Third record daily coronavirus cases in a ROW as US infections pass 40,000 for the first time and six states set highs
THE US hit record daily COVID-19 infections for the third day in a row as cases top 40,000 and the virus surged in six states.
The news emerged on Friday, after an explosion of coronavirus cases marked the highest one-day count since the began.
This ups the total number of positive cases here to 2.475 million as 13 states set individual this week.
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Six of these states – Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Idaho and Utah – set new single-day highs, with the Sunshine State at the top of the list.
News of the crippling spread came after a month of protests and two rallies in Tulsa and Phoenix within the past week.
His decision to roll back the loosened restrictions came after he to stop the spread.
His announcement came after the county east of is rapidly becoming overwhelmed.
The Lone Star State saw one one of the most frightening increases in new cases in the US, reporting 5,996 on Thursday and record numbers of hospitalizations over the past fortnight.
"We have a little work to do, and we'll get it done," he said, during a White House address. "We're having some very good numbers coming out in terms of the comeback, the comeback of our nation, and I think it's going very rapidly and it's going to be very good."
Trump pushed back against Dr Anthony Fauci and other expert warnings about the "snowballing" spread throughout the week.
On Thursday, after another record high, the President insisted deaths were "way down" and the US had "one of the lowest [mortality rates] in the World."
Meanwhile, Vice President said in Texas and Florida "we're seeing more and more young people, under the age of 35, who are testing positive. In many cases they have no symptoms."