U.S. reports more than 71,600 new Covid cases as new infections near record highs and hospitalizations rise
Posted on AllSides October 23rd, 2020
From The Center
The United States reported more than 71,600 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, approaching a record number of daily infections set in late July as the outbreak takes root across the Midwest and hospitalizations rise.
Covid-19 cases are now growing “really in all parts of the country,” with particularly high transmission rates in the Midwest, Jay Butler, the CDC’s deputy director for infectious diseases, told reporters on a conference call Wednesday.
“Unfortunately, we are seeing a distressing trend here in the United States,” he said on the call. The surge is...
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