BEIJING (AP)– New coronavirus cases in the U.S. have surged to their highest level in 2 months and are now back to where they were at the peak of the break out.
The U.S. on Tuesday reported 34,700 new cases of the virus, according to a tally assembled by Johns Hopkins University that was released Wednesday. There have been just 2 previous days that the U.S. has reported more cases: April 9 and April 24, when a record 36,400 cases were logged.
Brand-new cases in the U.S. have actually been surging for more than a week after trending down for more than six weeks. While early locations like New York and New Jersey have actually seen cases progressively decrease, the virus has been striking the south and west. Numerous states on Tuesday set single-day records, consisting of Arizona, California, Mississippi, Nevada and Texas.
India reported a record daily increase of nearly 16,000 new cases. Mexico, where testing rates have actually been low, also set a record with more than 6,200 new cases.
However China appears to have actually tamed a brand-new outbreak of the infection in Beijing, once again demonstrating its capability to rapidly activate large resources by testing nearly 2.5 million individuals in