Updates, coronavirus in USA
The U.S. just recorded over 80,000 new daily coronavirus cases for the first time since the start of the pandemic.
www.thecut.com
Over the past four months, the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the U.S. has risen dramatically, and the U.S. currently has the largest outbreak in the world. As of
July 16, more than 3.4 million people across every state, Washington, D.C., and four territories have tested positive for the disease, and more than 137,000 people with the virus have died.
Now, 40 states are still seeing an increasing number of new coronavirus cases each day, with younger people accounting for a growing percentage of new infections. (According to data from the Times, there are only two states, Delaware and Maine, where new cases are currently declining).
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading infectious-disease expert, has cautioned that despite the optimism from the Trump administration — which has repeatedly downplayed the seriousness of the current outbreak, with Trump recently claiming falsely that “99 percent” of cases are “totally harmless” — the nation is still “knee-deep in the first wave” of the pandemic.
Testifying before the Senate on June 30, Fauci said that the recent spikes in cases “put the entire country at risk.” The WHO has warned that if current measures in the U.S. are not able to stop the spread of the virus, further lockdowns may be necessary.
