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TOPLINE
The number of new Covid-19 infections reported in a single day hit 30,000 Friday for the first time in nearly two months according to a Johns Hopkins University tracker, as states like Texas, Arizona, and Florida continue to set new records for the most daily new cases.
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KEY FACTS
The U.S. reported 31,630 new confirmed cases Friday nationwide, the first time the 30,000 threshold was cleared since May 1, when 33,263 were tallied, according to the Washington Post.
Florida reported 4,049 new Covid-19 cases on Saturday, the biggest daily jump since the beginning of the pandemic and breaking the record for most new cases for the third straight day.
Arizona tallied 3,246 new confirmed cases Friday morning, passing the previous record-high 2,519 new cases reported on Thursday.
Texas also broke a record it previously set the same week, with 3,516 new confirmed cases Thursday, a jump from the previous record of 3,129 set Wednesday.
New daily cases in the U.S. appeared to be sloping downward throughout May until early June, when new infections began to slowly climb, a trend some officials have blamed on infections from Memorial Day gatherings on May 25 as many states continue to reopen.
The Covid-19 virus is believed to have an average incubation period between 5 and 6 days but can be up to roughly two weeks according to the World Health Organization, which means there’s often a delay between when someone is infected and when they test positive and are reported to healthcare authorities.
KEY BACKGROUND
Daily new cases are increasing across the world. A single-day worldwide record of 150,000 new coronavirus cases was reported Thursday, leading WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to warn that the pandemic has reached a “new and dangerous” phase. According to Johns Hopkins University, more than 2.2 million Americans have tested positive for the virus, and more upwards of 119,000 have died since the pandemic began, making it the worst-affected country, followed by Brazil, which counted 1 million infections Friday.
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