COVID-19 Rates Soar, Feds Have No Plan
The news headlines are astonishing. Wednesday brought the highest number of new cases of coronavirus to date.
Across the United States, 38,115 new infections were reported by state health departments on Wednesday — surpassing the previous single-day record of 34,203 set on April 25. Texas, Florida and California led the way, with all three states reporting more than 5,000 new cases apiece.
Three states — California, Florida and Oklahoma — reported record highs in new single-day coronavirus cases, while hospitalizations hit a new peak in Arizona, where intensive care units have quickly filled.
Yet Mike Pence told a group of Republicans at lunch to "accentuate the positive". [More...]
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