This archive report was first published on 29 June 2020.
U.S. Records 45,242 New Coronavirus Cases; Largest Single-Day Increase ¶
Published on June 29, 2020, at 12:08 PM
The United States has recorded its largest single-day increase in COVID-19 cases, with 45,242 new cases reported on Friday.
This brings the total number of Americans who have tested positive for the virus to at least 2.48 million, according to a Reuters tally.
Several states at the center of a new surge in infections have taken steps back from efforts to ease restrictions on businesses.
Florida issued its new rules after recording a startling 8,942 new cases of COVID-19, eclipsing the state's one-day record of 5,511 reached on June 24.
California Governor Gavin Newsom said Friday that Imperial County, southeast of Los Angeles, has become so overwhelmed by the virus that he was recommending it issue a strict new stay-at-home order.
Imperial County health officials later tweeted that its stay-at-home order imposed in March remained in place.
Newsom has paused allowing counties to further reopen their economies in response to rising COVID-19 hospitalizations.
President Donald Trump said on Friday that the United States was coming back from the crisis, which has halted large parts of the economy and left millions jobless.
“We have a little work to do, and we’ll get it done. 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,” he said at an event in the White House.
Almost 125,000 Americans have died of COVID-19, the highest known death toll from the highly infectious disease in the world.
