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June 24, 2020 10:54 pm
Customers shop at a mall in Glendale, Arizona. | Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/24/21302080/coronavirus-daily-record-cases-covid-19-us-arizona-texas-trump
Two months after last peak, US hits grim new record in COVID-19 cases
Customers shop at a mall in Glendale, Arizona. | Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images
There were 38,672 positive COVID-19 tests reported in the United States today, a new record high, according to the COVID Tracking Project, a volunteer organization housed at The Atlantic that collects data on the pandemic. The count surged past the previous high of 36,001, reported on April 25.
Early in the pandemic, the US caseload was driven by outbreaks in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Those states have largely controlled the transmission of the virus, and daily case counts are down. The outbreak is now accelerating in the South and the West. States like Arizona, Florida, California, and South Carolina — which had relatively low numbers of cases early on — are home to the lion’s share of the newly diagnosed cases.
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Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/24/21302080/coronavirus-daily-record-cases-covid-19-us-arizona-texas-trump
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