Summary: California, Florida see cases decline
Goldman's daily tracker: decline in case totals continues across US
Illinois reports most cases since May

France repots 1,600+ new cases for 2 days straight; first time since April

US lifts global travel advisory; stocks climb
Ohio Gov tests positive for COVID before greeting Trump
Latest Florida, NY, Arizona numbers hit
Global cases near 19 million
Deaths top 700k
Germany reports more than 1,000 new cases for first time since May
Philippines now worst outbreak in Southeast Asia
Victoria reports another 471 new cases

Update (1730ET): A developing trend of declining daily case numbers out of the US took a breather on Thursday as BBG and JHU reported a 1.3% preliminary daily increase to  4.85 million, slightly larger than the 1.2% 7-day average.

However, that headline number masked some promising details. California's new cases stayed below the 14-day average, and Florida's rate of positive tests fell to the lowest level since June 21. Florida reported 510,389 cases, up 1.5% from a day earlier, compared with an average increase of 1.6% in the previous seven days. Deaths reached 7,747, an increase of 120, or 2.4%.

The most notably daily increase in the US comes out of Illinois, where the state reported its biggest single-day case tally since May 24, with an 11% bump over the previous day, or 1,953 new cases. The seven-day rate of positive tests rose to 4% from 3.9%. Though the state reported 21 deaths, down from 30 a day earlier.