Shoutout to /u/term99 for turning me onto this from his site (link below).
while true; do curl -s 'https://corona-stats.online?top=20&source=2&minimal=true' | awk '$0==""{f=1}!f' ; sleep 600 ; done
That's it. Take it for a spin, and you'll receive live (updating every 10m) COVID-19 stats in your terminal. CTRL+C to exit out.
Props to https://linux.farm for this neat little tidbit of info.