Coronavirus update: More than half of U.S. states see cases trending higher
New coronavirus cases are showing an alarming increase in the U.S., with more than half the states reporting numbers that are trending higher as the death toll topped 120,000, while President Donald Trump doubled down on his logic that the increases are just a result of more testing.
Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego said on Monday that everyone attending the event, particularly any elected official, should set an example by wearing a mask. “That includes the president,” Gallego said, according to an Associated Press report.Arizona has seen cases spike higher in recent weeks, with Phoenix’s Maricopa county currently ninth on the list of all U.S. counties, with a case tally of 31,650, according to data aggregated by Johns Hopkins University.
Latest tallies The global COVID-19 case tally increased to 9.13 million on Tuesday, while the death toll rose to 472,793, the Johns Hopkins data show. About 4.56 million people have recovered. See related: Brazilian doctors fume as President Bolsonaro gets rap for eating hot dogs while COVID-19 cases are on track to pas U.S.
China, where the illness was first reported last year, has seen a cluster of new cases, with the tally at 84,640 and deaths at 4,640. The U.K.’s randomized study assessed the use of dexamethasone in 2,104 patients. An additional 4,321 patients received standard care. About 21.6% of the patients who received the steroid died, compared with 24.6% of the patients who had the standard care. Of the patients who received the steroid who were on mechanical ventilators, 29.0% died, compared with 40.7% of patients on ventilators receiving the standard care. And among patients receiving oxygen and dexamethasone, 21.
New home sales in May surged 16.6% on the month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 676,000, government data showed. That was above the average estimate of those polled by MarketWatch for a rate of 650,000. Meanwhile, April’s figure was adjusted down to an annual pace of 580,000 from previously reported 623,000.
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