COVID-19 Pandemic Update: U.S. Report 70,000+ New Coronavirus Cases

Summary:

• US reports 70k+ new COVID-19 cases
• Deaths near 1k for 4th day
• Texas, Arizona, and South Carolina have all seen their death tolls rise by more than 100 percent in the past 4- weeks
• Mississippi, Tennessee, California, and Louisiana – have seen at least a 10 percent jump in that time span
• Nevada plans to shut down bars in Las Vegas
• The confirmed fatality rate in Connecticut is now highest in the nation at 9.19 percent
• COVID19 deaths in the US over the next four weeks, projected between 3,800 and 5,000 per week
• Global case number: 12,689,741
• The confirmed fatality rate in France is now highest in the world at 17.57 percent
• India cases top 400kp
• Japan sees record 430 new cases
• Victoria reports 216 new cases