenue of $5.3 billion in the year to March 31, 2021.

Adani’s growth has been nothing less than amazing. Just few years ago, not many from outside of India had heard of him. Adani, a college dropout, first tried his luck as a diamond trader before turning to coal. In the past few years, Adani has expanded his coal-to-ports conglomerate, venturing into data centers, cement, media and alumina, among other industries.

This is the first time an Indian as well as an Asian has broken into the top three of the list. Reliance Chief Mukesh Ambani and China’s Jack Ma have never reached the top 3 spots on the list. Currently, Ambani is at number 11 with a total net worth of $91.9 billion.

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FTC Sues Data Broker Kochava For Selling Geolocation Data

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has filed a lawsuit against data broker Kochava Inc. for selling geolocation data from “hundreds of millions of mobile devices.”

According to FTC, the geolocation data can be used to trace the movements of individuals including those to and from sensitive locations. Specifically, the FTC said the data could reveal people’s visits to places like reproductive health clinics, domestic violence or homeless shelters, addiction recovery centers and places of worship.

The FTC alleges that by selling data tracking people, Kochava is enabling others to identify individuals and exposing them to threats of stigma, stalking, discrimination, job loss, and even physical violence.

The suit seeks to halt Kochava’s sale of sensitive geolocation data and require the company delete the data it has already collected.

“Where consumers seek out health care, receive counseling, or celebrate their faith is private information that shouldn’t be sold to the highest bidder,” said Samuel Levine, Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection. “The FTC is taking Kochava to court to protect people’s privacy and halt the sale of their sensitive geolocation information.”

Idaho-based Kochava purchases vast troves of location information derived from hundreds of millions of mobile devices. The information is packaged into customized data feeds that match unique mobile device identification numbers with timestamped latitude and longitude locations.

Nutex Health Stock Surges 33%

Shares of Nutex Health, Inc. (NUTX) are surging over 33% on Tuesday morning. NUTX is currently trading at $3.20, up $0.81 or 33.89%, on the Nasdaq.

The stock opened its trading at $2.40 after closing Friday’s trading at $2.39. The stock has traded between $2.3600 and $52.8000 in the past 52-week period.

Nutex Health, Inc. operates as a technology-enabled healthcare services company. It operates through two divisions: Hospital division and Population Health Management division.