US sees 705 Covid-19 deaths in past 24 hours
AMERICA lost another 705 persons to the Covid-19 coronavirus in the a day before 8.30pm on Friday (0030 GMT on Saturday), according a good tally by Johns Hopkins University.
It marked the ninth day time where the daily toll from the virus has been fewer than 1,000, even while the US remains the united states hardest-hit by the pandemic with 119,086 deaths out of 2,219,119 official cases.
Some 20 states have seen a rebound in infections as the epicentre of the country's outbreak has moved from NY and the country's Northeast to the South and West.
Florida has seen record amounts of new cases nearly every day during the past week, with 3,822 confirmed attacks on Friday.
Governor Ron DeSantis has downplayed the soaring caseload, saying many of the new patients are youthful and asymptomatic.
There are fears of another wave of Covid-19 infections following state reopenings and massive anti-racism protests about the country in recent weeks.
President Donald Trump's primary campaign rally because the coronavirus crisis, which will be held on Saturday nighttime in Oklahoma, can be being criticised as a good potential Covid-19 superspreader event. - AFP
