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The US is reporting over 50,000 new cases of COVID-19 per day for the first time since mid-August

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The US reported 57,420 new positive cases in the US on Friday, the third day in a row with over 50,000 new cases, according to data collected by Johns Hopkins University. More than 213,000 Americans have died since the start of the pandemic. Experts and fact-checkers confirm that the data contradicts President Trump’s claim on Saturday that the pandemic is “disappearing.”

The US reported 57,420 new positive cases in the US on Friday, the third day in a row with over 50,000 new cases, according to data collected by Johns Hopkins University. More than 213,000 Americans have died since the start of the pandemic. Experts and fact-checkers confirm that the data contradicts President Trump’s claim on Saturday that the pandemic is “disappearing.”

  1. 9 Oct 2020

    US sees highest number of new coronavirus cases since August

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  2. 10 Oct 2020

    President Trump on the coronavirus: "It’s disappearing." FACT CHECK: The coronavirus is not disappearing and has killed more than 213,000 Americans and infected more than 7.7 million Americans. And it is killing more Americans than other modern, industrialized nations.

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  3. 10 Oct 2020

    From balcony at WH, Trump told crowd the virus is “disappearing.” But that’s not true. Yesterday, Johns Hopkins reported 990 deaths and 57,420 new cases, a high level of spread that continues to worry health experts. Trump and top aides are still recovering from COVID-19

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  4. 10 Oct 2020

    President Trump just told a crowd of people at the White House there was a “very big flare up in Canada” of covid-19 cases. Canada had 2,558 cases yesterday. The US had more than 58,000. Yes, that still makes the US worse per capita.

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  5. 10 Oct 2020

    The US records its third consecutive day of more than 50,000 Covid-19 cases. The last time America reached this milestone was in mid-August.

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  6. 8 Oct 2020

    Keep your 👀 on the ball The circles, all going in the wrong direction today 55,000 cases, 975 deaths, >34,000 hospitalizations

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  7. 9 Oct 2020

    It's gotten worse today for the cases (58K) and jump in hospitalizations (~35K).

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  8. 10 Oct 2020

    You have to work hard to get a triphasic pandemic curve. Not.

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  9. COVID-19 is far more lethal and contagious than influenza, according to medical experts. CDC data shows that more Americans have died from COVID-19 since January than the previous five flu seasons combined.

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  10. Medical experts say that experimental antibody treatments such as the drug produced by Regeneron and recently given to President Trump are not a “cure” for COVID-19, The Associated Press and The Atlantic report.

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  11. How to stay safe during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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