U.S. COVID-19 deaths ticked up by nearly 4,000, up about 1,000 compared to roughly 3,000 the previous week. Cases in the country totaled 96,644,312 as of Oct. 7, while deaths jumped to 1,062,418 according to Johns Hopkins. Global COVID-19 cases reached 620,865,766 - roughly 79.7% of the U.S. population, or 264,562,221, have received at least one-dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, as of Oct. 6, the CDC reported. Fully vaccinated people totaled 225, 870,613 or 68% of the population, according to the CDC. The United States also has given at least one COVID-19 booster vaccine to almost 110.6 million people.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          PAUL DYKEWICZ - Eagle Dividend Investments