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Stock futures extended gains Monday morning after two pharmaceutical companies received “fast track” designation for the development of their vaccine candidates against Covid-19.

Pfizer (PFE) and BioNTech SE (BNTX) announced that two of the companies’ four investigational vaccine candidates received the designation from the US Food and Drug Administration, which is intended to speed up both the development and review of new drugs and vaccines. Shares of both companies rose in pre-market trading.

Over the weekend, some states again reported surging numbers of new coronavirus cases, as parts of the country struggled to keep new infections at bay. Florida reported a record 15,300 new Covid-19 cases as of Sunday, the highest one-day total for any US state so far during the pandemic, while new deaths in Florida fell by more than half versus the prior day to 45.

Despite the ongoing surge in the state, Disney’s (DIS) Walt Disney World Resort began reopening in Florida on Saturday to join competitors including Comcast’s (CMCSA) Universal Studios and SeaWorld Entertainment in opening their park gates to customers in the state.

Elsewhere, new deaths in Arizona increased for a third straight day, with 86 reported as of Sunday. The state’s new case count of 2,537 marked a step down from the 3,038 from the day prior. California’s 8,460 new cases were below the state’s average one-day increase over the past seven days.

“The economic implications of the second wave are pretty clear, qualitatively at least. The third quarter recovery will be slower than we previous expected, but we're hoping that some of the deferred spending will be pushed into the fourth quarter rather than abandoned altogether,” Ian Shepherdson, chief economist for Pantheon Macroeconomics, wrote in a note.

“Markets are caught in the middle. We have argued for months that a full recovery depends on three pillars, namely, sustained progress against the virus, the continuance of super-accommodative Fed policy, and consistent support from fiscal policy,” he added. “Clearly, the first pillar has crumbled, and the third is now in limbo, with the Senate in recess until July 20. The Fed can't do everything, so we're not surprised that the S&P 500 has been range-bound since late May.”

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